56 JouKNAi. Nkw York Ent. Soc, [Vol. ii. 



Symphoromyia fera, sp. nov. 



^ — Differs fioiii the above description of liucis as follows : Pile of palpi. 

 occiput, thorax, scutellum and legs largely or wholly yellowish-white ; proboscis 

 five-si.xths as long as the palpi. Length 8 mm. 



Colorado. Two males. 



The side pieces of the hypopygium are compressed, and 

 terminafe in a downwardly directed claw, before which they are 

 broadly dilated in a lobe on the under side. 



Symphoromyia pullata, sp. nov. 



(^ — Hlack, including the palpi and halteres. Pile also largely black, that i"^ 

 front of halteres and on sides of first abdominal segment sometimes largely 

 whitish. Face bare ; proboscis retractile, scarcely one-half as long as the palpi. 

 Head and body sub-shining, not gray pollinose. thorax not vittate. Coxk as in 

 Iriicis. Wings grayish-hyaline, slightly yellowish along the costa, stigma dark- 

 brown. Length 7 mm. 



New Hampshire (Mrs. A. T. Slosson) and Colorado. Two 

 males. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW TREE-CRICKET. 



By ^^^M. BeutenmUller. 



CEcanthus pini, sp. nov. 



O — Head and antenna^ testaceous ; thorax somewhat paler, with a yellowish 

 longitudinal stripe on each side above ; eyes black ; anterior pairs of legs testaceous; 

 femora of posterior pair green, libice testaceous ; body. beneath black with the sides 

 yellowish-green ; above blackish with a green stripe along the back ; elytra trans- 

 parent with the veins grass-green ; hind wings slightly protruding beyond the elytra, 

 veins also green. Length, from head to tip of body 12 mm.; Length of elytra 11 

 mm. Width 4.5 mm., Female somewhat paler than the male ; tip of ovipositor 

 black ; the hind wings extend a little more beyond the elytra than in the male ; 

 size same. 



Si.\ males and foiu" females. Windliani Co., Connecticut. 



Resembles (E. fasciatiis, but may be readily distinguished by 

 the grass-green venation. The insect lives only on pine trees and 

 usually on the high hraiu^hes. Its song is a continuous, soft and 

 metallic reeeeee, with numerous undulations. When many individ- 

 uals are heard together, their stridulation sounds not unlike the 

 jingling of sleighbells at a distance. 



