1909] PATCH — CHERMES 137 
2. Chermes alnetis Linn. ‘This is a green-winged species developing in a “ pine- 
apple gall” particularly numerous on white and Norway spruces and ovipositing on 
the same species of tree on which the galls are found. 
3. Chermes similis Gillette. A reddish brown species producing an irregular 
gall on Norway, black, red and white spruces in Maine and ovipositing on the same 
species of tree on which the galls are found. 
4. Chermes floccusn.sp. A species developing in a gall on black and red spruce 
and migrating to the needles of the white pine where it oviposits. A considerable 
amount of wax is secreted by this species and living specimens can readily be distin- 
guished from pinifoliae by this character alone. Both the galls and the insects are 
structurally very distinct from pinifoliae. ‘The antennae of this species are char- 
acterized by the exceedingly large sensoria on joints III, 1V, V. Each sensorium com- 
prises the entire surface of the joint except the extreme proximal and distal portions 
and a narrow ridge connecting these. 
5. Chermes consolidatus n. sp. ‘This tiny species produces a small pale green 
or pinkish gall on the black or red spruce and migrates to the larch. It is the small- 
est of the Chermes found producing galls in Maine. ‘The antennae are distinctive, 
the constriction between joints III, IV and V not being so conspicuous as in the other 
five species, so that these three joints appear almost like a single joint in some speci- 
mens. 
6. Chermes lariciatus n. sp. his species produces somewhat russet colored 
galls on white spruce and migrates to larch needles to oviposit. The freshly molted 
migrants have the prothorax and abdomen light yellowish brown, head and thoracic 
lobes dark, legs and antennae greenish, wings conspicuously green with yellow 
proximal portion. 
These six Chermes with galls and photographic details will be included in the 
exhibit of the Entomological Society of America in Boston. 
Sprpers IN WINTER FLoops.— On February 10, 1909, there was a heavy rain 
which flooded low fields and the borders of swamps and ponds and on the 12th I went 
to Tyngsboro, Mass., and joined Mr. Frederick Blanchard in a hunt for spiders and 
Coleoptera on the ice. The thermometer had fallen to 14 in the night but the day 
was calm and became slowly warmer. In the open fields the water had partly drained 
away leaving thin ice on which spiders were scattered, most of them being near the 
line of dust that marked the highest water. On the larger ponds and swamps they 
