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corded previously from Massachusetts, District of Columbia, 

 Michigan, and Illinois. 



8. Neothrips corticis Hood. — April 20 ; several specimens 

 taken under loose scales of the bark of an apple tree at Cabin 

 John, Maryland ; four specimens under apple bark, Vienna, 

 Virginia, November 7 (R. A. Cushman) ; abundant under 

 apple bark at Bennings, District of Columbia, March 23. Re- 

 corded from Illinois and Michigan. 



9. Liothrips castanecc Hood. — May 19 ; several specimens 

 from chestnut leaves. Great Falls, Virginia. Known also from 

 Maryland and Connecticut. 



10. Liothrips hrevicornis Hood. — June 29 ; nymphs taken 

 on leaves of sassafras, near Plummer's Island ; one female 

 from Beltsville, Maryland, May 2, 1915. Recorded only from 

 Virginia. 



11. Hoplandrothrips microps Hood. — September 7 and Oc- 

 tober 1 ; three females from dead branches of apple and willow, 

 at Bennings, District of Columbia, and Rosslyn, Virginia. 

 Recorded only from Illinois. 



12. Gastrothrips ruficauda Hood. — May 23, October 1, and 

 November 1 ; four females from dead willow and viburnum 

 branches, at Rosslyn, Virginia, and Great Falls, Maryland. 

 Recorded from Illinois and Virginia. 



MISCELLANEOUS NEW AMERICAN 

 LEPIDOPTERA 



By HARRISON G. DYAR 

 HESPERIID^ 

 Vehilius norma, new species. 



Dark brown; fore wing with fulvous shading along costa 

 and inner margin half way out; a fulvous spot in interspaces 

 2-3 and 3-4 near their bases ; two small subapical spots. Hind 

 wing with fulvous shading over the disk. Beneath, fore wing 

 with veins fulvous; the spots repeated. Hind wing with the 



