128 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [April, 



3. Didineis pecnliaris n. sp. 



9 . — Head rather well developed behind the eyes; front and vertex very 

 finely and closely punctured; clypeus tridentate; first joint of the flagel- 

 lum somewhat shorter than the following two joints united; dorsulum 

 finely and closely punctured; metathorax rather finely rugose; abdomen 

 finely and closely punctured; entirely reddish brown, the thorax beneath 

 and apical joints of antennae blackish; clypeus and abdomen apically, 

 sparsely clothed witii white pubescence; wings subhyaline, in the region 

 of the marginal, second submarginal and third discoidal cells there is a 

 fuscous cloud. Length 8 mm. 



(^. — Antennae stout, joints 1-5 of flagellum thickened or nodose at apex 



^ ^ beneath, but not so strongly so as in nodosa, 



■<~~] \ the last joint very large, curved and subtruncate 



I 1 ^ v,^^ ) at apex, the preceding joint spinose at apex 



\»Z-^ \' beneath; anterior femora with the lower margin 



Fig. 3.— Last two joints of rounded beneath ; colored like the 9 , except 



male antenna. ^j^^^. ^j^^ gpical segments of the abdomen are 



blackish, and the inner orbits, scape beneath and anterior margin of cly- 

 peus, yellow; wings with a fuscous cloud. Length 6-7 mm. 



Montana. The coloration will at once distinguish it from the 

 other species. 



OBITUARY. 



Herman Gleissner, Rector of the 63 Parish School, Berlin. 



Franz von Micklitz, k. k. Forstmeister in Vienna. 



Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe on the 20th of June at Brighton, 

 England. He was born in Penzance, Sept. i, 1813, was known through 

 his interest in Coleoptera. 



Entomological News for March was mailed Feb. 28, 1S94. 



