Dec. 1896.] COCKERELL : NeW InSECTS FROM NeW MeXICO. 20T 



ALEURODID^. 

 Aleurodes berbericola sp. nov. 



Empty pupa-case .75 mm long, oval, colorless, without a fringe, margin radiately 

 striate ; vasiform orifice an elongated triangle, the base cephalad, the sides nearly 

 twice as long as the base ; operculum hemispherical or semilunar, its base being con- 

 cave; lingua elongate subspatulate, extending nearly as far beyond the operculum as 

 the breadth of the latter, but not to the tip of the orifice. No conspicuous submar- 

 ginal orifices. 



Adult 9 .60 mm. long, anterior wing 1.25 mm. Head and body entirely deep 

 orange yellow, legs pale lemon yellow, wings pure white without marks. Eyes jet 

 black, each one completely divided. Genitalia ordinary, the usual two bristles on 

 each side of the end of the abdomen. 



Habitat: On a shrubby Berberis, the pupse on the leaves, the 

 adults flying about the plants. Mescalero Reservation, Tularosa Creek, 

 below the Agency, October 2d. 



This is surely a distinct species, though the adult is much like sev- 

 eral others. The vasiform orifice, etc., present some similarity to those 

 of the larva of A. decipiens Maskell, but in other respects there is no 

 resemblance between the species. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW YORK ENTOMO- 

 LOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Meeting on March 17, 1896. 



Held at the American Museum of Natural History. 



President Zabriskie in the chair. Eleven memt^ers present. 



Mr. Birnbaum read a paper on Phosphorescent Insects and Plants, 



illustrated by insects and figures. Discussion by Messrs. Dyar, Loos, 



Beutenmiiller and Zabriskie. Mr. Beutenmiiller exhibited some branches 



from the United States of Colombia with the borings of a large carpenter 



bee with live larva and imagos, the tunnels being about an inch in 



diameter. 



Meeting of April 7, 1896. 



Held at the American Museum of Natural History. 



President Zabriskie in the chair. Eleven members present. 



Dr. Love spoke on the larva of the Bot-fly. 



Dr. Lagai exhibited some entomological preparations, preserved in 

 formaline, which included some interesting life-histories of insects. Af- 

 ter discussion the meeting adjourned. 



