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oval, strongly rostrate. This appears to be so distinct from any description 

 given that I have named it as new. Not uncommon. 



Erj/siphr, (^Flate IV, Fig. 1.) On Aster punt'ceus. One con- 



ceptacle alone found. 



E. lamprocarpa. Lev. On Phlox (Old Maid's Pink.) 



E. martii, Lk. Very common on leaves and stems of peas. The 

 cultivation of garden peas in late summer and autumn is precluded from 

 the effects of this fungus as much as from the weevil which infests them. 



Erotnnn herbariorum, Lk. On plants in cabinet. Common every- 

 where. 



These are all that were found in these two families, except one of the 

 latter on leaves of Liriochndron tuUptfern, whi h was not matured enough 

 to determine. Bofri/opium pulchnuv should not have been given among 

 the parasitic plants, as it is only found on decaying herbage. The figure is 

 more slender and the branches longer than Cooke's figure. The species may 

 not be correct. Fear of occupying too much space causes the omission of 

 further notes. 



A LIST OF THE OKTHOPTEKA OF ILLINOIS. 



By CYRUS THOMAS, PH. D. 



Fam. 1. FORFICULID^. 



1. Forficula aculeata, Scudd. 



Found in northern Illinois. It is probable that Lehia minor, Linn, 

 may be found in the state, but I am not aware that it has been met 

 with here. 



Faji. 2. BLATTID^. 



2. Phyllodromia germanica, Linn. 



Blatta germanica, Linn. Syst. Nat., II, 688. 

 Ectobia germauica, West. Introd., I, 515. 

 Phylladromia germanica, Serv. Orth., 187. 



3. Iscb.noptera unicolor, Scudd. 



Platamodes unicolor, Scudd., Bost Jour. Nat. Hist., VII, 417. 

 Ectobia lithophila, Scudd., Bost. Jour. Nat. Hist , VII, 418. 

 Ischnoptera uhleriana, Sauss., Rev. et Mag. Zool., 1862, 169. 



4. I. pennsylvanica, Deg. 



Blatta pennsylvanica, Deg., 1773, Mem., Ill, No. 2, PI. 44, 4. 

 Ischnoptera morio ], Burm. Hanb., II, 500. 



conloniana, Sauss , Rev. et Mag. Zool., 1862, 169. 

 Platamodes pennsylvanica, Scudd., Bost. Jour. Nat. Hist., VII, 417. 

 This is the most common species in the southern part of the state. 



