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AUotyl^e — ?, fopotypic 



Although the two sexes are so different in their coloration, 

 there are characters which determine their association. Such 

 are the venation, yellow bases of palpi and the form of the 

 antennae, as well as the similarity of the data regarding their 

 habitat. 



Pwndogcron marfinalis tp. nor. 



9. Similar to P. fonmosa but the head entirely bbdc; mcaoao u l 

 nurkingi oUokte or faintly diKcrnthle. The scoond rabmarfiaal cell 

 thre« tines at long as broad. Legs cndrdy, or aB femora.. fore and 

 middle tibiae enttrcfy. and Imscs of their tarsi, bases of btnd tibiae, yel- 

 low. Length, i^-xo nnn. 



ffolotype — 9, Alamofordo, New Mexico, May 2, 1902. 

 Type No. 6086. 

 Paratypes—4 9 , topoCjrpic, April 26 to May 1, 1902. 



Pw do g a ioM faartftla 



189a. Ctron fascioh Coquillctt. Can. Ent, xxtv, 135. 



Described from both sexes from Merced Cbanty, California. 



I have examined cotypes of both sexes. The q>ecies ap- 

 proaches the preceding but differs in the structure of the an- 

 tennae. This is the only species I have seen in which the third 

 anteniul joint is at all tapering from the base to apex. The 

 det-i(1c<I notih niid truncate apex dedde its generic positioiL 



DaU Wanted on tbc Screw Wmm Fly (Dip.). 



In cooac cti oo with the In v esti mbons wliidi dw Borcaa of Qpto- 

 aoloipr b conducting relatiag to tbe i cr ew-wonn fly. Ckt yt o my ia m*- 

 ft fl f M, tbe i imlcf s ig n ed dames to ascnrc records of the first sppcar- 

 ance in wring of adnits of dris tpeeies in various parts of tbe United 

 States.— P. C BisRorr. Box aoBL Dallas, Texas. 



The Cotton ^Rronn lioth in Minnaaota (Lcp.). 



Apropos of the note in tbc News for April paxr 185. the cotton 

 worm moth, AUbtnmm argUl^tm, was present here in the latitude of St. 

 Paol in larirr nombcrs, last autumn and cau^ol a tittle clanutRC and 

 mod) 'o growers of ries. because tbe 



moths ittackri! the f . ir probosctds into 



tbe pulp, and in thr t the icroweri. seriously injuring tbe 



hemes. This is thr frrnce. to tbc best of my knowledge, in 



tbe last thirteen yrar». oi this moth being found in this latitude in 

 Minnesota.— F. L. WASHsuaN, Sutc Ejitooiologist 



