2i6 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [October, 



A Synonymic Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera (Moths), hy W. F. 

 Kirby. Vol. i, Sphinges and Bombyces. London: Gurney & Jackson, 

 1S92, pp. xii, 951. Containing the full synonymy of every species de- 

 .scribed up to May, 1392, and a complete alphabetical index of genera. 

 Price, £2 2S. nett. 



NEW SPECIES OF NORTH AJUERICAN INSECTS DESCRIBED 

 IN THE PRECEDING LITERATURE. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



Cucullia similaris, C. oh:,curior, C. dorsaiis, C. bisfriga, C. Cinderella, 

 Eutolype bombycifortnis, Copipanolis borealis, C. fasciata, Xyloniiges 

 periialis, X. ochracea J. B. Smith, Proc. U. S. National Museurji, vol. xv, 

 pp. 33-86. 



Gf'apholitha sebastianicc Riley, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wasliington, ii, 2, p. 214. 



Eudamus coyote Skinner, Can. Ent. July, 1892, p. 164, Texas. 



Ichthyura multnotna, I. albosigina var. specifica Dyar, Can. Ent. July, 

 1892, p. 179. 



Heliodines tripunctella p. 384, H. sexpunctella, H. unipunctella, Wal- 

 singham. Insect Life, iv, p. 3S5, 1892. 



Aegeria rubrisfigma Kellicott, Can. Ent. xxiv, p. 211, Ohio. 



Bombycidcc: Melia n. g. Neumoegen, Can. Ent. xxiv, p. 225; M. danbyi 

 id., Brit. Col. Hyparpax venus, p. 226, Col. Notodonta dcschcrei p. 

 227, Brit. Col. Halesidota saiiguivenosa, p. 228, B. C. 



New species of Heterocera from Mexico and Central America, Druce, 

 Biol. Cent. Am. Lepid.-Heter., ii, pp. 49-96. 



HYMENOPTERA. 



Cerchysius icerycE L. O. Howard, Insect Life, iv, 11 and 12, p. 379, 1892. 

 Astatus pygidialis Fox, Can. Ent. xxiv, p. 234, N. J., Tex. 



ARANEINA. 

 Datmnes caspari Marx, Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, ii, 2, p. 254, Mex. 

 Caddo n. g. Phalangidae. Caddo agilis Banks, Proc. Ent Soc. Wash., 

 ii, 2, p. 249. 



DIPTERA. 



Callicera niontensis, Melanostoma n. sp. ; Syrphus ruficauda, Bra- 

 chyopa cynops Snow, Kansas University Quarterly, i. i, p. 34, 1892. Eight 

 new species of Cotiops Snow, Kansas Univ. Quarterly, i, i, p. 43. 



New genera and species of North American Tachinidce, Townsend, 

 Can. Ent. July, 1892, p. 165. 



Entomological News for September, was mailed August 31, 1S92. 



