ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 



AND 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. 



Vol. XXIII. MARCH, 191 2. No. 3. 



CONTENTS: 



Watson— Some new forms of North j Jones — The Female of Sesia rubrofas- 



American Satumidae, genus Hemi- | cia Hy. Edw. (Lepid.) 122 



leuca (Lepid.) 97 1 Fenyes— Gyronycha Csy. (Coleop., Sta- 



Williamson — Hetaerina titia and trico- I phylinidae). a critical study 123 



lor ( Dragonflies— Odonata) 98 Skinner — Two New Butterflies i Lepid.) 126 



Banks — At the Ceanothus in Virginia. . 102 Nixon — Description of a New Variety 



Fox— Two Apparently Hitherto Unde- of Smerinthus jamaicensis iLepid.) 127 



scribed Species of Xiphidium from Editorial 128 



the Salt Marshes of the Atlantic Notes and News 129 



Coast of the United States tOrthop.) ill Entomological Literature 132 



de la Torre Bueno — Records of Heter- Doings of Societies 138 



optera from Brownsville, Texas 



(Hemip.) 120 . 



Some New Forms of North American Satumidae, 

 Genus Hemileuca (Lepid.). 



By J. Hexry Watson, W'ithin^on, Manchester, England. 



(Plate VII.) 



Hemileuca electra ab. rickseckeri n. ab. 9. (Plate VII. Fig. la.) 



Forewing above wholly jet black except for the discal spot, a faint 

 diffused white streak widening from base to half way up the cell and 

 a faint diffused whitish spot on hind margin divided by the submedian 

 nervure. The nervures submarginally pencilled with the faintest pos- 

 sible traces of white. Hindwing above with the costal margin heavily 

 outlined with black extending to the large oblong black discal spot 

 which has a distinct transparent line within. Outer margin heavily 

 outlined with black which runs up the ner\TJres as far as the discal 

 spot. 



Both wings below have the costa and outer margins broadly suffused 

 with black. No apical white suffusion. Body less heavily banded with 

 white below. 



Hab. : — San Diego, California. 

 Type :— One 5 . Coll : J. H. Watson. 



Hemileuca bumsi ab. conjuncta n. ab. (Plate VII. Fig. 4.) 



Differs from typical bumsi in having the hinder ends of the apical 

 and transverse black bands of forewings joined together by a distinct 

 black line running along the hind margin. The nen-ures outlined with 

 black form the apical band towards the discal spot. 



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