With his usual kindness Mr. C. A. Frost sent me the subjoined Heteroptera collected by him in Nova Scotia in July 1927 and 1929, at Portaupique and Westchester. The latest data available on bugs from this part are contained in Blatchley's Heteroptera of Eastern North America; the most extensive list thus far pubished is Parshley's 1923 paper, Records of Nova Scotian Heteroptera, which appeared in Proceedings of the Acadian Entomological Society for 1922, pp. 102, 108. The present records have been checked against these; the order of the species, for convenience, is that of Blatchley's Heteroptera.

Lygus lucorum Meyer was first recorded from the Nearctic Region by Dr. P. R. Uhler (1886) in his “Check-List of the Hemiptera Heteroptera of North America.” Dr. Knight (Ent. News, XLI, 47, 1930) has shown that Dr. H. T. Fernald collected one specimen of Lygus lucorum Meyer at Orono, Maine. August 25, 1885.

In August 1929 the writer examined a colony of white rats which were being used in a nutrition experiment. These rats were scratching themselves about the head, nose and neck. Many had small dry scabs on the head, about the ears, and upper sides of the neck. Some had bloody scabs due to bleeding caused by severe scratching. Parasitic infestation was suspected and microscopic examination showed the presence of mites.

Male. Length 6.2 mm. Very dark brown; the antennae a little paler, the basal segments, the apical margin and posterior angles of prothorax, a spot on humeral umbone of each elytron half the size of the scutellum, and margins of apical abdominal segment reddish-yellow; the legs very pale reddish-yellow.

Fifty years have elapsed since the publication of Fernald's ”Butterflies of Maine.” In the meantime, many new records have been made and the number of species reported from the state has increased from sixty-nine to over one hundred.

During the past several years there has been much discussion among Lepidopterists on the question of the advisability of employing a system of scientific classification for forms within a species. While other zoologists have looked scoffingly on, Lepidopterists have been giving names to races, local forms, general forms, sexual forms and aberrations for many years.

Male. Eyes deep black-brown. Head black with the pits of the antennae and a small area posterior to the mid-ocellus pale yellowish. Pronotum black; mesonotum black with slight brownish shading along lateral edges posteriorly; the membranous area between base of wing and fore coxa pale yellowish, shaded with light brown, and containing a blackish streak; metanotum black with slight yellowish tinges in median area; pleura and sternum black with the less heavily chitinized portions, especially around bases of legs, pale yellowish.

On June 12th, 1932, while collecting along a roadway running through a large swampy area at Lanoraie, P. Q., on the north side of the St. Lawrence River and about forty miles east of Montreal, I obtained two specimens of the above genus, which on comparison with allied species could not be matched, these were later submitted to Dr. J. McDunnough at Ottawa, Ont., who kindly examined them for me and found that they did not seem to fit in with any of the species known to him but due to their rather worn condition it was suggested that I try to obtain some better specimens another year before making any definite determination of them.

While working over some specimens of Mycetophilidae in the Cornell University Collection, four new species were found. It seemed well to publish at once descriptions of these eastern forms in order to include them in the keys to appear in the “Diptera of Connecticut.”

In a culture of flies sent to Dr. O. A. Johannsen by Dr. C. W. Metz of Johns Hopkins, there proves to be a new species of Sciara. This insect is being used in research in genetics and it was thought best to have the insect described as soon as possible. According to Doctor Metz, “The original female under No. 6986, was collected by Mr. J. P. Reynolds from Sykes' greenhouse at Guilford, North Carolina, December 5, 1933.”

The genus Neobellamira was erected by Swaine and Hopping for Strangalia delicata Lec., since it was apparently not congeneric with Leconte's genus Strangalia, now Strangalina Auriv. Neobellamira differs not only on the male characters but on the poriferous areas of the distal segments of the antennae which become hardly more than mere punctures or are entirely absent. In Strangalina these areas are strongly developed.

During the past few years it has been possible to collect leafhoppers in many parts of Utah. Because of the abundance of many of the species and the fact that so many feed upon range forage plants, it seems to the writer that the injury due to range leafhoppers in the Rocky Mountain West has been greatly underestimated.

The genus Cymbolus Gorham is peculiar to the American tropics. Of the five previously described species, two are from Mexico, two are from Guatemala, and the fifth is from Brazil. I take great pleasure in naming the following species in honor of Mr. A. B. Wolcott through whose efforts I first became interested in the study of this genus.

Palpi pale ochreous, the second joint heavily sprinkled exteriorly with blackish scaling. Front pale ochreous with slight admixture of black scales. Tegulae with the basal half pale whitish ochre, apical portion light ochreous brown; a slight sprinkling of black scaling which at times forms a more or less distinct line, separating the two areas of color.

In a recent paper entitled “A Grouping of the Agrotine Genera,” by Dr. W. T. M. Forbes (1934, Ent. Am. XIV, pp. 1-41) there is considerable discussion of my “Generic Revision of North American Agrotid Moths,” particularly in connection with what the author claims is my idea of the phylogenetic sequence of the genera. Now, while I value highly a number of Forbes' critical remarks and believe that his studies form an excellent check on my own work, I strongly object to being credited with statements which I had not made, due to either a careless reading or a misinterpretation of my text. A number of such misstatements have crept into Forbes' paper and I believe, therefore, that in justice to myself I may be permitted to call attention to these errors.

In recently glancing over a verbatim quotation of Col. Casey's description of Leptura haldemanni in Swaine and Hopping's Lepturini paper, my eye mas arrested by the word “punctation.” Those who are familiar with Casey's writings know that he never used this word, but always the more customary “punctuation.”

A few errors and omissions in the list of Maine butterflies as published in the Canadian Entomologist in August 1934, should be corrected as follows:

Papilio troilus Linnaeus. York Beach (Farquhar).