188 PSYCHE. rjanuary ,895. 



dried pupae found within. These may quite conspicuous one of good size. Legs 



be described as follows : '''"'' u"''^'' ^''^s of body pale greenish, sternal 



and anterior portions yellowish rosy, the 



/'jy/Z/rf/w/rt.— Length (abdomen shrunk- i^g^ „,o,.g „,. i^^g shaded with same color, 



en). 1.2 to 1.4 mm.; width, i to 1.2 mm. Antennae greenish at base, more rosy or 



The wing pads in their naturally half-spread ^^\^ apicallv. 

 condition give an apparent Avidth, equaling 

 the somewhat shruTiken length; thev are 



distinctly longer than width of thorax. Described from two specimens, taken 



Pupa rather oval or rounded in outline, fVom drietl galls found Nov. 26. The 



widest in middle of abdomen; finely and galls picked May 14 disclosed nothing, 



somewhat sparselv pubescent on body, „,, n , . , ■ • , 



, ' , . , ' 1 he very small, efongate, whitish 



wing-pads and antennae; abdomen long •' ' a > 



pubescent. Pale yellowish, eyes black! eggs of this psyllid were found on a 



mesonotum, pronotum. and top of head cluster of young leaves, May 14. The 



roseate; anterior pair of wing-pads pale rosy eggs were quite thickly attached to tiie 



yellowish, hhid wing-pads paler. Abdomen under surface of the leaf, adherino- by 



pale greenish, with an anterior median rosy ^^^^ ^^^j^ ,,,^j ^j^^^^j^^j ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ° ^^ 



yellowish area, the terminal portion broadly , , ,- a r 



, • 1 -.1 A- r IT ui \ the leat. A fewer number also 



brownish with a median row of small black 



spines ending in a spiny tubercle, 13 spines occurred on the upper surface. But 



altogether in the row, and one on each side a considerable number of the just- 



of row on posterior edge of abdomen. hatched young were found on upper 



Spines are arranged thus: first (anteriorly) gurfocc, where they were beginning to 



three in a triangle with apex posteriorly , ., , ... , , ,. 



,. , , , ° . . ■, " bury themselves m the substance 01 



directed; then three more m a -similar •' 



triangle; then the bunch of six in three the leaf to form their galls. 



pairs with a larger central one, giving the The Celtis is probably the var. 



appearance of a spinigerous tubercle. reticulata. 



These spines grow longer and stouter Two small hyinenopterous parasites 



towards posterior end of row. On segment j^g^^^j f,.^,^^ ^^^ j^.j^^, jj^ ^^^^^ 



anterior to that bearing the first three above . , rt^, . , , 



^. , ,, ° , ,,... , mentioned. i hey have been deter- 

 mentioned, there seem to be an additional 



hardly visible three. But in the larger mii'ied by Mr. \Vm. H. Ashmead as 



specimen there is in place of these only one Ceraphron sp., and Tetrastichus sp. 



PHTHIRIA SULPHUREA LOEW. 



. BY T. D. A. COCKERELL, N. MEX. AGR. E.XP. STA. 



Described from the female. About 3 mm. joint more than twice as long as the other 



long; yellow, wings hyaline. Head dull two combined, about twice as long as 



chrome yellow, ocelli black, eyes dull broad, pointed, but with a small tooth 



purple; proboscis about twice as long as almost at the end, so as to appear bifurcate 



head; face with sparse fine whitish pube- or deeply emarginate ; without bristles, 



scence; antennae chrome yellow; third Thorax pale delicate greenish-yellow, with 



