56 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [February, 



NEW SPECIES OF NORTH AMERICAN INSECTS DESCRIBED 

 IN THE PRECEDING LITERATURE. 



COLEOPTERA. 



Bembidiunt postfasciatum Hamilton, Can. Ent. xxv, p. 305, Pa. Pla- 

 iymis partnarginatus. p. 305, Pa. Sfeno/ophus humidus, Soronia sud- 

 striata, p. 306, Pa. Corytnbites elongaticollis, p. 307, Pa., Ont. Hemip- 

 tychus castaneus, p. 307, Pa. Isontira ruficolHs, Acalles curtiis, p. 308, 

 Pa. Pachybaris strigapunctus, p. 309, Pa. Balaninus coufusor, p. 309, 

 Mass., Pa., O., W. Va., N. C. 



Cassididse: n. gen. etspp. Me.x., Cent. Am., Champion, Biol. Ceat.-Am. 

 Coleop. vi, pp. 125-164. 



DIPTERA. 



Bibio tristisWWWston and Kellogg, Trans. Kans. Acad. Sci. xiii, p. 113, 

 fig., Kansas. * 



Diachlorus guttatidus Townsend, Trans. Kans. Acad. Sci. xiii, p. 134, 

 N. Mex. Micropeza turcana, p. 136, Ariz. 



HYMENOPTERA. 



Blennocampapopulifoliella Riley MS., Townsend, Can. Ent. xxv, p. 304, 

 N. Mex. 



Pompilidae: n. spp. Mex., Cent. Am., Cameron, Biol. Cent.-Am. Hy- 

 men, ii, pp. 193-222. Scoliidae, id. 1. c. pp. 222-256. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



Thelethia n. gen. name for Thia (preocc.) Dyar, Can. Ent. xxv, p. 301. 

 Hepialus argenteomaculatus Harr., war. perdita, p. 327. 



Hesperidse: n. spp. Mex., Cent. Am., Godman and Salvin, Biol. Cent.- 

 Am. Lepid.-Rhopal. ii, pp. 297-328. 



ORTHOPTERA. 

 Forficulidae: n. spp. Mex., Cent. Am., de Bormans, Biol. Cent.-Am. 

 Orthop. pp. 9-12. 



Blattidae: n. spp. Mex., Cent. Am., U. S., de Saussure and Zehnter, 

 1. c. pp. i3-f04. 



THYSANURA. 

 Fam. Aphoruridae (nom. nov.) Macgillivray, Can. Ent. xxv, p. 313. 

 New gen. and spp. Aphoruridae and Poduridae, pp. 313-318. 



ARANEINA. 

 Epeiridae: n. spp., Marx, Die Spinnen Amerikas, iv, pp. 209-377. N. 

 spp. Mex., Cambridge, Biol. Cent.-Am., Arach.-Aran. pp. 105-120. 



PHALANGIDA. 

 Trogulidae: Ortholasma n. gen. Banks, Psyche vii, p. ir. O. rugosa, 

 p. 12, S. Cal. Dendrolasma, p. 12. D. mirabilis, p. 12, Wash. 



