ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES. PHILADELPHIA. 



Vol. XVI. 



OCTOBER, 1905. 



No. 8. 



CONTENTS 



Daecke — Two new species of Diptera 

 from New Jersey 249 



Banks — A new genus and species of 

 Phalangida 251 



Sherman — On the pupation of the Noc- 

 tuid Moth Harrisnnemna trisignata 

 Walk 254 



Williamson — Oviposition of Tetragon- 

 euria (Odonata) 255 



Williams— Notes on the synonymy and 

 preparatory stages of Illice fausti- 

 nula Bdv 257 



Bruner — Concerning the locust genus 



Mestobregma Scudder 259 



Kirkaldy — Five new species of Micro- 

 necta Kirkaldy (Aquatic Hemip- 



tera ) 260 



Baker — Entomological Literature. The 



Bete Noire of the Entomologist 264 



Cockerell — New Bees from Colorado . . 270 



Editorial 273 



Entomological Literature 274 



Notes and News 275 



Two New Species of Diptera from New Jersey. 



By Erich Daecke. 



Ghrysops bistellatus n. sp. 9 



Length S-g^z mm., body slender. — Face, facial collosities and palpi 

 yellow. Cheeks brownish. Front covered with yellow pollen which 

 also surrounds the annulate and facial orbits. Frontal callus black. 

 The brownish ocellar tubercle is connected with the frontal callus by a 

 narrow, shiny black line. First segment of antennae yellow, second and 

 base of third brownish, the annulate portion black. 

 The two inner dorsal stripes of thorax are greenish 

 gray, the lateral yellowish and they alternate in the 

 usual manner with three brown stripes, of which the 



Abdomen and wing of C. bistellatus. 



mid-dorsal one is relatively narrow. The pleura are light yellow with the 

 usual dark brown stripes. Scutellum yellowish brown. Abdomen yel- 

 low, with one broad, light brown stripe on each side. These stripes 

 begin narrowly at base of second segment attaining their full width 

 apically and thus form a rectangular triangle ; the right angle being 



249 



