Mar., *04] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 97 



Notes on the Life History of Chrysophanus Gorgon. 



By J. G. Grundel, Alma, Santa Clara Co., Cal. 



The female Chrysophanus gorgon deposits eggs in the forks 

 of a long-stemmed species of Eriogomim, a plant which only 

 grows on the very dry hillsides. 



Only one q%% is laid in a given fork, but others repeat the 

 act until as many as five or six are found in one place. 



The eggs are deposited in June, and the young larvae emerge 

 in or about the latter part of August, and make their way to 

 the lower part of the plant and hide among the old leaves feed- 

 ing but very little and only on the upper or green side of the 

 leaf, w^hich the larva resembles in color, being of a dark green. 



The larvae feed only during the night and early morning up 

 to about 9 o'clock, a. m., growing but very slowly, being ovXy 

 one-eighth of an inch long by the latter part of October. 



After several moultings the appearance of the larvae changes 

 to a furry light green, nearly white and exactly resembling the 

 under side of the leaves upon which onl}^ it feeds and on which 

 it also fastens its cocoons, becoming full fed about May ist, a 

 year from the time the eggs were laid, and when full grown 

 one-half inch long, with bod}^ thick at middle and tapering to 

 both ends ; head very small and hardly to be seen, even when 

 feeding, and appears to be lifeless when removed from the plant 

 and remains so for several hours. 



Two New Halictus from New Jersey. 



By J. C. Crawford, Jr. 



Halictas vierecki n. sp. 9- — Head and thorax brassy-green, closely 

 covered with appressed golden-yellowish pubescence, the metathorax 

 contrasting because bare on disk, at times more greenish ; pubescence 

 below antennae lighter colored ; facial quadrangle slightly longer than 

 wide ; face closely and rather coarsely punctate, the basal half of clypeus 

 more coarsely so, the apical half smooth, shiny, rufous ; labrum and 

 mandibles rufous ; flagellum beneath dull ferruginous ; mesothorax 

 closely, finely punctate ; legs dark, honey-colored, femora medially 

 brown ; inner hind spur with about four long teeth ; tegulae testaceous, 

 pubescent, wings yellowish, splendidly iridescent, nervures and stigma 

 testaceous ; base of metathorax enclosed, finely tessellated and finely, 

 irregularly rugose to apex ; truncation and sides covered with pubes- 



