74 Psyche [April 



*abdomme elongate ** abdomine clavata 



depressiusculo 

 festivus Svec. Linn. conopseus " 



Muscafestivum Linn, is a Chrysotoxum Meig. 1803, and Syrphus 

 conopseus Fabr. is the type of the genus Doros Meig, 1803. 



"2 Divis. Alis incumbentibus. 1 subdiv. antennis longitudine 

 capitis vel ultra. Calicera Eg. — Callicera Mgn. Pnz. Ltr. — Bibio 

 Fbr. — Syrphus Rss." 



No species mentioned. 



Under "11 Natio Dolichopides Palpis proboscide brevioribus; 

 alis incumbentibus. Calomya Eg. — Callomya Mgn. Flln. — 

 Dolichopus Fbr. Ltr. Wick.— Musca 01." 



No species mentioned. 



Under "13 Natio, Asilides. Capite trans verso thoraci collo 

 exserto adnexo. 1 Divis. Tarsis pulvillis duabus." 



"Laphyra Eg. — Laphria Mgn. 111. Ltr. Fbr. Flln. — Erax Sep. — 

 Asilus auct. Pier. 

 gibbosa Svec. Linn. gilva Svec. Linn 



flava marginata 



ephippium — — Fbr . rufipes Flln . ' ' 



All of these belong to the genus Laphria Meigen 1803. 



"19 Natio Culicides Antennis gracilibus, capite longioribus, cf 

 valde plumosis 1, verticillato-pilosis ; ocellis nulHs." 



"2 Divis. Alis deflexis Cnips Eg. — Culicoides Ltr." 



Of the above names only Blera seems to be of any special 

 importance. C. W. Johnson. 



ANOTHER IMPORTED CLOVER WEEVIL. 



Among the Phytonomus received for examination this winter I find specimens 

 that belong to a species apparently not hitherto reported from America. This 

 latest accession to the hst of our clover and alfalfa enemies is Phytonomus\meles Fab. 



Specimens have been identified from the following localities: Albany, N.Y., 

 9 July 1908 bred from red clover (Dr. E. P. Felt); West Point, N. Y., W. 

 Robinson, 28 April 1908 (coll. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.); Brooklyn, N. Y. 

 (C. Schaeffer); Westchester Co., N. Y. (Schaeffer); Rockaway " washup " 

 (Schaeffer); Rockaway Beach, N. Y. (E. A. Bischoff); New Haven, Ct., 

 28 May 1910 and Hamden, Ct., 16 May 1910 (A. B. Champlain); Framingham, 

 Mass., 5 May 1909 (C. A. Frost); Ramsev, N. J., 31 May 1908 (Schaeffer); 

 Hewit, N. J. (Schaeffer); Rahway, N. J., 23 July (Bischoff); Newfoundland, 

 N. J., 30 May (Bischoff); Lake Hopatcong, N. J., 30 May (J. A. Grossbeck). 



It has much the same color as the alfalfa leaf-weevil (P. posticus Gyll.) but the 

 scales are cleft to the base as in P. nigrirostris and the thorax is much wider than 

 in either of these species. E. G. Titus. 



Mr. E. A. Bischoff {in litt. 18 Apr., 1911) states that this is the P. Castw of 

 Smith's Cat. Ins. of N. J. 



