﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  I908 
  73 
  

  

  Color 
  brown 
  varied 
  with 
  paler. 
  Head 
  fawn-yellow 
  above, 
  

   marked 
  with 
  blackish 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  vertical 
  facial 
  carina, 
  and 
  

   around 
  the 
  ocelli 
  internally, 
  and 
  bearing 
  a 
  mark 
  shaped 
  like 
  the 
  

   zodiacal 
  sign 
  for 
  Aries 
  along 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  the 
  open 
  end 
  

   of 
  the 
  sign 
  being 
  in 
  front. 
  Antennae 
  pale, 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  head 
  

   Thorax 
  brown 
  m.ore 
  or 
  less 
  blackish 
  on 
  the 
  sides, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  rear 
  

   above, 
  the 
  too 
  of 
  the 
  mesothorax 
  somewhat 
  rufescent 
  and 
  shining. 
  

   Between 
  the 
  bases 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  legs 
  a 
  stout, 
  thornlike 
  spine, 
  in- 
  

   clined 
  slightly 
  to 
  rear, 
  arises 
  from 
  the 
  mesosternum. 
  Legs 
  pale, 
  

   the 
  front 
  femora 
  being 
  slightly 
  darkened, 
  and 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  all 
  tarsi 
  

   indistinctly 
  so. 
  

  

  Wings 
  hyaline 
  with 
  brown 
  veins, 
  cross 
  veins 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  bor- 
  

   dered 
  with 
  brown 
  in 
  the 
  costoradial 
  strip, 
  especially 
  a 
  few 
  approxi- 
  

   mated 
  cross 
  veins 
  near 
  the 
  bulla, 
  and 
  a 
  line 
  of 
  others, 
  similarly 
  

   approximated, 
  extending 
  from 
  that 
  point 
  posteriorly 
  across 
  the 
  

   wing 
  [pi. 
  2, 
  fig. 
  i]. 
  

  

  Abdomen 
  with 
  a 
  definite 
  pattern 
  of 
  brown 
  and 
  paler 
  yellow 
  (pos- 
  

   sibly, 
  greenish 
  in 
  life), 
  subcylindric, 
  the 
  lateral 
  margins 
  of 
  segments 
  

   5 
  to 
  9 
  suddenly 
  dilated 
  into 
  wide, 
  flat 
  expansions, 
  which 
  double 
  the 
  

   width; 
  each 
  of 
  these 
  expansions 
  obtusely 
  rounded 
  anteriorly, 
  and 
  

   produced 
  posteriorly 
  at 
  its 
  hind 
  angle 
  into 
  a 
  broad, 
  flat, 
  triangular 
  

   tooth. 
  These 
  expansions 
  are 
  dark 
  brov^^n, 
  paler 
  basally, 
  where 
  they 
  

   abut 
  on 
  a 
  black 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  lateral 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen. 
  On 
  the 
  

   pale 
  dorsum 
  there 
  are 
  submedian 
  blackish 
  ( 
  )- 
  marks 
  on 
  each 
  

   segment, 
  the 
  marks 
  increasing 
  in 
  size 
  posteriorly, 
  becoming 
  

   streaks 
  on 
  segments 
  9 
  and 
  10 
  [pi. 
  2, 
  fig. 
  2]. 
  On 
  the 
  ventral 
  surface 
  

   there 
  are 
  corresponding 
  small 
  and 
  distant 
  paired 
  dots 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  

   /th 
  segment, 
  dififuse 
  on 
  the 
  8th, 
  and 
  becoming 
  elongate 
  dashes 
  on 
  

   the 
  9th, 
  and 
  absent 
  on 
  the 
  lOth. 
  The 
  loth 
  segment 
  is 
  short 
  and 
  

   c}lindric, 
  hardly 
  surpassing 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  teeth 
  of 
  the 
  9th. 
  

   There 
  is 
  no 
  ventral 
  prolongation 
  of 
  the 
  9th 
  sternite. 
  Setae 
  white, 
  

   or 
  slightly 
  brownish 
  at 
  the 
  extreme 
  base. 
  

  

  A 
  single 
  female 
  imago 
  from 
  Sacandaga 
  Park, 
  collected 
  by 
  C. 
  P. 
  

   Alexander, 
  Johnstown, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  above 
  description 
  is 
  going 
  through 
  the 
  press, 
  addi- 
  

   tional 
  specimens 
  representing 
  both 
  sexes, 
  are 
  received 
  from 
  Mr 
  

   Alexander. 
  These 
  he 
  collected 
  at 
  Sacandaga 
  Park 
  on 
  June 
  6, 
  1909. 
  

   Mr 
  Alexander 
  writes 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  abundant, 
  and 
  that 
  they 
  kept 
  

   high 
  in 
  air 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  conspicuous 
  by 
  reason 
  of 
  the 
  wide 
  

   abdomen. 
  

  

  The 
  male 
  is 
  of 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  size 
  as 
  the 
  female, 
  with 
  white. 
  

  

  