332 Journal New York Entomological Society, t^'o'- xxii. 



MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



Balaninus quercus Horn. — This species, readily distinguished by 

 the concave pygidimn in the male sex, is the male of B. rectus Say, 

 described by Say as having a beak longer than the body and straight 

 nearly to the apex. The name rectus has been universaJly applied to 

 the smaller chestnut weevil, but erroneously, as shown by Casey (Can. 

 Ent., 1910). Specimens of quercus male and rectus female have been 

 repeatedly taken in copulation by Mr. Wm. T. Davis, they are alike in 

 form of body, color, and in all respects expect length of beak and 

 sexual characters, and unless associated as stated, each name will be 

 represented by one sex only. B. orthorhynchus Chitt. seems to be 

 based upon small specimens of the same species. Balaninus aJgon- 

 qtiinns Casey becomes, in consecjuence of the error by which rectus 

 Say was applied to the smaller chestnut weevil, the earliest name for 

 that species and our catalogue should read : 

 B. rectus Say (nee Horn, Blanchard, Hamilton, Chittenden, etc.). 



quercus Horn (male). 



orthorhynchus Chittenden, 

 B. algonquinus Casey. 



rectus Horn, etc. (nee Say). 



C. W. Leng. 



Some Additions to the New Jersey List of Lepidoptera. — At the 



meeting of the New York Entomological Society held November 4, 

 1913, Dr. W. T. M. Forbes gave an account of our sugaring experi- 

 ences at Lakehurst, N. J., on October 19, 1913, and mentioned Lcu- 

 cania juncicoJa Guenee and Epiglcra pastillicans tremula Harvey as 

 additions to the New Jersey list (see this Journal, Vol. XXH, p. yy, 

 March, 1914). 



On October 9, 10, 11 and 12, 1914, Mr. Ernest Shoemaker and the 

 writer sugared at Lakehurst, and secured a single Hcliophila sub- 

 punctata Harvey. The New Jersey specimen has been compared 

 with examples of Hcliophila subpunctata collected by the writer in 

 April, 1912, on the South Shore of Lake Okeechobee, Florida, and no 

 difference can be discovered. Xylina pcxata Grote was collected 

 October 19, 1913, and again October 10, 1914, one on each occasion. 



