208 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.43. 



second transverse cubitus; transverse median of the hind wings in 

 apical fourth of cell. Head, mesosternum, scutellum, metanotum, 

 and dorsal part of the abdomen blue-black; antennae and legs (except 

 the anterior tibiae within, which are piceous) black; the rest of the 

 insect reddish-yellow; wings dark brown, venation black, except 

 the costa is reddish. Sheath in part black. 



Tjibodas, Mount Gede, Java. Female collected September 1909 at 

 an altitude of 4,000 feet by Bryant and Palmer. 



Type.— C&L No. 14509, U.S.N.M. 



Family DIPRIONIDtE. 

 Genus DIPRION Schrank. 



DIPRION GRANDIS, new species. 



The Bull Pine Sav^fly Swenk, 24th Annual Report, Nebraska Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, 1911, pp. 1-33. 



As this species is of economic importance, the following description 

 is given so the name will be available; a more elaborate description 

 will be published in a revision of the North American Diprionidse. 



It is related to townsendi (Cockerell), but may be separated from 

 this species by the cmargination of the last ventral abdominal seg- 

 ment, not being more than one-fourth as deep as wide; third and 

 fourth joints of the maxillary palpi being subequal and the antennae 

 being 24 to 26 jointed; scutellum also sparsely punctured. Female 

 length 11.5 mm. 



Crawford, Sioux County, Nebraska. 



Males and females bred from the larvae on Pinus scropulorufyt by 

 M. H. Swenk. 



Type.—Qsit. No. 14758, U.S.N.M. 



Family TENTHREDINIDiE. 



Sulafainily ^r^X.A.ISrTIlSrj5T;. 



Genus AMETASTEGIA Costa. 



AMETASTEGIA (EMPHYTINA) PALLIDISCAPA Rohwer. 



Amciaslerjia (Emph'/tina) pallidscapa Rohwer, Proc. U. S. Nat. IVtua., vol. 41, 

 No. 1866, 1911, p. 401. 



The second ''i" was by error omitted in the original publication. 

 The specific name should be j'ciJJidiscapa. 



ALLANTIDEA, new genus. 



Belongs to Allantini and is related to Allantus Panzer, from which 

 it may be separated by the nasal margm of the eyes strongly con- 



