ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 



AND 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION 



THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. 



Vol,. XXIX. 



MAY, 1918. 



No. 5- 



CONTENTS: 



Laurent — Notes on Variations and Ab- 

 normal Forms of Three Species of 

 Saturniidae ( Lep. ) 161 



Blaisdell — Studies in the Tenebrionid 

 Tribe Eleodiini, No. 3 (Coleop. )... 162 



Cockerell — Some Bees of the Genus 

 Panurginus ( Hym. ) 169 



Membership in the Association of Eco- 

 nomic Biologists 171 



Knight — New Species of Lopidea from 

 Arizona (Hemip. Miridae) 172 



Townsend A New Muscoid Genus 



from theChiricahua Mountains, Ari- 

 zona ( Dip. ) 177 



Aldrich — The Anthomyid Genus Pogo- 

 nomyia (Dip ) 179 



Funkhouser — A New Membracid on 



Cypress ( Homop. ) 1S5 



McDunnough— A Review' of Reviews 



(Lep.) 187 



Mosquitoes and the War igi 



Editorial — The Forms of Generic and 



of Specific Names 192 



Weiss — Additional Acarina found in 



New Jersey. 193 



Entomological Literature 194 



Doings of Societies — American Ento- 

 mological Society ( Dip., Orthop., 



Odonata Lep.) 197 



Entomological Section, The Acad. 



Nat. Sci. of Phila. (Lep., Orthop. 19S 

 Feldman Collecting Social — Coleop., 

 Lep., Dip 199 



Notes on Variations and Abnormal Forms of Three 



Species of Saturniidae (Lep.). 



By Philip Laurent, Philadelphia. Pa. 



(Plate IX.) 



During the past forty years I have bred a few thousand 

 specimens of Callosamia promethea, Philosamia cynthia and 

 Saviia cccropia. and have obtained many specimens dififering 

 from the normal forms. A specimen of Callosamia promethea 

 in which the basal half of all four wings is blackish, the color 

 of the male, and the outer half of the wings purplish red, as in 

 the female, is one of the interesting variations. Two speci 

 mens of Philosamia cyntliia have the ground color of the wings 

 dark gray instead of drab-gray ; while the white and lilac col- 

 ored lines and markings are wanting. An oddity in the way 

 of a five-winged Samia cecropia, with four perfect wings and 



161 



