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Head short, space between the eyes and the pronotal collar 

 short, about equal to the width of the collar. Eyes large. 

 Front ver\' convex, clypeus prominent. Rofetrum extending to 

 hind coxa?. Basal joint of antennat' stout, short, slightly less than 

 the width between the eyes, with few stout bristles, Second joint 

 only slightly longer than length of pronotum, third about as 

 long as the second, fourth longer than the first. Collar of pro- 

 notum wide, callosities transverse with posterior margin at middle 

 of pronotum. Posterior margin of pronotum nearly truncate, 

 posterior angles rounded. Scutellum large. F^htra evenly clothed 

 with fine, short hairs. Length to tip of elytra 3.5 4 mm. Width 

 of pronotum 1 mm. General colour pale yellowish green, but 

 var\ang from yellow to green, normally nearly unicolorous. Basal 

 joint of antenna? yellow or testaceous at base and apex, making a 

 dark band in the middle, apex of other segments pale, otherwise 

 dark. Elytra subhyaline without distinct spots or colour mark- 

 ings, more or less smoky. Veins of membrane fuscous. Abdo- 

 men green, legs more or less spotted with fuscous. 



Described from tw^o females and seven males all of which are 

 in the collection of the I'. S. National Museum. 



It is gratifying to learn that the Dominion Government has 

 recently appointed Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt to be Consulting Zoo- 

 logist, in addition to his duties as Chief of the Entomological 

 Branch of the Department of Agriculture. The object of this 

 new appointment is to enable him to advise the Government in 

 all matters relating to the protection of birds and mammals, and 

 dealing with any injurious kinds. It is not intended that this 

 should in any way interfere wnth the performance of his \aluable 

 duties as Dominion Entomologist. 



BOOK NOTICE. 



Check List of the Lepidoptera of Boreal America, by Wm. 

 Barnes, S. B.. M. D. and J. McDunnough Ph. D., Decatur, 111., 

 1917. 



The publication of a new faunal check-list may well be likened 

 to adding another milestone along the roadside of science, and 



