• I902.] Smith : Nkw Xoctuid/F.. 33 



Astero'tcaniiivi pustulans (Ckll.). 



g. S-jJI-ast abdominal segment. Fig. lo. Last abdominal segment of the 



" 6. Marginal pits of the same. ^ane. 



" 7. Ventral aspect of first stage. " 11. Pupa $. 



" 8. Antenna of the same. 



Lecaniint httnispharUum Targ. 

 Fig. 12. Antenna of the female. Fig. 15. Marginal spines of the same. 



" 13. Posterior margin of the female. " 16. Leg of the same ;*, claw. 

 " 14. Pits of the same 



Plate V. 



Lecanium hesperidum L. var. paiificuni, var. nov. 



Fig. 17. Ventral aspect of female. Fig. 20. Spines of the anterior incision. 



" iS. Antenna of the -same. " 21. Anal plate of the same. 



" 19. Marginal spines of the same. " 22. Leg of the same ; a, claw. 



Aspidiotus latania Sig^. 

 Fig. 23. Female; a, antenna of same. Fig. 24. Ventral aspect of the last abdo- 

 minal segment of the female. 



Aspidiotus smilacis Comst. 

 Fig. 25. Female. fig 26. a, b, ventral aspect of. the last 



abdominal segment of the female. 



NEW SPECIES OF NOCTUIDiE FOR 1902. 



By John B. Smith, Sc. D. 



This is the first .of a series of descriptive papers based upon ma- 

 terial that has accumulated in my collection or has been sent in by 

 cof-respondents. As the drawers are rearranged from time to time 

 the doubtful specimens are separated out until such period as further 

 accessions definitely determine their status. Then descriptions are 

 made as time allows and of those that are presented here, some were 

 written five or six months ago. 



It has not been until within very recent times that entomologists 

 have appreciated fully the importance of accurate data concerning 

 localities and dates of captures, and of good series of "common" 

 species from all sections. Perhaps nowhere more clearly than in the 

 Noctuids can formative species be studied when sufficient material is 

 at hand. Species that have been in the past accepted as identical 

 with European forms have shown, on closer study, divergencies that 



