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This striking species is still known only from the series 

 originally studied, taken on the lake shore on low tangled 

 vegetation between the water and a thick growth of Cus- 

 tard-apple trees. 



15. Forficula auricxilaria Linnaeus. 



1758. F[orficuIa]auricuIaria Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. X, I, p. 423 

 [Europe.] 



1853. Forficula auricularia Fieber, Lotos, III, p. 254. [Exotic record; 

 America.] (First American record.) 



Rhode Island: Kingston, XII, 6, 1912, (A. E. Steene), i^, 1$, [U. 

 S. N. M.]; Newport, late VI, 1914, (R. W. Glaser), 5 juv., [A. N. S. 

 P. and Hebard Cln.]. 



This insect has been previously reported from the United 

 States from adventive material. It has recently become 

 permanently established in New England, the species appear- 

 ing in great numbers out of doors at Newport, Rhode Island. 



In addition to the species considered above, a specimen of 

 Spandex percheron (Guerin and Percheron), adventive in 

 Massachusetts, was first described as Spongophora bipunctata 

 by Scudder, then recorded as Forficula perchcroni by Scud- 

 der and later as Psalis pcrcheroni by Caudell. 



Some North American Anthomyiidae (Dipt.). 

 By ( ). A. JoHANNSEN, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. 

 Since the appearance of my paper on New Eastern An- 

 thomyiidae* I have noted several novelties, among them the 

 male of Dialyta flaviiihia which was kindly sent to me by Mr. 

 C. W. Johnson. The discovery of the male of this species con- 

 firms my generic determination. I have also found the male of 

 the Hylephila,f mentioned in my previous paper, which enables 

 me to give a description of the species. 



Hammomyia paludis n. sp. 



$ . — Length 5-6 mm. Head black, silvery gray pruinose with black 

 reflections ; in profile the genae are about 0.4, the buccae about 0.6, the 



♦Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, XLII : 385. 



fHylephila appears to be preoccupied in Lepidoptera. The genus 

 may be merged with Hammomyia as has already been done by Stein. 



