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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Clearly, 
  Dr 
  Lintner 
  found 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  far 
  greater 
  abundance 
  at 
  Long 
  

   lake, 
  Hamilton 
  co. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  in 
  August 
  1885^; 
  for 
  he 
  wrote 
  of 
  it, 
  " 
  Hundreds 
  

   could 
  be 
  seen 
  resting 
  on 
  the 
  parlor 
  walls. 
  '^ 
  

  

  But 
  two 
  hemerobian 
  genera 
  have 
  been 
  accounted 
  aquatic 
  hitherto. 
  

   These 
  are 
  O 
  s 
  m 
  y 
  1 
  u 
  s 
  , 
  a 
  European 
  genus, 
  whose 
  life 
  history 
  has 
  been 
  

   fully 
  made 
  known 
  by 
  Hagen 
  and 
  Brauer, 
  and 
  Sisyra, 
  whose 
  larvae, 
  

   common 
  in 
  fresh-water 
  sponges 
  in 
  Germany 
  and 
  in 
  England, 
  seem 
  to 
  

   have 
  been 
  determined 
  by 
  exclusion 
  ; 
  at 
  least 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  unable 
  to 
  find 
  

   any 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  rearing 
  of 
  the 
  larvae 
  or 
  any 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  pupae 
  

   or 
  the 
  cocoons. 
  I 
  reared 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  larvae 
  at 
  Saranac 
  Inn 
  during 
  the 
  

   past 
  season; 
  and 
  bred 
  also 
  the 
  American 
  genus 
  C 
  1 
  i 
  m 
  a 
  c 
  i 
  a 
  , 
  of 
  whose 
  

   habits 
  nothing 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  known 
  hitherto. 
  It 
  also 
  is 
  aquatic, 
  

   and, 
  like 
  Sisyra, 
  lives 
  on 
  fresh-Avater 
  sponges. 
  

  

  Larvae 
  and 
  pupae 
  of 
  these 
  two 
  genera 
  may 
  be 
  separated 
  as 
  follows. 
  

  

  Larvae 
  

  

  a 
  Setae 
  on 
  the 
  dorsum 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  pedimcnlate 
  (i. 
  e. 
  the 
  setigerons 
  tubercles 
  

  

  elevated 
  considerably 
  above 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  integument) 
  C 
  1 
  i 
  m 
  a 
  c 
  1 
  a 
  

  

  aa 
  Thoracic 
  setae 
  sessile 
  .- 
  Sisyra 
  

  

  Fupae 
  

  

  a 
  Tips 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  tarsi 
  extending 
  posteriorly 
  beyond 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  maxillary 
  

   palpi 
  ; 
  the'fifth 
  segment 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  less 
  than 
  twice 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  fourth. 
  

   Outer 
  covering 
  of 
  pupal 
  case 
  of 
  open 
  regular 
  hexagonal 
  mesh 
  

  

  C 
  1 
  i 
  m 
  a 
  c 
  i 
  a 
  

  

  aa 
  Fore 
  tarsi 
  and 
  palpi 
  with 
  apices 
  about 
  on 
  a 
  level; 
  fifth 
  segment 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  maxillary 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  fourth. 
  Outer 
  covering 
  of 
  

  

  pupal 
  case 
  closewoven 
  Sisyra 
  

  

  Sisyra 
  

  

  1771 
  DeGeer, 
  Mem. 
  pour 
  servir 
  si 
  I'histoire 
  nat. 
  ins. 
  v. 
  2, 
  pt 
  2. 
  German 
  transla- 
  

   tion 
  1779 
  : 
  index, 
  *' 
  Die 
  schwarze 
  haarichte 
  H 
  e 
  m 
  e 
  rob 
  i 
  u 
  s, 
  eiue 
  neue 
  

   gattung," 
  V. 
  2, 
  pt 
  2, 
  p. 
  71, 
  no. 
  3. 
  ''Die 
  schwarze, 
  haarichte 
  Heme- 
  

   robins, 
  mifc 
  hellbrauuen 
  fliigeln 
  nnd 
  braungeibl 
  ichen 
  fiiszen." 
  

   (A 
  good 
  detailed 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  afterward 
  nnmedHeme- 
  

   robius 
  fuscatus 
  by 
  Fabricius, 
  and 
  made 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  

   genus 
  Sisyra 
  by 
  Burmeister. 
  PI. 
  22, 
  fig. 
  8 
  nat. 
  size, 
  fig. 
  9 
  more 
  en- 
  

   larged 
  imago, 
  fig. 
  10 
  head 
  still 
  more 
  enlarged, 
  fig. 
  11 
  fore 
  wing) 
  

  

  1835 
  Stephens, 
  Section 
  C 
  of 
  genus 
  Hemerobius. 
  Illus. 
  Brit. 
  ent. 
  6 
  : 
  114 
  

  

  1839 
  Sisyra 
  Burmeister, 
  Handb. 
  ent. 
  v. 
  2, 
  pt 
  2, 
  p. 
  975 
  (original 
  description 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  genus) 
  

  

  1840 
  Sisyra 
  Wesmael, 
  Acad. 
  Brux. 
  Bui. 
  8:4 
  of 
  reprint, 
  which 
  only 
  I 
  have 
  

  

  seen. 
  The 
  article 
  is 
  "Notice 
  sur 
  les 
  hemerobides 
  de 
  Belgique." 
  19 
  p. 
  

   4 
  pi. 
  

  

  1 
  " 
  Collections 
  in 
  the 
  Adii-oadack 
  region 
  in 
  1885," 
  in 
  his 
  fifth 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  Injurious 
  and 
  other 
  

   Insects 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  Albany 
  1889. 
  p. 
  286. 
  

  

  