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This is the largest of the North American species with a ver- 

 tex more than twice as long as wide. The apical half of the 

 forewing is very finely reticulated. The elevation of the apex of 

 the vertex varies considerably within the species. This is the 

 most common of our species and has a distribution from New 

 York west to Kansas, south to Texas and Florida. 



Dictyophara florens Stal. Nersia florens Stal, Bidr. Rio Jan. 

 Hem., II, p. 64, 1861. 



The most prominent specific characters of this species are its 

 short vertex which is but little longer than its basal width, its wide 

 front with carinse meeting in an obtuse angle, and the carinas 

 being tinged with black just before and at their point of meeting. 

 Specimens are at hand from Kansas, Texas, and Florida. 



Dictyophara lingula Van D. Dictyophara lingula VanDuzee, 

 Proc. Acad. Sci. Philadelphia, Dec, 1907. 



Very similar to florens but without black markings near the 

 apex of vertex or base of front. The frontal carina do not di- 

 verge before meeting as much as in florens. They meet in an 

 acute angle. Length of the vertex is slightly more than its basal 

 width. It is known to occur from New Jersey to Florida. 



OFFERTA ET DESIDERATA 



WANTED. — No. Am. Cerambycidse and Buprestidse, especially Agrilus; 

 will collect insects of any order in this locality for exchanges in above 

 families. C. A. Frost, 26 Pond St., Framingham, Mass. 



THE UNDERSIGNED will greatly appreciate receiving records of 

 New Jersey species not listed in Smith's Insects of New Jersey. — Harry 

 B. Weiss, 242 Raritan Ave., New Brunswick, N. J. 



FINE SPECIMENS of the large Mantis, Paratenodera sinensis, col- 

 lected at Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, Pa., offered in exchange for North 

 American Lepidoptera. — Philip Laurent, 31 East Mt. Airy Ave., Philadel- 

 phia, Pa. 



WANTED. — North American Orthoptera- from localities which are little 

 known or in which but little collecting has been done. Material from the 

 mountainous regions of the West particularly desired. M. Hebard, Acad- 

 emy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa. 



WANTED. — Sphingidje from any part of the world. Will purchase or 

 exchange. B. Preston Clark, 55 Kilby St., Room 35, Boston, Mass. 



