Bulletin (Volume 86)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1905. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE In the interval that has elapsed since the above paper was written, Mr. Nathan Banks has published two papers which contain references to North American Hydroptilidae (two species of Hydroptilidse, Ent. News, April '04, p.116; and A List of Neuropteroid insects, exclusive of Odonata, from the vicinity of Washington, D. C., Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. Vol. vi, No. 4, pp.215-6). These may give rise to questions of synonymy, but at Fig. 15 Hydroptliid structures: A g r a y 1 e a m u I t 1 p u n c t a t a; 40, apex of abdomen from beneath, 41, same from side, 42, triangular pieces from side, 43, same when much oxsertcd, 44, ventrai iamina; Orthotriehia amerieana (?) 45, apex of abdomen from beneath. the moment I am nnable to deal with the subject which I think may be safely left to be cleared up by American students. In the same interval some further material has come to hand from Professor Needham and Professor Betten, but this has been only partially examined. It includes an A g r a y l e a which appears to be the same as the European A. multipunctata, and an Orthotrichia which I had described under the name of O. cristata but which may beO. americana, Banks. There is also another good species of Hydroptila, but the material is hardly sufficient for description. Professor Needham bred the A g r a y l e a and sent me the larva and cases. The metamorphoses of A g r a y 1 e a and many other European forms have been described recently in an admirable way by Herr A. J. Silfvenius of Helsingfors. Agraylea multipunctata Curt. McLachlan, Rev. & Synopsis, p.50ti, describes the species as follows: Antenna? blackish fuscous. Body blackish fuscous; abdomen greenish in life; blackish in dry examples with pale lateral lines; the ventral surface clothed with silky y...