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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



[May, '07 



Character. 



Nasus 



Labrum 



Darker basal color- 

 ing of the wings. 



Subcostal space \° 

 distal to the < 

 darker basal / 9 

 coloring. \ 



First and second 

 series of postcu- 

 bital spaces 



Brown at apex of 

 wings of female 

 reaching proxi- 

 mad 



Pterostigma. 



L. comanche, nom. 

 nov. 

 {flavida Hagen.) 



Pale greenish-yel- 

 low. 



Pale greenish-yel- 

 low. 



Yellow. 



Yellow to orange. 



Ochraceous exten- 

 ding distad half- 

 way.more or less, 

 to first antecubi- 

 tal, and halfway, 

 more or less, to 

 cubito-anal cross- 

 vein (almost ab- 

 sent in the front 

 wings of a Cali- 

 fornian male.) 



Uncolored. 

 Pale yellow. 



With barely a trace 

 of yellow (absent 

 in a Californian 

 male). 



1.5 mm., halfway 

 to distal end of 

 stigma. 



O 71 . Proximal two- 

 thirds cream-yel- 

 low, remainder 

 blackish-brown 



L. flavida. 



{plumbea Uhler. ) 

 Olive to blackish- 

 brown. 

 Yellow to olive. 



Yellow to black, 

 very narrowly 

 orange on free 

 edge. 



Yellow. 



A dark ochraceous 

 or blackish 

 brown subcostal 

 streak to first, 

 second or third 

 antecubital ; cub- 

 ital (submedian) 

 space ochraceous 

 halfway to (front 

 wing), or reach- 

 ing distal to (hind 

 wing), the cubito- 

 anal cross-vein 



Distinctly yellow. 

 Distinctly yellow. 



Yellow or ochra- 

 ceous. 



3-5 mm., to distal 

 end, or to distal 

 fourth, of stigma. 



o", ?■ 



Proximal 



three-fourths to 

 five-sixths, or al- 

 most entirely, 

 ochre-yellow, re- 

 mainder black- 

 ish-brown. 



L. cyatiea. 



{quadrupla Say. ) 

 Brown to black. 



Greenish-yellow to 

 olive. 



Brownish, narrowly 

 orange on free 

 edge, to entirely 

 black. 



Yellow to greenish- 

 yellow. 



A blackish -brown 

 subcostal streak 

 extending to the 

 first or second 

 (front wing), to 

 the second or 

 third (hind wing), 

 antecubital ; cub- 

 ital space ochra- 

 ceous halfway to 

 (front wing), or 

 nearly reaching 

 (hind wing), the 

 cubito-anal cross- 

 vein. 



Uncolored. 



Yellow. 



Pale yellow, more 

 marked in the 

 first series. 



2-2.5 mm., two- 

 thirds way to dis- 

 tal end of stigma. 



C? ?. Proximal half 

 to three-fifth s 

 cream-yellow, re- 

 mainder blackish 

 brown. 



