November 1895.] 



SUPPLEiMEXT TO PSYCHE. 



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one-fifth of its length from its base, the 

 fcecond near its apex. 2d siibmars;inal 

 nanowing about or haidly one-half to 

 marginal. 



Abdomen black, witli six rather broad 

 continuous white bands, two f)n first seg- 

 ment, joined laterallv, tlie others at di-lal 

 margins of the four following segments. 

 Apex black, bioad, rounded. 



Ihib. — Las Cruces, N. M., April 27, 1S94, 

 taken on the occasion of a meeting of the 

 College Field Club. 



Tliis insect has been compared by Mr. Fox 

 with.Cresson's types, and as he remarks, it 

 resembles P. inoiitanus from Ne\ ada, but 

 differs in the entire bands of the abdoitien. 



Bombomelecta alfredi, n. sp. — <J , about 

 13 mm. long, black, with diity while or 

 pale cinereous pubescence. Head bioad, 

 clypeus greatly produced; face, cheeks, 

 and occiput densely clothed with long 

 white liairs, mixed with black on cheeks 

 beneath, and on clypeus a purer wliite, silky 

 and shining. Antennae reaching a little 

 beyond tegulae, black, truncate at tips, 

 second joint of flagellum longer than first. 



Thoiax with large pimctures visible on 

 doi'suni, but mostly so covered with long 

 dirty-white pubescence that the surface 

 cannot be seen. Among the hairs, the 

 two short but distinct scutellar spines are 

 visible. The pubescence on the pleura is 

 very long and dense. Legs black, with 



DORYPHORA (MYCOCORYNA) LIN- 

 EOLATA STAL. 



This insect was found in great numbers on 

 a bush with linear leaves, Aug. 29, 1S94, at San 

 Augustine, N. M. Mr. Wickham, who kindly 

 identified it for me, found it on apparently 

 the same plant in the Pinal Mts., Arizona. 



The eg'g^ are laid on the leaves, about a 

 dozen toi^ether, in two rows, touching, 

 obliquely extending upwards; they arecylin- 

 dric.il, 2 inm. long, chroine yellow. One 

 batch of about 25 eggs found. 



Larva shaped as usual in the genus, 7 mm. 



sparse black pubescence, mixed with whit- 

 ish. The anterior and middle femora below 

 are frmged with white hairs, but the pos- 

 teiior femora have no such fringe. The 

 midtile tibiae show short white pubescence- 

 wilhoLit. The first joint of posterior tarsi 

 bears in addition to the short pubescence, 

 six long black hairs. The posterior tibiae 

 are broadly dilated to their truncate ends 

 and the innermost spine is longest and 

 slightly curved. The first joint of posterior 

 tarsi is distinctly shorter than the tibia. 

 Tegulae pitch-black, shining, microscopi- 

 cally reticidale. Wings smoky-hyaline, 

 the apical margin broadly smoky. Nervures 

 dark brown. Second submarginal cell 

 narrowing to a point at marginal. Vena- 

 tion otherwise as in B. titoracica var. 

 fulvida. 



Abdomen black with minute punctures, 

 first four segments each with a transversely 

 elongate patch of dirty-white pubescence 

 on each side, these patches successively 

 smaller from the first. Tip of abdomen 

 emarginate. 



Hub. — Las Cruces, N. M., on a young 

 Cottonwood tree by the Agricultural College, 

 April 17, 1S95. (Alfred Holt.) By the 

 color and arrangement of the pubescence, 

 this is clearly distinct. The only other 

 Bombomclecla found in the Mesilla Valley 

 is B. ihoracica \s.r. Julvida, Cr., on Lyciiiin 

 (Jessie Casad). 



long in contraction, jerking from side to side 

 when disturbed. Head pale yellow, with 

 twoelongate-pyriforin, upwardly-converging, 

 black marks on upper part of fiice. Body yel- 

 lowish-white with a lateral series of squarish 

 black marks, nearly forming a band ; a narrow 

 dorsal black stripe, wanting on first segment, 

 and also wanting on second (concealed) 

 segment. The junction of the segments 

 marked by biack lines. Last two segments 

 mostly black above. Legs mostly black. 



The itnngo has the thorax gieen, and the 

 elytra ochreous marked with black. 



T. D. A. Ckll. 



