April, 1903.] Chionaspis Gleditsiae. ( New Species.) 
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Unlike most of the sparrows the fox sparrow displays an ability 
to let his notes drop into one another by a quick flexible slide, 
usually accompanied by a slight change in timbre, which is the 
characteristic of the warbling birds such as the vireos — in this 
respect he surpasses all of his race that I have ever heard except 
the rose-breastecl grosbeak and the cardinal. 
One of the most interesting circumstances connected with the 
three occasions when I have heard the full song was the fact that 
each time opportunity was abundantly given for direct comparison 
of the fox sparrow with the strongest singers of the early spring. 
Not only the song, vesper, field and tree sparrows and juncos were 
singing, but tufted titmice, Carolina wrens, meadow-larks, card- 
inals, bluebirds and robins ; with all of these the fox sparrow 
held his own. He quite overpowered the other sparrow's by his 
vocal strength and surpassed the wren and titmouse in musical 
form. Only the meadowlark, robin and cardinal w 7 ere noticably 
louder and of all the singers only the cardinal, meadowlark, wren 
and bluebird w ? ere comparable in sweetness and richness of tone. 
The bluebird came the nearest in quality. One of them perched 
not thirty yards from the sparrow and sang vigorously as if in 
answer or rivalry. The two songs w r ere not wholly unlike in 
warbling character and bore much resemblance in timbre but the 
sparrow was undeniably sw'eeter, more sustained, more elaborate 
and more vivacious. 
As compared with the wren or cardinal the sparrow 7 was less 
round and clear in his tones but was equally spirited and music- 
all} 7 much more interesting. To match him in all respects one 
would have to induce a rose-breasted grosbeak to sing the vesper 
sparrow’s theme : to surpass him one would have to call upon one 
of the major singers, the thrasher, the bobolink or the thrushes. 
CHIONASPIS GLEDITSIAE. (New Species.) 
J. G. Sanders. 
Scale of Female. — Figure 1. Length 1.5 — 2 mm. Irregu- 
lar in form, usually very broad posteriorly, somewhat convex, 
Of rather firm texture, dirty white, usually blackened and incon- 
spicuous on host. When removed, a conspicuous white patch is 
left. 
Scale of Male. — Figure 2. Length .6 — .8111m. Sides par- 
allel, strongly carinated. Exuviae pale yellow 7 , occupying about 
one- fourth of the scale. 
Female. — Figures 3 and 4. Broadest toward posterior end ; 
segments prominent. Median lobes short, broad at base, tapering 
sharply, and serrate. The mesal margins approach at base and 
apparently fuse, forming a small, club-shaped thickening extend- 
ing anteriorly. Inner lobule of second lobe very long and narrow 7 , 
