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PSYCHE. 



[September 1893- 



narrowly joined to the nearest median spot; 

 in the figure these two spots are entirely sep- 

 arate. The local examples are remarkable 

 for bilateral symmetry, -which the figure 

 markedly lacks. The light markings of prim- 

 ary in two of the local males are moderately 

 more developed than in the Arizona male as 

 figured. The two females have these light 

 markings still more produced; in other re- 

 spects they differ little from the males. 



Comparing the description of Arctia rem- 

 issa of Hudson Bay. doubtfully named by 

 Henry Edwards as a new species (Entomo- 

 logica americana, January 1S88, p. 1S4), I 

 find my local examples true yarrowi as 

 distinguished from remissa, and not close 

 enough to the latter to give much aid in 

 determining its validity as a species. The 

 color of the light markings on anterior wing 

 of yarrowi is described in the text as "clear 

 lemon-yellow"; in description of remissa it 

 is stated as buff; in my local examples of 

 yarrowi the. color is buff, modified by a slight 

 tinge of olive. 



That yarrowi is strictly alpine in this 

 district is not certain, though strongly indi- 

 cated by the facts so far learned. If, in addi- 

 tion, its occurrence in Arizona should prove 

 to be at low elevation, such a combination 

 would make a most singular case in geo- 

 graphical distribution. Probably, however, 

 its occurrence in Arizona is entirely alpine. 



T ho mas E. Bean 



Entomological Notes. — The Division 

 of Entomology of the United States depart- 

 ment of agriculture, has issued a circular 

 regarding the appearance this year of either 

 race of the "seventeen year locust," asking for 

 any confirmatory experience as to the 

 appearance or non-appearance of the insects 

 in any locality. Any evidence giving the 

 extent of territory over which they appear or 

 any well-attested dates of their appearance in 

 previous years, will be thankfully received 

 and appreciated. The following list is pre- 

 pared from previous records. 



Brood XVI.— Tredecim— (18S0, 1893). 

 Alabama. — Lowndes County. 

 Georgia. — Cobb and Cherokee Counties. 

 Tennessee. — Lincoln County. 

 North Carolina. — Lincoln and Moore 

 Counties. 

 This brood is but little known, and all 

 require further confirmation this year. 

 Brood XI. — Septendecim — (1876, 1893). 

 North Carolina. — From Raleigh, Wake 

 County, to the northern line of the 

 State; also in the counties of 

 Rowan, Davie, Cabarrus, and Ire- 

 dell. 

 Virginia. — From Petersburg, Dinwiddie 

 County, to the northern line of the 

 State ; Bedford and Rockbridge 

 Counties; Valley of Virginia from 

 the Potomac River to the Tennessee 

 and North Carolina lines. 

 District of Columbia. — Woods north of 



Washington. 

 Maryland. — Southern half of St. Mary's 



County. 

 Kentucky. — Trimble County. 

 Indiana. — Knox, Sullivan, and Posey 



Counties. 

 Illinois. — Madison County. 

 Kansas. — Dickinson and Leavenworth 



Counties. 

 Colorado. — Cheyenne Canyon. 

 This is a well-established brood, most of 

 the localities in the Eastern States as well as 

 those in Indiana and Illinois having been 

 verified in the past years; but the localities 

 in Kentucky and Kansas require confirma- 

 tion, and that in Colorado is extremely 

 doubtful. 



Professor Riley in his interesting address 

 on parasitism in insects, printed in the Pro- 

 ceedings of the entomological society of 

 Washington, has, apparently, overlooked 

 the fact that the "genuine oestrid larva" 

 recorded and figured by Packard as taken 

 from under the skin of the back of the neck 

 of the box turtle, Cisludo Carolina, has been 

 proved by Wheeler (Psyche, v. 5, p. 403) 

 to be a species of Sarcophaga. 



