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Habitat. — Durango, Mexico, (Dr. A. Palmer). The types are 

 in the U. S. Nat. Mus., and cotypes in my collection. The adults 

 emerged from January 30th to February 8th. 1897. 



Dryophanta floridensis, sp. nov. 



Female. — Head black, evenly and finely granulate. Antennae 

 black, basal joints pale brown, 14-jointed. Thorax jet black, 

 highh- polished, microscopically punctate, more so anteriorly. 

 Parapsidal grooves distinct,' deep, continuous, widely apart at the 

 collar, and about half as wide apart at the scutellum. Median 

 groove wanting. Lateral grooves not sharply defined and scarcely 

 evident. Anterior parallel lines not evident. Pleurae subopaque, 

 finely rugose, with a polished area. Scutellum black, rather 

 strongl>- rugose, basal fovea large. Abdomen black, somewhat 

 compressed, subtriangulate, smooth and polished. Legs pale 

 brown. Wings hyaline, veins brown. Radial area closed. Cubitus 

 continuous. Areolet minute. Length 2-2.25 mm. 



Gall. — On the trunks of Spanish Oak (Quercus digitata and 

 Blue Jack {Quercus brevifolia), that are six or more inches in 

 diameter; in April. The gall is soft and fleshy and does not look 

 like a gall at all. At the base of each sprout there is a rather large 

 cell, which is covered with short, fuzzy, abortive leaflets. They 

 occur in clumps and are dormant bud galls. 



Habitat. — Ocala and Jacksonville, Florida, (Lewis H. Weld). 



TWO UNNAMED CALIFORNL/^N BUTTERFLIES. 



BY FORDYCE GRINNELL, JR-, PASADENA, CALIF. 



Strymon sylvinus desertorum subsp. nov. 



cf . — Fore wings: upper side, mouse colour along the costal margin 

 to below the cell, along the outer margin diminishing to. the inner 

 margin and basally where it is lightest; fulvous from the dark 

 outer margin, fading gradually towards the base. Hind wings: 

 upper side, light mouse colour basally and along the costal region; 

 a darker band along the outer margin; grayish in the inner fold; 

 a very distinct and light fulvous area in the anal region and along 

 the outer margin diminishing towards the upper edge; two tails, 

 black, tipped with white; fringes white. Underside: fore wings, 

 ashv, a very faint discal spot, marginal line and row of spots barely 



O'ctober, 1917 



