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much louger thau the median ; both recurrent nervures join the 

 second submarginal cell, the first at the middle, the second before 

 the middle, of its apical half. 



Hab.— Claremont, Cal. Collected April 18, 1898, by Dr. L. O. 

 Howard . 



Type, No. 5070, U- S. N. M. 



(4) Harpactus cockerelli, n sp. 



9. — Length 5 mm. Head and thorax black, but clothed with a 

 short whitish or silvery pubescence, and griving the insect a very 

 hoary appearance; inner orbits narrowly anteriorly, the anterior 

 margin of clypeus the palpi, the mandibles basally, the antennae ex- 

 cept the scape, pedicel and first three or four joints of flagellum 

 above, the tegulae, knees, tibiae at base, the anterior and middle tibiae 

 in front, and more or less of the tarsi, honey-yellow or pale ferrugin 

 ous. Wings hyaline, the costa and stigma brown black, the inter- 

 nal veins paler : the venation agrees with H. howardi, except that 

 the second recurrent nervure joins the second submarginal cell at the 

 middle of i^s apical half. Abdomen rufous, the dorsal segments 

 rather broadly ma gined with a whitish or silvery pubescence at 

 apex. 



Hab.— Mesilla Park, N. M. Collected June 9, 1898. by Prof. 

 T. D. A. Cockerell. 



Type, No. 5071, U S. N. M. 



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NOTES OF MISSOURI SPHINGIDAE. 



By E. R. Kowley, Louisiana, Mo. 



Of the genus Philampelus, achemon is our commonest spe- 

 cies, and may be said to be fairly plentiful most years. The 

 larva is much like that of pandoniH, but may be known by the 

 oblong instead of round, lateral yellow spots. Both want the 

 caudal horn at maturity and are remarkable for their short, 

 thick appearance at rest, the head being withdrawn into the 

 swollen thoracic segments. Both feed on grape and woodbine. 



Of five larvse of achemon taken September 30, 1897, two had 

 a light pea-green ground color ; two, smoky, yellowish brown 

 and one u deep reddish brown. The young larva? of PMlampehis 

 have long, slender caudal horns that citrve toward the head 

 like a dog's tail, but only a polished wart at maturity. Both 

 species mentioned above are double-brooded and the August 

 imagoes of pandorus have rosy patches on the hind margins of 

 both wings, as I have seen in Mr. O. C. Poling's collection. 

 I have found the larvte of pandorus rare, but have taken more 

 imagoes at light than achemon. Mr. Poling has informed me 



