70 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [March, '20 



Phyllopecta, a nomen nudum of Riley's, is made by Zacher 

 to replace Trioza tripunctata Fitch. This name can be given 

 no consideration because the species is clearly a member of 

 Trioza. 



Psyllopa Crawford has been merged by its author with 

 Arytainia.^ Several species were described in Psyllopa but 

 all are now referred to the European genus, Arytaina. 



Zacher has tangled himself in the translation of the English 

 language when he catalogs Trioza tripunctata Low as a syno- 

 nym of Psylla Ktncayamai Crawford. The s\monymy of 

 three specific names is correctly as follows:^ 



Psylln tripunctata Fitch (1851) — referred to Trioza tripunc- 

 tata (Fitch) by Riley in 1893. This is a valid species. 



Trioza tripunctata Low (1877), preoccupied. Sulc has 

 declared this species to be identical with Trioza trisignata Low. 

 Hence T. tripunctata Low (nee Fitch) is a synonym of T. 

 trisignata Low. 



Psylla tripunctata Kuwayama (1908), preoccupied by 

 Fitch's old name for the American species now known as 

 Trioza tripunctata. Hence, the Psylla species name has been 

 changed to Ps. kuivayamai Crawford. This is not a synonym 

 of Trioza tripunctata, as Zacher states. 



Trioza sonchi is one of Riley's nomina nuda but resurrected 

 by Zacher. The same insect (probably) was described in 19 14 

 as Hemitrioza sonchi Crawford. 



Undescribed Tipvilidae Collected by Mr. H. S. 

 Parish in Brazil (Dipt.)- 



By Charles P. Alexander, L>bana, Illinois. 



During the second half of the year 1919, IVIr. Herbert S. 

 Parish, the veteran collector of insects in tropical American 

 countries, made a trip up the Amazon River. The crane-flies 

 secured on this expedition to the present time were not num- 



^Crawford — United States National Museum Bui. 85: 122, 1914. 

 ••Crawford — Pomona Jr. Ent. 3: 430, 191 1. 



