64 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 
10. PEZOMACHUS MACER., JV. sf.— Î .—Long, narrow, apterous ; head 
yellowish-brown, clypeus paler, vertex dusky ; antennæ as long as body, 
slender, dusky, scape pale yellowish; thorax long, yellowish-brown, 
blackish on posterior portion of the nodes which are subequal ; tegule 
whitish ; wings wanting ; legs long, slender, dull yellowish, ‘posterior pair 
dusky ; abdomen long, linear, black, the first and apical margin of second — 
segment yellowish. Length .20 inch. 
ffab.—Pennsylvania. ‘This may be the T of gracelis or dimidiatas. 
II. PEZOMACHUS ALTERNATUS. JV. sf.—9.—Dull honey-yellow or 
pale rufous; antennæ yellowish, with the joints shorter than usual; thoracic 
nodes subequal, convex above, prothorax tinged with yellowish; tips of 
posterior tibiæ slightly dusky ; abdomen ovate, convex, polished ; first 
segment honey-yellow, rapidly dilated to apex which is pale, remaining 
segments brown or piceous on basal half, shading into yellow at apex ; 
ovipositor very short. Length .18 inch. 
Hab.—Tlinois. More robust than gracilis which it resembles ; the 
antennal joints are, however, shorter, and the anterior node of thorax 
more convex. . 
12. PEZOMACHUS TEXANUS. JV. sp.— © .— Tong, slender, pale honey- 
yellow ; head large, vertex dusky ; antenne longer than head and thorax, 
the joints beyond middle with dusky incisures ; thoracie nodes subequal 
and convex ; abdomen ovate beyond first segment, convex, base of second 
and third segments more or less fuscous ; first segment unusually long and 
slender, and scarcely dilated at apex; ovipositor nearly as long as first 
abdominal segment. Length .15 inch. 
ffab.—Texas. (Belfrage). Very distinct by the long and slender 
first abdominal segment. 
PEZOMACHUS UNICOLOR. WV. sf.— 9.— Entirely pale ferruginous, 
shining ; antennæ dusky at tips; thoracic nodes subequal, convex ; abdo- 
men ovate beyond first segment, which is gradually dilated to apex, 
ovipositor as long as abdomen, sometimes longer, pale honey-yellow, 
sheaths black. Length .16—.18 inch. 
Hab.— Massachusetts ; Delaware ; Illinois. Four specimens. 
CATERPILLARS IN BELGIUM. — The Provincial Council of Brabant 
have published a decree to the effect that as the regular annual destruc- 
tion of caterpillars and other insects, which takes place in February, has 
not been found to clear the land of these pests, all owners and occupiers 
of land are enjoined to clear their trees, shrubs, hedges and bushes of 
caterpillars during the month of November,as better results are anticipated. 
