Mr. Elwes has again favoured us with one of his periodical Revisions of Genera, the last of which relating to Argynnis, was reviewed by me in the Can. Ent., XXII., p. 81, 1890.

It is stated that Mr. James Edwards is responsible for the matter of what are called “clasps” of the male, meaning the claspers of other authors; and these parts of the whole body of abdominal appendages are the only ones treated of, or relied on. He has also given a comparative table at the end, based partly on the facies, and partly on the claspers.

Laphygma flavimaculata, Harvey.

Determined by Prof. J. B. Smith. Eggs of this species occured to me in the Hawaiian Islands at Kaawoloa, Kona, Hawaii and at Honolulu, Oahu.

Egg.–Nearly spherical, flattened at base, densely striated vertically; of a flesh-coloured tint, and covered with gray down; diameter, 0.6 mm. Depostied in a large mass on a grass stem.

Syntomis hilda, n. sp.

♂.— Antennæ, head and throax black; first and fifth segments of the abdomen white, the rest metallic green; primaries dark brown with three ovate vitreous sports on the sub-apical area; discal space has two large triangular vitreous spots, the largest being near the inner margin.

Trypeta (Acidia) tortile, n. sp., æ. Wholly yellow except a black dot above each wing; ovipositor brown; bristles black; scutellum bearing four bristles; thorax and abdomen shining; ovipositor flat, very borad, nearly as long as the last two abdominal segments. Wings hyaline, the anal cell, bases of marginal, sub-marginal, and of the final basal cell, also the apex of the second basal cell, yellow; a black spot on furcation of the second and thrid veins, and one on lower half of vein at apex of anal cell; a brown band commences on cossta between apices of auxiliary and of first vein, and extends to the discal cell, going over the small cross-vein and continuing as a yellowish streak into the discal cell; a second brown band commences on the costa between apices of the first and second veins, and crosses the wing, passing over the posterior crossvein, and near its terminus sending a spur into the third posterior cell; apex of wing from slightly before apex of the second vein to beyond tip of fourth vein, brown; first and third veins bristly. Length, 5 mm. Washington (O. B. Johnson). A single specimen.

Most of the species recorded below were collected by the writer in the vicinity of Ithaca, N. Y. during the years 1888 and 1889. I have seen the collections of others and have found in them some forms that I had not collected. I have also examined the collection of Cornell University, and found several species not previously seen from the locality. This list is not complete, as undoubtedly more species will be found in the Cordulidæ and Gomphidæ.

Prof. Smith says that he uses the name Xylina in preference to Lithophane, because both are catalogue names and Xylina has priority, since the Verzeichniss was not published until 1818 at least. My argument is, that Ochsenheimer took the name Xylena from Hübner's which is not a Lithophane, but a Hadena.

For those interested in teratology I wish to record three instances of malformations of the antennæ of Coleoptera. The beetles presenting these have been kindly given to me by Mr. W. Simpson, an energetic and observant yound collector of this city.

Anisosticta strigata, Thumb. Very abundant, found under stones, bark and other objects in nearly all pasture and meadow lands. I have never taken it while feeding. A colony of over fifty was taken from under one stone the past summer.