Notes on <I>Attacino</I> and <I>Ceratoeampino</I>

42 ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY

parasite

which

had been bred from it.

The

specimens were^sent to

him by

^{Prof. C.}

H.

Fernald

who

^received

^them

^{from a corres-}

pondent ⁱⁿ California.

Mr. Howard

concluded his

communica-

tion with abrief account of the literature of the

Jumping

gall.

Mr. Howard

also mentionedthefactthatthewell

known

⁴ⁱDie- back^" fungus^{of the}

Orange had

^{been described in}

MS. _{by Mr.}

Ellis asNectria coccicola,* the describer having ^seen specimens under

which were some

^{of the}

common

_Mytilaspis ^scalesof the Orange, and therebyforming^the impression ^thatthe fungus

was

parasitic on the scales.

Mr. Smith

called attention tothe fact thatinthe

group

^of

Bom-

bycids classed^asAttacince

and

Ceratocampince^the

antenna had

in the _cf two. pectinations^to each_joint,

and

_proposed^to limit the family Saturniidce bv this character.

He

_explained the differ- ences between the proportions of ^thebranches andtheir relative situations, andthinks the characteravery important one^inclassi- fication.

Two

sub-families are well indicated

by

^{the fact that}

in the Attacincethe pectinations extend tothe_tipof the antennae, while inthe Ceratocampincethey extend only

two

thirds thedis- tance andthen end very abruptly.f

Dr.

Marx

read apaper on ^the genus

Thelyphonus,

exhibiting atthe

same

timea careful

drawing

^{of the}

North American

Th.

gigante2is.

He

stated that Th. excubitor Girard is simply the cT ofgiganteus, ^asthe distinguishing characters of the

two

supposed species are precisely the

same

asfound in the

two

sexes of Scorpions.

Thelyphonus

^{has 12} eyes,

and

^not 8, as hitherto stated

by

^allauthors,^sincethere are

two

_{distinct,though}very small, accessory ^{ocelli situated} on each side near the externo-posterior slope of the ocellar tubercle.

No

poison glands^could be detected on the mandible_; in factthe only

means

of defenceappears ^tobe avery strongand penetrating odor, butthe position of the odor- iferousglands ^{could not} be ascertained

from

an examinationof dried specimens.

In

commenting on

^this paper

Mr. Pergande

gave the following statementas tothe habits of a specimen ^of

Thelyphonus

^{sent to} Dr. _Riley, and kept^{alive for}

some

time in a_{glass jar}atthe

rooms

of the Entomological ^Division:

* Sincepublished ⁱⁿJournal of Mycology, ^ii,No. _{4(1886), p.39.}

tSee Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886, pp.414-437.