October iSq6.] 



PSYCHE. 



437 



neath chunks and mullein leaves. 

 Dec. lo, Jan. i6. 



32 1, Hypolampsis pilosa 111. One 

 only, from beneath a chiuik in the bed 

 of canal. Jan. i. 



222, Oedionychis gibbitarsis Sa}-. 



333, O. vians 111. 



224, O. indigoptera Lee. 



The above are the winter represent- 

 atives of the six species of the genus 

 found in the countv. Gibbitarsiis 

 and vians were taken on numerous 

 occasions ; indigoptera, once, Feb. 14, 

 all from beneath logs and rubbish. 



225, Disonyc/ia discoidea Fab. 



226, D. coUaris Fab. 



227, D. collata Fab. 



22S, D. cervicalis Lee. These 

 foiu' frequent throughout the winter 

 beneath midlein leaves and rubbish. 

 Four additional species of the genus 

 occur in the county. 



229, Haltica chalybea 111. One of 

 the two specimens taken, was found Dec. 

 lOth beneath the bark of an oak log. 



230, Syste?ia frontalis Fab. Once 



in winter, Fel). 14, from beneath the 

 bark of the White Maple (Acer dasay- 

 carpti77i Ehrh.) Common in June on 

 the leaves of the great ragweed {Am- 

 brosia trijida L.). 



231, Longitarsus turbatiis Horn. 

 Feb. 10, from beneath logs. Fre- 

 quent in June on the leaves and stems 

 of the false gromwell, Onos»!odii(i>i 

 carol iuianmn D. C. 



232, Ckaeiocnetna denticulate! 111. 

 Frequent beneath chunks in fence 

 corners filled with dead leaves. Jan. 6. 



233, Odontota dorsalis Thunb. 

 But once in winter, Dec. 35, from 

 beneath the bark of a locust {Robinia 

 pseudacacia L.) log. Frequent in 

 summer. 



334, Cassida bivittata Say. 



235, C. thoracica 111. Dec. 29. 



336, Coptocycla guttata OWx. 



Of these bivittata and guttata are 

 frequent in winter; the other rare at 

 any season and once on date given. 

 All hibernate beneath chunks and 

 chips in damp localities. 



.SOME ADDITIONAL SPECIES OF PROSAPIS. 



BY T. D. A. COCKERELL, MESILLA, X. MEX. 



Prosapis labiatifrons, n. sp., $. — Length, 

 5i mm., black with orange markings. Head 

 fairly large, face only moderately narrowed 

 below; clypeus, supraclypeal mark and 

 lateral marks dull orange-yellow with a 

 slightly buff tint. Supraclypeal mark quite 

 broad, elongated, extending up between an- 

 tennae. Lateral marks strongly excavated 

 by antennal sockets on inner side, at the 

 same level strongly curving inwards, reced- 



ing from the orbital margin ; the lateral 

 marks as a whole strongly recall the corolla 

 of a labiate flower, whence the specific name. 

 Scape orange in front, hardly dilated at all. 

 Flagellum dark brown, reaching a little 

 beyond tegulae. Vertex and front strongly 

 punctured, the punctures on front not run- 

 ning into grooves. Mesothorax, scutellum 

 and pleura strongly punctured, the punctures 

 on hind part of mesothorax conspicuously 



