\ oi xxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 383 



Xotcs on Aphidinae. with descriptions of new species. (Bui. 

 U. S. Geol. Surv., Vol. 5, No. 1, Pt. 2, 1879, pp. 18-32.) 



The following new species are described (also redescriptions and 

 notes on several other species) : Sifkono^kora ackyrantes. S. caUn- 

 dulella. S. tulipae. S. tiHar. S. liriodendri. S. cratatgi, S. sonchella. 

 Aphis lutescfns. A. calendulicola, A. kyperici, A. lonicfrae, A. helion- 

 Iki. Rkopolosipkum solids. R. rkois. Caltipicms tUmifolH. C. walskA. 

 C. ojclfpiadis. C. discolor. C. punctata, C. kyalinms. C. betulaecolens, 

 C i»f\ae. C. (f) gmercicola. Ckaitopkorus fimnalis. C. smitkiae. and 



( qufrcicola. 



The Japan lily Aphis. (Report of the Entomologist in 

 Ann. Reft. (U. S.) Comm. Affric. i. 1879 (1880). pp. 220- 

 221. Reprinted in The Valley Naturalist, Vol. 2. No. 4. Dec. 

 1880. pp. 49-50^) 



Describes Sipkonopkora lilii. n. sp. 



Notes on Aphididae. Can. Eni., Vol. 14, No. i, Jan., 1882, 

 PP 13-16. 



N'otes 00 several tpcdca. together with d cacrlpU o— of three new 

 n^rcics. CalKpiertu trifolii, Tftromrttra graminis, and Pemphigus 

 a. trij. Abo a synoptic table of the genus Coiliptenu. 



John J. Davis. Lafayette, Ind. 



, . ,. g^jgg ^ij^ ^1 JjIj residence, 1338 Spring 

 (•a ladelphia. September 5. 191 5. He was the 



eldest son of the late Rev. Joseph A. Setss, D.D., LL.D.. 

 L.H.D., a prominent Lutheran clergyman, and Elizabeth 

 S. Seiss. He was elected a member of the Entomological Sec- 

 tion of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, May 

 ^5' 1^3* of the American Entomological Society, December 

 12, 1893, and of the Feldman Collecting Social. October 8, 

 1895. At that time and for some years following, he took 

 an active part in the meetings of these bodies and in collect- 

 ing local insects, csi>ccially Clrthoptcra and Hemiptera, as 

 may be seen from the minutes published in contemporary vol- 

 umes of the News. His literary activity was never very 

 great, but Vol. VH of the News contains a paper by him 

 on "The Breeding Habits of Periplaneta oricntalis" (pp. 148- 

 150. May, 1896), while Vol. VIH gives his brief list of Hem- 



