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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



[June, 



NEUROPTERA. 



Raphidia oblita Hag., 2 specimens. 



Colorado. 

 Hemerobius sp., i specimen. 

 Polystoechotes punctatus Say, i sp. 

 C/irysopa nigricornis Burm., i sp. 

 Chrysopa fiorabunda Fitch, a spec. 

 Bittacus strigosus Hag. , 2 spec. 



Bittacus siigtnaterus Say, 2 spec. 

 Brachyneniunis abdontinalis Say, 



I specimen. 

 Brachynemurus sp., 2 specimens. 



Colorado. 

 67«/a hyalina Latr., i specimen. 



Setodes urowarii Kol., i specimen. 



Setodes albida Walk., 2 specimens. 



Setodes incerta Walk. ?, i specimen 

 — Has the palpi shorter and more 

 hairy than other specimens which 

 I have seen and may be different. 



Leptocerus dilutus Hag., 3 spec. 



Mystacides punctata nov. sp. — 

 Black, with white spots. Palpi 

 black with black hair, second 

 joint short, third much longer, 

 fourth a little shorter than the 

 third, fifth long and flexible, ta- 

 pering. Antennae black, basal 

 third annulate with snow white, 

 basal joint black, with a white 

 line on inner side; thorax and ab- 

 domen black; legs fuscous, tarsi 



TRIGHOPTERA. 



white; anterior wings black, with 

 many small white spots, most 

 numerous near tip ; posterior 

 wings fusco-hyaline, cilia black. 

 Spurs 1.2.2. Length 9 8.5 mm. 

 One 9 and one ^, Douglas Co., 

 Kans., August, electric light. A 

 larger specimen has a greenish 

 abdomen, the tarsi spotted with 

 black, part of the basal joint of 

 antennee and the face white; it 

 may be different, but is badly 

 rubbed. 



Hydropsyche scalaris Hag., 2 spec. 



Hydropsyche sp., 2 specimens. 



Hydropsyche phalerata Hag., 8 sp. 

 — There may be two or more 

 species in this. 



All the specimens are from Douglas County, Kansas, unless 

 otherwise marked. 



Mrs. Slosson has sent me a very interesting species as a result of her 

 stay in Florida this Winter. Thecla acis was described by Drury in 1773. 

 The species has remained exceedingly rare in collections in this country, 

 and is wanting in a number of the largest. The locality given by Drnrj' 

 is New York, which is evidently an error. Acis is a West Indian species, 

 and its geographical range is probably not accurately known. Mrs. Slos- 

 son says in regard to it: " I had grown tired of collecting Theclas and 

 finding them all posas, and was surprised to find these two strangers {acts) 

 in the net. They were fluttering with the others about blossoms and 

 leaves in the hot sunshine on a path through the low scrub quite near the 

 ocean beach at Lake Worth." There is a good description of the species 

 in French's " Butterflies of the Eastern United States.— Henry Skinner. 



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