November 1895.] 



PSYCHE. 



307 



segment and in a rounded point subventrally 

 nearly to the foot; edging the hand of joint 

 8 in front, widest at the lower edge of the 

 l)and ; between the hands on joints lo and 1 1 

 and edging the band on lo in front in the 

 same manner as the band on 8. Wart areas 

 low, flattened, rather large, covered with 

 Khort black liairs. Warts i and ii consoli- 

 tated, iv and v consolidated, normal fur the 

 highest Microlepidopterous type (Anthro- 

 lerina). 



A sack-like evaginated pouch on joint I 

 below and behind the subventral wart. A 

 series of paired intersegmental dorsal, and 

 single larger inlersegmental lateral glandular 

 dots, pale in the purple markings. Thoracic 

 feet light brown. fleail shining brown- 

 lilack. The spiracle on joint 5 is a little 

 higher up Ihan those on joints 6 to 12, but 

 the wart above it is not modified. Around 

 the spiracle on joints 6 and ii, a circular 

 inflated area is situated, that on joint it pro-* 

 jectirig below in a lip-like prolongation. 

 Width of head about i mm. 



Enallagma pictum Morse. 



This species was described (Psjche, Aug. 

 1895) from a single dry example of each sex. 

 Fresh specimens obtained this summer en.a- 

 ble me to better characterize the coloration 

 of the male. In flight the living insect is a 

 very noticeable species, the head and thorax 

 appearing of a vivid red. The eyes are deep 

 cinnabar; postocidar stripe and pale parts of 

 the thorax light vermilion, palest on sides; 

 legs and sides of segments 1,2, 3, of abdomen 

 yellow tlushed with red; sides of 8, r;, 10, 

 rufous. The $ is yellow and deep greenish 

 black. A. P. Morse. 



Khodites tumidus. 



In my article in Psyche, August, 1S95, on 

 the gall of Rliodiles iiimidus, a mistake was 

 made in the determination of the gall-pro- 

 ducer. My thanks are due to Prof. C. P. 

 Gillette for calling my attention to this error. 

 The gall described in the above article be- 



longs to R. biioloy. T!ie mistake occLirred 

 inadvertenti V in writing down a list of deter- 

 minations, before they were sent me. 



C //. Tvler Toiujisejid. 



EDWARDS'S BUTTERFLIES OF N. A. 



Ill the i6th part of his Butterflies of North 

 America, which n|ipeared early in October, 

 Mr. W. II. Edwards has given us one of the 

 most important and interesting of this third 

 series. The three species selected for repre- 

 sentation are Parnassiiis smiiithetis^ Sa/yrus 

 c/iaioii and Cliionobas giffiis. Every stage of 

 each is represented by the usual wealth and 

 beauty of illustration, which were we not 

 now accustomed to it would strike us with 

 amazement, excepting the last species of 

 which the chrysalis and the last half of the 

 larval life are yet unknown. As to Parnas- 

 sius, no such illustration of a species of the 

 genuf has ever been attempted. This Part is 

 particularly valuable, since Mr. Edwards has 

 enriched his text with abundant observations 

 and field notes from his correspondents, so 

 that Parnassius extends to 16 quarto pages 

 and Chionobas to 11. There is much inter- 

 esting new matter regarding the formation 

 of the abdominal pouch of the female Par- 

 nassius and figures are for the first time 

 given of Scudder's peraplast, the supposed 

 male implement in its formation. The Chi- 

 onobas portion contains remarkably full 

 comparisons of the habits and distribution 

 of three species of the genus: gigas, califor- 

 nica and iduna, largely from Mr. W. G. 

 Wright's notes, in justification of their belief 

 in the distinctness of these three forms, 

 denied by Elwes. 



Another part will presumably conclude the 

 series, but we must express the hope that the 

 indefatigable author will be encouraged Iiv 

 extended subscriptions to begin another 

 series forthwith. Material is not lacking. 



Mr. C. H. Tyler Townsend writes us that 

 his future address will be Las Cruces, N. 

 Mexico. 



