August, 1900.] 



PSYCHE. 



95 



LOCALITIES FOR WESTERN TRYX- 



ALINAE. 



In recent papers I have given descriptions 

 of Tr^'xalinae brouglit home from tlie Pacific 

 coast b_v Mr. A. P. Morse and with them 

 localities at which certain other described 

 species were talven. — -In tlie present note 

 I add otlier localities for described Tryxa- 

 linae all from the collection of Mr. Morse. 



Syrbida acuticornis Brim. Mesilla, N. 

 Mex., Jiilv I. 



Syrhiila tnhnif abitis (Uhl.) Flatonia, 

 Tex., June 25. 



Bootettix ayo-tjifcifiis Brun. Mesilla, N. 

 Mex., Julv i; Juarez, Mex., Julv 3; Yuma, 

 Ariz., July 5; Indio, Cal., July 9; Palm 

 Springs, Cal., July 12. 



MesocUloa abortiva (Brun.) Flatonia, 

 Tex., June 25. 



Amphitoiiius oriiatus McNeill. Mesilla, 

 N. Mex., July i; Cahon Pass, Cal., July 19; 

 Pt. Loma, Cal., July 23; Los Angeles, Cal., 

 July 25; Lancaster Cal., Aug. i; Gazelle, 

 Cal., Sept. 5; Ashland, Or., Sept. 7. 



Alplnx ciiiereai (Brun.) Sierra Blanca, 

 Tex., June 26; Mesilla, N. Mex., June 30; 

 Cahon Pass, Cal., July iS. 



Bruiieria s/iasfana (Scudd.) Mt. Shasta 

 Cal , Sept. 2. 



Psoloessa maculifetmis Scudd. Alpine, 

 Valentine and Sierra Blanca, Tex., June 26. 



Ageneolettix deornmi (Scudd.) Mesilla, N. 

 Hex., July 2 



Lignrntettix cogiitlleltii McNeill. Yuma, 

 Ariz., July 5; Palm Springs, Cal., July 12; 

 Lancaster, Cal., Aug. i. 



Samuel IJ. Scudder. 



Occurrence of Myr.meleon imm.\culat- 

 UM DeGeer in Maine. — Mv attention was 

 called Aug. 29, 1S97, by Prof. H. S. Pratt to 

 a number of holes or pits of ant-lions near 

 Brunswick, Maine, between the town and 

 New Wharf, and visiting the spot I found 

 them in abundance in a sunny exposure in a 

 sand-bank sheltered by the projecting turf. 



There were over 75 holes In one place and 5^ 

 in another. The next year I observed that 

 some weie still living there, but not so 

 many. Miss Hale of Sherbrook, Canada, 

 took some of the larvae home with hei' and 

 from one of them was fortunate enough to 

 rear the imago. This she kindly presented 

 to me and I find by comparison with the 

 specimens in the Hagen collection of the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cam- 

 bridge, that it is the species named above. 



Miss Hale kept the larvae through the win- 

 ter, feeding them with Tineid larvae, flies and 

 spiders. One began to spin its cocoon 

 Marcli 5, the operation being completed with- 

 in a d;iy. The imago emerged June ist. 



Heretofore the northernmost published 

 locality for this species has been Salem, 

 Mass. (See Emerton in Amer. Natiu'alist iv., 

 p. 705, Figs. 159-162). Emerton's larva spun 

 May 15, the imago emerging |nne 25, " a very 

 hot day." 



This species of ant-lion has a \'ery wide 

 range; the following are the localities under 

 the specimens in the Cambridge Museum, for 

 which I am indebted to Mr. S. Henshaw : 

 Keene, N. H. , Michigan, Washington, D. C, 

 North Carolina, Texas, Colorado. Oregon, 

 and Califoinia. — A. S. Packard. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB. 



9 March, 1900. The2t3th meeting was held 

 at 156 Brattle St., Mr. S. H. Scudder in the 

 chair. Messrs. James A. Field and Carl Otto 

 Zerrahn were elected to active membership. 



Mr. S. H. Scudder said he was working on 

 a new list of the Orthoptera of New England ; 

 ninety-five species have thus far been taken. 

 He also made some comparisons of the or- 

 thopterous faunas of England and New Eng- 

 laiul. Some discussions on distribution 

 followed. 



13 April, igoo. The 214th meeting was 

 held at 156 Brattle St., Mr. S. H. Scudder in 

 the chair. Mr. A. P. Morse was chosen sec- 

 tary pro tern. 



