ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 



AND 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. 



Vol. XVI. JANUARY, 1905. No. 



CONTENTS: 



Frontispiece i 



Nason — Micro-lepidoptera from Algon- 

 quin. Illinois I 



N'eedham— Two Elusive Dragonflies.. . 3 

 Sherman — The Flat-bugs (Aradidse) of 



Bradley— Ropronia, an Anomalous Hy- 

 meiiopteron J4 



Williams— The larva of Hepialussequo- 

 iolus Behrens 19 



Ashmead — A new Thrips from the Phil- 



Norlh Carolina 7 ! ippine Islands 20 



Cockerell — Some Amer. Hymenopteia 9 ' Editorial 21 



Brues — The Occurrence of a Tropical Entomological Literature 22 



Butterfly in the United Stages 11 ' Doings of Societies 23 



Daecke — Xotes on Prionapteryx nebuli- I 



fera Steph 12 ' 



Our frontispiece this month was made direct from specimens 

 in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila- 

 delphia, b}- the Photo-chromotype Company of Philadelphia. 

 This is one of the largest companies in America doing this line 

 of work. The specimens represented are as follows : Eronia 

 phoccea Felder, from the Philippines. Cyrestis elegans Bois- 

 duval, from Madagascar. Catagramma cytiosura Doubl.-Hew., 

 from Brazil. 



Micro-Lepidoptcra of Algonquin, Illinois. 

 By William A. Nason, M.D. 



The following list includes species of Lepidoptera of the 

 families of Pyralidae, Tortricidse and other ' • micros ' ' ar- 

 ranged in the order given in Dj^ar's " List of North American 

 Lepidoptera." The list is interesting from the fact that it 

 adds to our knowledge of the geographical distribution of 

 species ; and also from the fact that the place of capture is 

 peculiar in its faunal relations. 



The town of Algonquin is situated fifty miles northwest of 

 the city of Chicago, and less than thirty miles, in a direct line, 



