PSYCHE. 



MANUSCRIPT NOTES UY THE LATE T. VV. HARRIS ON SAY'S 

 INSECTS AND PAPERS.— I. • 



[The Harris library in the Poston 

 Society of Natural History contains a 

 very huge number of separates of Say's 

 entomological papers, including a!l the> 

 rar^r ones, received by him directly 

 from the author. These contain vari- 

 ous MS. notes in pencil by Harris 

 with a very few corrections or additions 

 by Say himself ; thinking that these may 

 throw some light upon the time of pub- 

 lication of the papers or help determine 

 the insects treated, I have here collected 

 such as seem to have any present 

 importance or interest, referring, for 

 ready convenience, to the Complete 

 Writings edited by Le Conte. A few 

 comments of my own are added in 

 brackets. — Samiul H. Scud(k>-\. 



VOLUJIE I OF CO.MPLETE WRITINGS. 



Page 74. Ti'cincx st-ricii/s. In the 

 Western (Quarterly Reporter is added : 

 Length, exclusive of the oviduct, nearly 

 one inch. 



P. 74. Trcincx obsolctus. In the W. 

 Q. R. is added : Length f of an inch. 

 A male; the lateral abdominal spots 

 are very indistinct. 



P. 92. Pompilus fonyiosus. In the W. 

 Q. R. is added : Length of the body of 



$ , 1^1 of an inch ; to tip of wings more 

 than ,L ? of an inch ; of the body of 9 , 

 I inch and f . 



P. 98. Phrygaiua fasciata. In the 

 W. Q. R. is added : Length to the tip of 

 wings /„ of an inch ; of body nearly ^ 

 of an inch ; of antennae f of an inch ; 

 of superior wings nearly -^^^ of an inch. 



P. III. PJiUanthus caiiaruitlatus. 

 Length \^ of an inch in W. Q. R. 



P. 112. Philanthus zona t us. Length 

 h inch is W. Q. R. 



P. i6i. Article i.x. Published prob- 

 ably first of April, 1S23, John I). 

 Godman, Editor. 



P. 163. Aiiomalon flavuoniis,\\\\'i 3 

 add : and Massachusetts. 



P. 164. Plcsia margmata. We have 

 one large species in Massachusetts, but 

 not the marginata. 



P. 164. Sapyga sulmlatij. Penn- 

 sylvania. The wing nervures are not 

 like those of Sapyga nor Plesia Jur., 

 and I should be inclined to retain the 

 genus Elis F., to which the insect cer- 

 tainly belongs. Illiger thought also 

 that the genus Elis should be retained 

 and the se.xcincta, with the above, are 

 by no means congeneric with Plesia 

 Jur. According to Latreille, the re- 

 curved anal style is the character of the 



