fVl TIIIC r.VNADlA.N KXTllillJlAJOlbT. 



conspicuously oblii|ue; eyes with eleven onuuatidia, three in tlie middle ; 

 hair on outi-r margin of hind femora nuicli longer, fully as long as the 

 width of the broad fenmr : hair at sides of apex of abdomen quite long 

 (though much shorter than in the male) ; thorax not so broad. 



S . — Similar to the female, e.vrept in the characters mentioned by 

 llrues. The eyes, however, have 1 4 onunaiidia, four l>eing in the middle. 

 The antenna; are pale yellowish, strongly conlrasiing with the deep reddish 

 palpi. Head above beset with long bristles, which are not at all confined 

 to a line, as in Hrues's figure of T. major: bristle on t-nd of palpus very 

 long. The daws are unidentatc, as in 71 major ; 'i'ownsend (Knt. News, 

 1 89 1, p. 105) states that those of T. Du^esii are bidenialc. 



Tlje insect has all the characters of Trichobius, as distinguished from 

 Strebla. 



A SVNTU.MID Mum IMI'OKTED WITH BANANAS. 



nv T. I). A. COCKERELL, UNIVERSITY OK COLOR.\DO. 



In the Canadian ENTOMOLOf;iST, 1904, p. 204, Mr. Cockle rcpuried 

 the occurrence of a specimen of Ceramidia /)W/^// (Moschl.), in British 

 (!olumbia, imported with bananas. \ couple of weeks ago a specimen of 

 Ceram'uiia was found in a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, also among 

 bananas. In all probability the larvx* live on the banana, and pupate 

 among the fruit. On looking up the literature of Ceramidia, especially 

 Ihunpson's revision in the British .Museum Cat. I,cp. Bhalcenae, Vol. 1, 

 1S98, I foimd that the Boulder insect was indeed very close to C". ButUri, 

 but apparently distinct. I accordingly wrote to Dr. Dyar for particulars 

 concerning Mr. ( 'ockle's specimen, which is in the U. .'^. National Museum ; 

 in reply he sent me the ilesired information, and in addition notes on 

 several other related forms represruied in the Museum. Dr. Dyar 

 expresses the opinion that these different insects are good species, and 

 advises mr to describe mine. It is probable that the question whether 

 wo have to do with one polymor|)hir species, or several allied but distinct 

 ones, can only be settled by breeding : but, in any event, the several fornis 

 are readily distinguishable, and deserve to be named. 



Ceramidia ( Jiut/eri, var.?) musiio/a, n. sp. 

 fj . — Kxpanse al)oui 37 nnn.; structure, including antenna*, venation, 

 etc., as in C. lUitleri, and with the fust three ventral abdominal segments 

 while, except the narrow hind margin of third and lateral hind ntargins of 



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