56 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [February, 



NEW SPECIES OF NORTH AMERICAN INSECTS DESCRIBED 

 IN THE PRECEDING LITERATURE. 



COLEOPTERA. 



Bembidiiim postfasciatuin Hamilton, Can. Ent. xxv, p. 305, Pa. Pla- 

 tynns parmarginatus, p. 305, Pa. Stenolophus humidus, Soronia sub- 

 striata, p. 306, Pa. Corymbites elongahcollis, p. 307, Pa., Ont. Hemip- 

 tychus castanen-s, p. 307, Pa. Isomira riijicollis, Acalles curtiis, p. 308, 

 Pa. Pachybaris strigapunctus, p. 309, Pa. Balaninus confusor, p. 309, 

 Mass., Pa., O., W. Va., N. C. 



Cassididae: n. gen. et spp. Mex., Cent. Am., Champion, Biol. Cent.-Am. 

 Coleop. vi, pp. 125-164. 



DIPTERA. 



Bibio tristis Williston and Kellogg, Trans. Kans. Acad. Sci. xiii, p. 113, 

 fig., Kansas. 



Diachlorus guttatulus Tovvnsend, Trans. Kans. Acad. Sci. xiii, p. 134, 

 N. Mex. Micropeza turcana, p. 136, Ariz. 



HYMENOPTERA. 



Blennocampa populifolieUa Riley MS., Townsend, Can. Ent. xxv, p. 304, 

 N. Mex. 



Pompilidae: n. spp. Mex., Cent. Am., Cameron, Biol. Cent.-Am. Hy- 

 men, ii, pp. 193-222. Scoliidae, id. 1. c. pp. 222-256. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



Thelethia n. gen. name for Thia (preocc.) Dyar, Can. Ent. xxv, p. 301. 

 Hepialus argenteomaculatus Harr., var. perdita, p. 327. 



Hesperidae: n. spp. Mex., Cent. Am., Godman and Salvin, Biol. Cent.- 

 Am. Lepid.-Rhopal. ii, pp. 297-328. 



ORTHOPTERA. 



Forficulidae: n. spp. Mex., Cent. Am., de Bormans, Biol. Cent.-Am. 

 Orthop. pp. 9-12. 



Blattidas: n. spp. Mex., Cent. Am., U. S., de Saussure and Zehnter, 

 1. c. pp. i3-ro4. 



THYSANURA. 



Earn. Aphoruridae (nom. nov.) Macgillivray, Can. Ent. xxv, p. 313. 

 New gen. and spp. Aphoruridae and Poduridae, pp. 313-318. 



ARANEINA. 



Epeindas: n. spp., Marx, Die Spinnen Amerikas, iv, pp. 209-377. N. 

 spp. Mex., Cambridge, Biol. Cent.-Am., Arach.-Aran. pp. 105-120. 



PHALANGIDA. 



Trogulidae: Orf/io/asina n. gen. Banks, Psyche vii, p. ir. (>. r/t 

 p. 12, S. Cal. Dendrolasma, p. 12. D, niirabi/is, p. 12, Wash. 



