MORGAN HE BARD 273 



New York, New York, (M. L. Small), i d", [U. S. N. M.]. 



Rutherford, New Jersey, \'I, 12, 1916, (H. B. Weiss; in greenhouse), i cT, i 9, 

 [Hebard Cln.]. 



Secaucus, N. J., \'I, i, 1916, (H. B. Weiss; in greenhouse), I 9, i juv. 9, [A. N. 

 S. P.]; X, 17, 1916, (H. B. Weiss; in case of orchids from Colombia), 2 9, [Weiss 

 and Hebard Clns.]. 



CORYDIINAE 



Holocompsa nitidula (Fabricius) 



1781. B[latta] nitidula Fabricius, Spec. Ins., i, p. 345. [[9, from descriplion], 



Surinam.] 



This species is fully discussed on page 206. 



Washington, District of Columbia, (D. Clemens; on cotton batting in store room 

 of National Museum), i 9, [U. S. N. M.]. 



OXYHALOINAE 



Plectoptera picta Saussure and Zehntner 



1893. Plectoptera picta Saussure and Zehntner, Biol. Cent.-Amer., Orth., i, p. 85, 

 pi. iii, fig. 9. [ 9 ; Atoyac, Vera Cruz, Me.xico.] 



This beautiful insect is distinctively colored. The character of 

 the labels leaves some doubt as to whether the material listed 

 below is really adventive, the specimens clearly representing odds 

 and ends which had been marked with little care. 



Virginia, i 9. [U. S. N. M.]. 

 Texas, i d", [U. S. N. M.]. 



Perisphaerinae 



Hormetica advena Scudder 



1900. Hormetica advena Scudder. Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci., viii, p. 94. 

 [ 9 ; Belmont, Massachusetts.] 



This striking insect is known from the unique type. 



Belmont, Massachusetts, XII, (G. H. Parker; "unquestionabl\- introduced from 

 tropical America"), i 9, type, [M. C. Z.]. 



MEM. AM. ENT. SOC, 2. 



