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as a variety of galliformis which I believe to be a good species. 

 Arizonensis is separable from ctiercensis by its smaller size with 

 distinct deep transverse brown bands with pits at intervals, 

 and distinctly marbled with light brown. It is the second spe- 

 cies of Kermes to be recorded from Arizona. 



Since the publication of my paper on the Genus Kermes of 

 North America in Psyche, vol. 9, p. 78-84, 1900, one other spe- 

 cies has been described, viz. : Kermes trinotatus Bogue, taken 

 at Stillwater, Oklahoma, on Quercus nigra and also found at 

 Albany, N. Y., New Brunswick, N. J., and Atlanta and Tif- 

 toii, Georgia, on Quercus aquatica. K.pittiti Ehrh. and K. gal- 

 liformis Riley, have been recorded from Middletown and Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y. Kermes andrei King, has been found by Prof. 

 Scott at Atlanta, Georgia, on Q. stellata and just recently I 

 have received for identification from Prof. Cockerell, June 24, 

 1902, Kermes pubesccns Bogue on Q. macrocarpa, and K. andrei 

 King, on Q. prinus found at Columbus, Ohio, by Mr. J. A. 

 Sanders, Westville, Ohio. 



The following literature has also appeared : 



Canadian Entomologist, vol. 32, p. 205, 1900, gives the de- 

 scription of Kermes trinotatus Bogue. 



Bull. No. 26 N. Sr. U. S. Dept. of Agr., div. of Entom., p. 

 52, 1900, the species cited as a new species is K. andrei King. 



Bull. N. Y. State Museum, No. 46, vol. 9, p. 356, 1901. 



Some Notes and Descriptions of Three New Leptidae. 



BY CHAS. W. JOHNSON. 



Rhachicerus nitidns n. sp. 



cf $. Face and front black, shining, except a patch of silvery white 

 pubescence above the base of the antennae and between the emargina- 

 tions of the eyes, the indentation shining black ; antennae black composed 

 of 22 joints, not pectinate in the $, and only slightly pectinate in the ^, 

 mouth parts ye.lowish. Thorax and abdomen black, shining, with yel- 

 lowish microscopic hairs ; humeri dull yellow ; halteres and legs light 

 yellow, the posterior tarsi somewhat brownish. Wings grayish hyaline, 

 stigma brown, with a brownish tinge below, most conspicuous in the $. 

 Length, 6 mm. 



