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this branch of the subject. His writings form most valuable 

 contributions, and he described many species new to science. 

 A short time ago his superb collection of Cynipidae, including 

 the types, was presented to the American Entomological 

 Society of which he was a corresponding member. This col- 

 lection is to be kept intact under the name of the Bassett col- 

 lection. His loss will be keenly felt in the entomological 

 world. He leaves a widow and two daughters. 



Notes on Casey^s Revision of the American 

 Coccinellidae. 



By F. C. Bowditch. 



Mr. Casey'schangeof our well-known Megilla maculata D. G. 

 to fuscilabris Muls. seems to be doubtful even on his own show- 

 ing, as he speaks of them ' ' as in all probability distinct. ' ' Such 

 changes should only be made on a certainty. Megilla strcnua 

 from Brownsville, Tex. = maculata D. G.; beyond any reason- 

 able question, his M. medial is is probably also a sj'uonym (see 

 also Biolog. \'II, p. 151 ). In Hippodamia my specimens, which 

 agree with his descriptions of puncticollis and dispar and come 

 from the same localities, I call ^-signata Kby. ; several of his 

 other species I fail to identify with certainty, but they seem 

 to be mere variations of established forms. 



I'lriopsis connexia Germ., he states should be stricken from 

 our lists as not occurring in the United States, though Crotch 

 says it does. I have a specimen from Texas. 



Coccinella impressa Casey and ahitacea Casey = ^-notata Kby. , 

 or transversogidta Fab. , whichever of these latter names stands. 

 I fail to iie\>Q.r2tXQ perplexa Muls. ,jtiliana Muls. and eugenii Muls. 

 from our well-known trifasciata Linn. ; a form of which I have 

 three examples from Colorado and one from Kansas is at present 

 labelled a variety of the last, it has the black part of the thorax 

 continued to the front margin. It is possible this form may 

 tend to difficilis Cr. ; C. degeuer Casey = <^-notata. I think the 

 validity of C. iievadica Casey is very dubious, as I have a speci- 

 men which shows traces of the spots of ()-notata. 



Cydoneda immaadata Fabr., rtibripcmiis Ca.sey, limpifer 



