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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION, 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. 



Vol. in. MAY, 1892. No. 5. 



CONTENTS: 



Ashmead — Two new and Remarkable I Harvey— Odonata of Maine ii6 



Ophionids ■ i- •• 105 



Coding— Studies in N. A. Membracidse 108 



Blatchley — Entoraologizing in Mexico.. Iii 



Smith — Elementary Entomdlogy... 114 



Editorial 118 



Notes and Newp, 119 



Entomological Literature 123 



Doings of Societies....:.'.., .'... 128 



Our illustration this month represents" three specif of Papilio 

 which are visitors to our fauna, and for which collectors should 

 be on the lookout. Papilio poly davias has been found on the In- 

 dian River, Florida, and P. sinon has also been found in southern 

 Florida. P. niyloies is said to have been taken in southern Cali- 

 fornia. Polydamas and si?ion are West Indian species, and the 

 home of mylotes is in Central America. The $ niylotes is of a 

 rich black, and the spots on the superior wings are bright green; 

 those on the inferiors are carmine. The spots on the superiors 

 of the 9 are cream color, and those on the inferiors of a lighter 

 shade of carmine than in the % . P. polydamas is dark bottle- 

 green, with light green spots on inferiors, and the spots on the 

 superiors are cream color with a tinge of green. The negative 

 was kindly made for the News by Dr. Benjamin Sharp of the 

 Academy. — Ed. 



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TWO NEW AND REMARKABLE OPHIONIDS. 



By Wm. H. Ashmead. , 



In 1868, Dr. Arnold Forster, of Aachen, published a remark- 

 able work entitled, ' ' Synopsis der Familien und Gattungen der 

 Ichneumonen," in which no less than 36 families and 522 genera 

 were recognized. 



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