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giving it a name in accordance with what appears to be its sustaining 
plant. * 
Winged individuals .—Antennae on distinct tubercles; the hrst joint 
about twice as long as the second; third and seventh about equal in 
length; fourth and fifth about equal, and each about two-thirds the 
length of the third; sixth about half as long as the third; whole length 
about equal to the length of the body. . 
Body entirely blackish with a purplish tinge; posterior legs black; 
the other two pairs with the femora and tibiae a transparent yellowish 
white. Honey-tubes black, slender and cylindrical, about one-fourth 
the length of" the body and reaching considerably beyond the tip of 
the abdomen. The first fork of the third vein bends strongly for¬ 
ward toward the apex so as to bring it quite near to the fourth vein; 
second fork nearer the apex of the wing than to the third vein; wings 
honey-yellow at the base. 
Pupa. —Wing-cases dark green; first two and last two joints of the 
antennae black; other markings as in the winged specimens. . 
Wingless individuals .—The body is dark with a greenish tinge, and 
has a dark or black median dorsal line. Tail conical, about one-half 
the length of the honey-tubes, black. _ t 
Found on the little stems of Gerardia tenui folia, at Carbon dale, Illi¬ 
nois, latter part of September. Size small. Length to tip of wings 
.12 inch. 
Siphostophoka heucherj:. n. sp. 
In the collection received from Prof. Bundy, and, with the exception 
of the color as given in his note, described from alchoholic specimens. 
Winged individual .—The front wings have the second fork of the 
third vein much nearer the apex of the wing than it is to the third 
vein; fourth vein regularly curved, and in some of the specimens it is 
forked near the tip; the costal vein curves outward very distinctly' 
near the base, and is partially followed in this by the sub-costal vein. 
Honey-tubes long, slender, and cylindrical, reaching to or beyond the 
tip of the tail; tail distinct, quite prominent, slender sub-cylindrical, 
scarcely conical, about half the length of the honey-tubes, lhe ubdo- 
men is" short, broad, and very obtusely rounded at the tip. h>ody 
slightly hairy, and some of the hairs apparently capitate. Antenna? 
quite robust'and extending to or beyond the tip of the abdomen, 
seventh joint as long or longer than the third; sixth very short about 
one-third the length of the fifth; fourth about two-thirds the length 
of the third; tubercles distinct. 
Wings transparent, veins quite distinct, brown or fuscous; stigma 
Length of the body .07 to .08 inch; to tip of the wings .13 to .14 
mQ ^Pupa. —Honey-tubes not reaching the tip of the abdomen. 
Winqless .—Ocelli very distinct, with a little tubercle in the front of 
each ocellus; honey-tubes not reaching to the tip of the abdomen. 
Prof. Bundy furnishes the following note in reference to this 
8P “On 8 Heachera hispida. June, Sauk City, Wisconsin. Winged fe- 
male .—Abdomen smoky green, darker on the dorsal aspectof the thorax 
and head, this part being almost or quite black. At hrst 
