March 1S92.] 



PSYCHE. 



237 



G. kippoboscoides, n. sp. $. Head almost 

 uniform light yellow, between the ocelli 

 tinged with brown. Eves black, bare, not 

 approximated to each other. Front broad, 

 wider anteriorly, with yellow pollen on the 

 sides, a longitudinal callosity more whitish, 

 extending from the ocelli to the beginning 

 of the antennal prominence; in dried speci- 

 mens a variable impressed line on each side 

 of this callosity. Antennae situated on a 

 distinct transverse prominence, yellow, the 

 third joint more reddish; second joint al- 

 most annular, third tapering quite symmet- 

 rically, composed of eight annuli. Face 

 yellow, strongly protuberant, shining. Pro- 

 boscis reddish, directed forward, reaching 

 but little beyond the antennae. Palpi slen- 

 der, long, yellow, with yellow pollen and 

 abundant blackish hairs. Posterior orbits 

 wide, conspicuous, with yellow pollen. 



Thorax whitish yellow below, more brown- 

 ish above, with minute, appressed, silvery 

 yellow pile; on the anterior border just a 

 trace of a slender, median, reddish line; on 

 each side a broad, indistinct reddish stripe, 

 interrupted along the transverse suture. 

 Scutellum short, as wide as the head, 

 yellow. 



Abdomen short, broad, covered with ap- 

 pressed shining silvery-yellow pile; seven 

 visible segments, the last narrow, but little 

 protruded, showing a distinct emargination. 



Legs uniformly light yellow, the claws 

 black except at base. Spurs of moderate size 

 on middle and hind tibiae. 



Wings hyaline, with a deep brown cloud 

 extending across them, including the follow- 

 ing parts : the stigma, all of the marginal 

 cell except the proximal end, all of first sub- 

 marginal, all of the second except tip, all of 

 the first posterior except posterior half of 

 the distal end, the proximal half of the discal, 

 all of second basal, and middle of anal. 

 There is a characteristic small clear spot in 

 the second basal, at the anterior distal angle. 

 The cloud is clearly defined behind, but fades 

 more gradually in front. The branch of the 



third longitudinal vein shows a tendency to 

 emit a stump of a vein. In one of my speci- 

 mens the vein separating the thffd and fourth 

 posterior cells is obsolete for the greater part 

 of its course. 



Length 12 to 13 mm. Width across ex- 

 panded wings, 28 mm. 



Described from two female speci- 

 mens, received from Mr. Henry G. 

 Klages, Jeannette, Northumberland 

 Co., Penn. 



Fig. 2. Fig. 3. 



Fig. i shows the insect from abovey 

 the wings being diagrammatic. Fig. 2 

 is a side view of the head. Fig. 3 an 

 antenna. 



Miscellaneous notes. — Klemensiewicz, 

 at the last December meeting of the zoo- 

 logical and botanical society of Vienna, 

 stated that in the preceding summer he had' 

 observed hundreds of Pieris rapae flying; 



