[Dec, '03 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



Oligonyx scudderi'^^v^^sAxxQ. Texas (Boll, Belfrage, Lincecum). Dal- 

 las, Dallas Co. (Boll). Shovel Mount, Burnet Co.; Oct. 4-18,1901 

 (Schaupp), 



Theoclyies chlorophcza (Blanchard). Recorded from Mexico and 

 Louisiana, and in all probability will occur in Texas. Scudder has re- 

 corded a specimen from Matamoras, State of Tamaulipas, opposite 

 Brownsville, Cameron County. 



PHASMID^. 



Pseudosermyle strigata (Scudder). Texas (Boll, Lincecum). 



Pseudosermyle banksii Q^w^^W. Brazos County, September (Banks). 

 Buna, Jasper Co., November 15, 1902 (Hopkins). 



Megaphasnia denticrus (Stal). New Braunfels, Comal Co. (Lince- 

 cum). Gulf Coast (Aaron). Helotes, Bexar Co. (Marnock). Victoria, 

 Victoria Co. (Caudell). Shovel Mount, Burnet Co. ; July 5, 1901 

 (Schaupp). 



Diapheromera feuiorata {S?iy). Dallas, Dallas Co. (Boll). Ringgold 

 Barracks, Starr Co. (Schott). 



Diapheromera veliei Walsh. Dallas, Dallas Co. (Boll). Ringgold 

 Barracks, Starr Co. (Schott). Pecos River [New Mexico or Texas] 

 (Pope). Shovel Mount, Burnet Co. (Schaupp). 



Anisomorpha buprestoides (Stoll). ^ Texas (Boll). 



Some North American Bees: Osmia and 



Triepeolus. 



By T. D. a. Cockerkll. 



Triepeolus mesillae, Ckll, var. a. 



9. — Scutellum with two very large spots ; anterior lateral margins of 

 mesothorax faintly reddish ; pleura with a large red patch. 



Hab. — I^as Cruces, N. M., September 22, at rest, hanging by 

 jaws on Verbesma encelioides. The color- variation here de- 

 scribed nearly agrees with the normal coloration of the closely 

 allied T. bardus, as given by Mr. Brues. The insect may be 

 known from bardus by the conspicuous light hair about base of 

 antennae, the red anterior margin of clypeus, and the straight 

 or barely curved .scutellar spines. Perhaps mesillce is not more 

 than a geographical name of bardus ; the latter occurs from 

 eastern Texas to Illinois. 



