ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



[ January, 



DIPTERA. 



Bibio sp. ? 



* Chironomus sp. ? 

 Dicronomyia pudica O. S. 

 Tipula sp. ? 

 Xylophagus rufiJDes Loew. 



sp.? 

 Therioplectes lasiophthalmus Macq. 

 Dioctria albius Walk. 

 Cyrtopogon bimacula Say. 

 Holcocepljala abdominalis ►Say. 

 Dasyllis flavicollis Say. 

 Symphromyia puUata Coq. 



* Laphria pubescens Willist. 



" sericea Say. 



* Melanostoma obscura O. S. 



* Syrphus contumax O. S. 



" torvus.O. kS". 



* " lesueurii Macq. 

 Eristalis compactus Walk. 



" dimidiatus Wied. 

 " tenax Linn. 

 Also many species of Tachinidae 

 and Muscidae not identified. 



* Xylota curvipes Loew. 

 Temnostoma bombylans Fab. 



" alternans Loew. 



Homalomyia sp. ? 



Cordylura sp. ? 



Scatophaga stercoraria Linn. 



*Tetanocera plumosa Loezu. 



" saratogensis Fitch. 



ORTHOPTERA. 



* Pezotettix glacialis Scud. 

 Melanoplus femur-rubrum DeG. 

 Ghortophagus viridifasciata DeG. 

 Hippiscus tuberculatus P. deB. 

 Tettix granulatus Kirby. 



" ornatus Say. 

 Tettigidea polymorpha Burnt. 

 Periplaneta americana Fab. 



NEUROPTERA. 



Nehalennia irene Hag. 

 Chrysopa oculata Say. 



Several Phryganidae, etc., un- 

 identified. 



ARANE^. 



Clubiona canadensis Em. 

 Pardosa brunnea Em. 



PHALANGIDiE. 

 Oligolophus montanus Bks. ms. 



ACARINiE. 

 Rhyncolophus montanus Bks. n. sp. 



A NOTE ON CRYPTOHYPNUS. 



By Geo. H. Horn, M.D. 



In a recent number of " Entomologische Nachrichten" (1893, 

 pp. 305-311) Mr. E. Bergroth publishes some remarks on the 

 Cat. Col, Eur. by E. Reitter, which have but little interest for 

 our fauna until Cryptohypnus is reached, concerning which he 

 says: "The genus Crytohypnus Latr. is still confounded with 

 Hypnoidus Steph. They are, however, two distinct genera stand- 

 ing well apart, as Schioedte has shown, defining them in the fol- 

 lowing manner: 



Cryptohypnus. — Epimera of mesothorax reaching the coxa, 



