CONTENTS. 



The Phylogenetic Origin and the Nature of the Wings of Insects According to 

 the Paranoial Theory. By G. Crami'ton i 



Notes on Cychrini. By Charles \V. Leng . 39 



Notes on Cicadas from the United States with Descriptions of Several New 

 Species. By Wm. T. Davis . 42 



New Diptera of the Family Asilidae with Notes on Known Species. By Chas. 



SCHAEFFER .... 65 



A Study of the Species of the Genus Stenopelmatus Found in the United 



States. By Morgan Hebard 70 



Xanthcecia Buffaloensis Grt., its Larval Habit and Occurrence Within our Fifty- 

 Mile Faunal Zone. By Henry Bird 86 



Miscellaneous Notes ... 90 



Proceedings of the New York Entomological Society 94 



