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Packard, A. S., 187 1. — American Naturalist, Vol. IV., p. 686, substan- 

 tially the same as the above. 



Packard, A. S., 1886-1890.— Fifth U. S. Rpt. Entom. Com., p. 537. It 

 states that Chioiiaspis fiirfurns, Fitch., was described from Mass. on 

 apple and pear. 



Pergande, Thos., 1898. — Bui. No. 18, n. sr., p. 27, U. S. Dep. Agr.; in 



his description of Lecaiiiian nigrofasciatum, he cites it from Boston^ 



Springfield and Deerfield, Mass. 

 Parrott, P. J., 1899. — Canadian Entomologist, Vol. XXXI. , p. 11, he 



describes Aspidiotus Fernaldi, var. Cockerelli, and states that A. 



Fernaldi is found on honey locust in Mass. 



Parrott, P. J., and Cockerell, T. D. A., 1899. — The IndustriaUst for March, 



1899, p. 165, notes with formula of the antennas oi Lecanium coffeir, 



from greenhouse at Lawrence, Massachusetts. 

 Parrott, P. J., and Cockerell, T. D. A., 1899. — The Industrialist for 



April, 1899, PP- 233-235. Important notes appear treating upon 



Lecanuun cyfiosbati, Fitch.; Z. tarsale, Sign.; L. nigrofasciatutn, 



Perg. ; L. quercifex, Fitch., and L. Kingii, Ckll., all from Mass. 

 Parrott, P. J., and Cockerell, T. D. A., 1899. — The Industrialist for May, 



1899, pp. 276-277, mention is ma.de of Aspidiotus e/egans, Leon., and 



A. Crawii, Ckll., from Lawrence, Mass. 

 Riley, C. V., and Howard, L. O. — Insect Life, Vol. V., p. 51, is a note 



recording Gossyparia ulini, Geoff., at Boston and Brighton, Mass. 

 Scudder, S. H., 1899. — Psyche, Vol. VIII., p. 299, Ripersis lasii, Ckll., 



is found infesting the roots of China Asters at Lawrence, Mass. 

 Tinsley, J. D., 1899. — Canadian Entomologist, Vol. XXXI., p. 45, in his 



contribution to Coccidology, l\.,Dactylopius Kitigii, Ckll., is reduced 



to a synonym oi Dadylopius sorghiellus, Forbes. 

 Tinsley, J. D., and King, G. B,, 1899. — Entomological News, Vol. X., 



p. 37, they describe as new Riper sia minima, from Lawrence, Mass. 



A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF PHYCITINvE. 



BY GEO. D. HULST, BROOKLYN, N. Y. 



Monoptilota, n. gen. — Palpi ascending, second article heavy, third 

 short j maxillary palpi small ; front broad, flattened, ocelli not discernible 

 in undenuded specimens ; antennae of $ . first joint much lengthened, 

 swollen, followed by a decided, rather lengthened bend, hollowed on 



