December 1897.] 



PSYCHE. 



151 



to that of femur, bristly; tarsus a little less 

 than 4 the length of tibia, bristly, tarsal 

 digitules very long, slender, and knobbed; 

 claw medium size and slightly curved, digi- 

 tules of claw sliglitly longer than claw, and 



rather stout. See figure. Ana! ring f 

 lobes normal. Ovisac, about 5 mm. lonj 



fluffy inass of cottony secretion in which the 

 female often entirely buries herself. Eggs 

 pale yellowish brown. 



Male unknown. 



Habitat, Andover, Mass., Oct. 20, 1896, in 

 the nest of Lasitis claviger Rog. Coll. Geo. 

 B. King; collected again by Mr. King at 

 Methuen, Mass., Oct. 3, 1S97, in nests of 

 Lasfu^ amcfictniHs Em., "completely con- 

 cealed in a round ball of cottony down, 

 attached to roots of grass entering the ants' 

 nest, under a stone" (King). 



A striking characteristic of this species is 

 that the antennae and femora bear numerous 

 long, slender hairs and that the body also 

 bears numerous long, slender hairs. The 

 relative lengths of the segments of the anten- 

 nae are much more constant than is usual in 

 ants' nest coccids. 



THE LARVAE OF TWO SATURNIANS. 



BY HARRISON G. DYAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Hemileiica neiiiiioegeni Hy. Edw. — Al- 

 most indistinguishable from the eastern H. 

 maia except that the head is black. Upper 

 row of spines (i) with short shaft on joints 

 5-12, an unpaired dorsal spine on joints 12 

 and 13; none on the anal plate; four row-s 

 of spines on joints 2 to 6 and 11, three on 

 the other segments. Secondary hairs abun- 

 dant, fine, white. Black, head shining; 

 body thickly covered with small yellow dots, 

 approximate, subcontinent, centered by the 

 secondary hairs. An indicated subdorsal, 

 lateral and broader stigmatal yellow bands, 

 showing as dots in the incisures which are 

 mostly otherwise free from the yellow dots. 

 Spines black, the basal ones on each shaft 

 yellowish. Leg plate black; venter a little 

 reddish. 



The yellow dots are less confluent than in 

 H. maia, being especially sparse in the in- 

 cisures, and the stigmatal band is reduced 

 and obsolete centrally on the segments. 



(i blown example, Los Angeles Co., Cal. 

 bred by Koebele. Coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.) 



Agafema ga//)iria[ Clemens. — .Egg. El- 

 liptical, flattened above and below, a little 

 concave; white, shagreened, covered all over 

 with a brown gum, which causes the eggs to 

 adhere to the twig and is applied irregularly, 

 forming darker brown spots and streaks. 

 Size, 2.6 X 1.9 X 1.6 mm. Hatch by a hole 

 in one end; laid in an irregular mass on a 

 twig. (H. K. Morrison, Ariz., May 5th, 1SS3; 

 Coll. V. S. N. M.) 



Singe T. Head rounded, black with white 

 setae; width i ram. Body black, without 

 secondary hairs, but with four rows on 

 thorax, three elsewhere of low, scarcely pro- 

 duced \varts. each bearing several pale hairs 

 mixed with some dark ones. Hairs stiff, 

 somewhat curved. Warts all paired, no 

 single dorsal one, the pair on the anal plate 

 small and rudimentary. Tubercles of equal 

 size, those on joints 4, 5, and 12 scarcely 

 perceptibly larger; anal plate shining; skin 

 faintly transversely wrinkled ; no markings; 

 claspers of abdominal feet pale, but leg-plates 

 dark, shining. Length 5 mm. 



