1922 THE BUTTERFLIES OF NEW ENGLAND. 



surface is rough with transverse wrinkles and the color uniform dead black. Length, 

 8.25 mm. ; height, 4.25 mm. ; breadth anteriorly, 3.5 mm. ; breadth posteriorly, 4.5 mm. ; 

 length of tubercles, .75 mm. s. h. s.] 



Four specimens, bred from Euvanessa antiopa L. (G. Dlmmock, L. 

 577), Anaea andria (C. V. Riley), and Chlorippe celtis (C. V. Riley, 

 No. 48302, Oct. 9, '82.). The European parasite of this species, P. con- 

 cinnata Meig., seems to be different. This species is respectfully dedi- 

 cated to Mr. W. H. Edwards, the well known lepidopterist. 



Fhorocera saundersii, n. sp. 



Female. — Front and face black only thinly whitish dusted. Frontal stripe broad, 

 black. Arrangement of bristles normal; the frontal rows descend further on the 

 face than usual, and turn outwardly nearly to the eyes, the bristles strong, and the 

 four upper ones of the row directed backward. Antennae black, the third joint reach- 

 ing nearly to the oral margin ; arista thickened to near its end. Palpi reddish at the 

 tip. Mesouotum shining metallescent bluish black, imperfectly concealed bene.ath the 

 thin pollen. Distal half of the scutellum red ; the median pair of marginal bristles ap- 

 proximate and small. Abdomen shining, metallescent black, thinly poUinose in an 

 oblique light ; first segment with a pair of bristles on the hind margin ; second seg- 

 ment with three pairs of bristles, one pair near the front margin, another near the 

 middle, and the third behind ; third segment with two pairs, corresponding to the first 

 two pairs of the second segment, and with the usual row behind ; the bristles are well 

 differentiated from the general covering of the abdomen, and towards the tip give a 

 rather strongly hirsute appearance. Legs black. Wings grayish hyaline ; last section 

 of the fourth vein strongly concave after the angle. Length, 9 mm. 



One specimen (Dr. Riley's collection), bred from chrysalis of Argynnis 

 cybele. 



Fhorocera comstocki, n. sp. 



Female. — Front broad and convex, silvery gray pollinose on the sides ; the median stripe 

 distinctly less than one-third of the width ; arrangement of bristles normal, the bristles 

 themselves not very stout. Face in ground-color reddish-yellow, densely grayish white, 

 pollinose; the moderately stout bristles of the edges of the facial depression reach 

 nearly to a point opposite the lowest one of the frontal row, and below the base of the 

 third joint of the antennae. First two joints, and base of the third of the antennae, 

 reddish yellow, third joint not broad, four or five times as long as the second; arista 

 thickened on less than half its length. Palpi yellow. Mesonotum densely pollinose, 

 leaving two slender, posteriorly abbreviated stripes, and an outer, abbreviated and 

 interrupted stripe on each side. Scutellum yellow on distal part. Abdomen elongate- 

 conical, densely and broadly fasciate with gray; first segment without (apparently) a 

 posterior pair of bristles; second segment with two pairs, towards the front and 

 behind ; third with an anterior pair, and the usual row behind. Legs black ; last sec- 

 tion of the fourth longitudinal vein more oblique than usual, and not curved. Length, 

 9 mm. 



Two specimens, male and female (of Dr. Riley's collection), bred from 

 Megathymus yuccae. The front of the male is broad, and the claws and 

 pulvilli are not enlarged. 



