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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 



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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. 



Vol. XII. OCTOBER, 1901. No. 8. 



CONTENTS: 



Newcomb — Chionobas Katahdin 225 



King — The Greenhoust Coccidas, 1 231 



Fox — Letters from Thomas Say to John 



F. Melsheimer, 1816-1825.— VI, VII 233 



Slossoii — A Successful Failure 256 



Harvey — Contributions to the Odonata 



of Maine, IV (continued) 239 



Burrison— Butterflies from the Vellow- 



stotie National Park 244 



Editorial 245 



Entomological Literature 246 



Economic Entomology 251 



Doings of Societies 253 



Chionobas Katahdin 



and an account of its discovery. 



By H. H. Newcomb. 



Cllioiiobas katahdin n. sp. Male. — Expanse 1.90 inches Body dark 

 brown. Antennae dark, ringed with yellow ; club lighter ; upper side : 

 wings thinly scaled, of a dusky brown color, except the outer third, 

 which is suffused with yellowish brown. The outer edge of both wings 

 is clearly defined by a distinct black line, outside of which there is a 

 fringe of fine hairs of a light brownish shade, except opposite the end of 

 each vein, where they are nearly black. The primaries have a small dark 

 spot finely pupilled with white near the apex, though occasional speci- 

 mens have three or four spots, while in rare cases there is an entire 

 absence of maculation. The dark sexual dash usual in this genus is 

 fairly prominent. On the underside the primaries are much the same as 

 above except that they are somewhat paler, and at the apex and along 

 the costa there is a thick sprinkling of dark scales. The inferiors beneath 

 are strongly marked and have a dark irregular band extending across the 

 middle third of the wing, bounded on each side by a black line varying 

 in width, outside of which is a band of gray, becoming darker as it ex- 

 tends outward toward the edge, the whole wing being strongly mottled. 



Female. — Expanse 2 inches. Markings much the same as in the male, 

 except that the yellowish brown of the outer third of the wings is more 



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