Bulletin STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION DIVISION OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY STEPHEN A. FORBES. Chief Vol. XVI. BULLETIN Article IV. A List of the Insect Types in the Collections of the Illinois State Natural History Survey and the University of Illinois THEODORE H. FRISON PRINTED BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS URBANA. ILLINOIS February. 1927 BULLETIN OF THE ILLINOIS STATE NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY, Vol. XVI, Art. IV. ERRATA Page 138, line 10 and line 14 ftom bottom, tor Dane read Dann. Page 139, line 5, for Dane read Dann Page 180, line 5 from bottom, delete D. Page 198, line 19 from bottom, for March read March Id. 1918. Page 221, line 22, for data read date. Page 278, lines 17 and 18 from bottom in right-hand column, for l.'iO read 15S. Page 285, line 24 in left-hand column, for Franoh read French. STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OP REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION A. M. Shelton, Director BOARD OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION A. M. Shelton, Chairman William Treij:ase, Biology Henry C. Cowtes Forestry Edson S. Bastin, Geology William A. Noyes, Chemistry John W. Alvord, Engineering Kendric C. Babcock, Representing the President of the University of Illi- nois THE NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY DIVISION Stephen A. Forbes, Chief ScHNBPP & Barnes, Printers Springfield, III. 1927 59061—800 CONTENTS PAGE Introduction 137 Types in the Collection of the Illinois State Natural History Survey 142 Types in the Andreas Bolter Collection of Insects (Natural History Museum, University of Illinois) 232 Types in the A. D. MacGillivray Collection of Tenthredinoidea (Depart- ment of Entomology, University of Illinois) 234 Appendix 269 Index 271 Article IV. — A List of the Insect Types in the Collections of the Illinois State Natural History Survey and the University of Illinois. By Theodore H. Prison, Illinois State Natural History Survey. Introduction The ever-increasing requests by technical workers in the field of entomology for information concerning the insect types in the collections of the Illinois State Natural History Survey and the University of Illi- nois have led to the preparation of this paper. The reasons for such re- quests are readily apparent to any one acquainted with the problems and difficulties today confronting the scientific investigator in the fields of taxonomy and nomenclature. The enormous number of insects already described, comprising a total far in excess of the number of all other known kinds of animals, is augmented each year by the recognition and description of hundreds of species new to science. This multiplicity of kinds of insects has greatly increased the difficulty of their classification and brought to light many problems whose best solution rests upon a restudy of the actual type specimens—the specimens used by the author of a species in formulating the original description. Thus it happens that at the present time the types of insects have come to possess a great practical value as well as a historical significance. A complete realization of the value of exacting type-designations and the proper labeling and preservation of the types did not come to most of the earlier entomologists. In fact, it is only within comparatively recent years that much emphasis has been placed upon exacting type-designa- tions, disposition of types, full data concerning locality, date of capture of specimens and the many other facts now commonly added to the orig- inal description of a new species. It was but natural, then, that when the task was undertaken of list- ing, locating, labeling and isolating the types in the collections here to insure their safety, no uniformity of type designations was found in the material. Various workers can be accredited for the numerous types, some described at an early date and others comparatively recently. To meet this situation the writer undertook the selection of lectotypes wher- ever this was deemed necessary or advisable. This procedure is in line, although not specifically covered, by that recommendation of the Interna- tional Rules of Zoological Nomenclature suggesting that "only one speci- men be designated and labeled as type". Furthermore, it makes paratypic material available for exchange and for loan to specialists, as well as eliminating certain undesirable situations that may arise from the ex- changing of cotypes. 138 The insect collection of the Illinois State Natural History Survey contains the most complete collection of Illinois insects in existence and ranks high among the best general collections in this country. Its pos- session is a valuable asset to the state and an aid to all lines of research conducted by the Survey. The collection is the result of a wise policy of many years' accumulation and direct collection of insect material. For the benefit of those interested in the historical pliase of the insect collec- tion of the Illinois State Natural History Survey a short sketch of its origin and development is given. The State Entomologist's Office of Illinois was estalilished in 1S6T with Benjamin Dane Walsh as Acting State Entomologist. William LeBaron, soon after the accidental death of Walsh, was appointed to the position of State Entomologist in ISTO and held this office until 18T5. Then Cyrus Thomas succeeded William LeBaron as State Entomologist and continued in office until the appoint- ment of Stephen Alfred Forbes in 1882. The appointment of Stephen Alfred Forbes brought about, in a sense, the merger of the Office of the State Entomologist and the State Laboratory of Natural History, since he was Director of the latter institution. In V.)17, the State Entomolo- gist's Office was definitely merged by law with the State Laboratory of Natural History to form the Illinois State Natural History Survey Di- vision of the State Department of Registration and Education, and Stephen Alfred Forbes was appointed as its Chief. During the period of IseT to the present time many descriptions of new species have been published in the twenty-nine reports of the State Entomologist's Office, the Bulletin of the State Laboratory of Natural History, and its successor, the Bulletin of the Illinois State Natural His- tory Survey. Concerning these publications I quote from an introduction written for a list of exchange and available publications and published in 1924 by Stephen Alfred Forbes. "Twenty-nine reports of the State Entomologist were published be- tween 1868 and 1916, the first by Benjamin Dane Walsh, the second to the fifth by William LeBaron, the sixth to the eleventh by Cyrus Thomas, and the twelfth to the twenty-ninth by Stephen Alfred Forbes. Later articles of like object and character to those in these reports are published as bulletins and circulars of the State Natural History Survey. "The State Laboratory of Natural History began publication of its Bulletin in 1876, the first number of what became Volume 1 of this series being issued as a bulletin of the Illinois Museum of Natural History. All subsequent numbers were issued as bulletins of the above Laboratory until 1917, after which the series was continued as the Bulletin of the Illinois State Natural History Survey. Volumes 1 to 12 have been pub- lished under the first of these titles, and ];3 and 14, together with Articles 1-3 of Volume 15, under the second.* The State Laboratory of Natural History has also published three volumes and an atlas of final reports on * Now Volume 16, Article 3. 139 the ornithology and ichthyology of the state, all reprinted in a second edi- tion, as were also the First, Eighteenth, and Twenty-third reports of the State Entomologist's Office." The insect collection of the Natural History Survey now contains no material definitely known to have been collected by Benjamin Dane Walsh and only a few specimens from the LeBaron collection. Of the Thomas material, almost nothing now remains except his collection of .\phididae which was acquired in very poor condition as reported by J. J. Davis in Bull. III. State Lab. Nat. Hist.. Vol. X, Art. II, igij. f^p. gj-i2i. The present collection, then, consists almost entirely of speci- mens collected since 1883 and to Stephen Alfred Forbes and Charles H. Hart belong the main credit for its development and present importance. In addition to the material acquired by the direct collecting of members of the stait of the Survey and its forerunners, considerable material has been added by the acquisition of several private collections. The most notable of these is the first W. A. Nason collection acquired in 1008. The Survey is also the recipient of much material generously donated by specialists and amateurs and has profited through the medium of ex- change. At the conclusion of the list of types in the insect collection of the Illinois State Natural Histon' Survey, there is added a list of the types in the insect collections belonging to the University of Illinois. These collections are available for study by members of the Survey Staff in keeping with the cooperative policy which also places the facilities and insect collection of the Survey at the service of the University. The Natural History Museum of the University of Illinois possesses the An- dreas Bolter and second \V. A. Nason collections of insects. Both of these collections were gifts to the University, the former in 1900 and the latter in 1920. The Bolter collection is the only one of the two which contains any types. The Department of Entomology of the University acquired the A. D. MacGillivray collection of Tenthredinoidea in 1924. This is one of the most important collections of sawflies in North Amer- ica and is exceedingly rich in types. The Bolter and second Nason collections are now housed in the Natural Histor\' Museum of the Uni- versity, and the A. D. ]\IacGillivray collection is with the types of the Natural History Survey. Some special comments are necessary concerning the contents and preparation of this article. Attention has already been directed to the selection of lectotypes to stand for single types in the case of cotypic series. The designation of lectoallotype has been given to a single speci- men of the opposite sex from the lectotype of a cotypic series. The remainder of the cotypic series, after the selection of single types, have been regarded as paratypes. Where the describer of a new species has clearly indicated the selection of a type and an allotype no selections have been necessary. In cases where the describer of a new species based hi'^ description upon a unique, that specimen is considered as the type with- out the presence of such a statement in the literature. \Miere both sexes 140 are specifically described in the original description, based in each case upon single specimens, those specimens have been considered as the type and the allotype. No transposition of original designations of type to holotype, or vice versa, have been made. They are listed here as given in the original description, since from the standpoint of taxonomy they are the same. In some instances no single types have been selected from cotypic material. This is because of either the extremely poor condition of the cotypes or because the selection of the lectotype rightfully belongs to some other institution. Where it has been deemed advisable to select a lecto- type of a species mounted in balsam on a slide with other specimens of the same or dififerent species, the specimen so selected has been surrounded by a circular cut on the cover glass. A few specimens have been con- sidered as allotypes that furnished the basis for the description of a previously undescribed or unknown sex of a species already known. This is not in conformity with the use of this term as employed by some (where the allotype must be one of the paratypes), but has the sanction of others. The International Rules of Zoological Nomenclature do not specifically cover this point. The type series of A. A. Girault in the Survey collection require still further comment. Girault, in litt., has occasionally used terms in an en- tirely different sense from their accepted use at the present time. In this paper his use of cotype is construed to be equivalent to paratype. Speci- mens listed by him in his original description, but not specifically listed by him as "type" or "cotypes", are considered as paratypes. When more than one specimen in a type series was designated as "type" by Girault, a single specimen has been selected as the lectotype and the remaining specimens as paratypes, depending as in all other cases upon the priority rights of this institution to the single type. All type specimens listed in this paper have been labeled and isolated from the general reference collection to insure their continued preserva- tion. It is oftentimes the case that some structural part of an insect is mounted in balsam on a slide and the remaining portion on an insect pin or a card-point mount. Note is made of this fact in the labeling of all specimens so mounted so that they are securely linked together. The abbreviations used for citations to places of original descrip- tions are those commonly used in entomological publications. The ref- erences have been given in full because of the character of this article. The letter-files of the Survey have been critically searched for informa- tion regarding the precise dates of publication of the Reports of the State Entomologists. These dates, with one exception, have never been deter- mined previously. Their significance lies in their bearing upon questions of priority as evidenced by a recent paper of P. R. Myers published in the Proc. Ent. Soc. IVash.. Vol. 26. No. p, December, 1924, pp. 222-224. The dates assigned to them are based upon the first definite acknowledgments of these Reports contained in our letter-files or other letters bearing upon their publication or distribution. 141 The abbreviation "Ace. No." refers to the Accession Catalogue of the Survey and "Hart A:c. No." to a small Accession Catalogue of the late Mr. C. A. Hart. The "Slide No." refers to the Survey collection of slides. The data pertaining to the places and dates of types, as well as full information regarding other matters of importance or interest, are given with each type, allotype, and paratype. Much of this information has never been published and in some cases even the locality of a type has not been heretofore recorded. A few errors in the literature regard- ing the localities of types, etc., have been corrected. Collectors' names, where known, are given in parentheses following each record. For the sake of completeness and usefulness, notes on synonymy have been added and genotype designations indicated. No new synonymy, however, is here- in published. The sequence of orders and families of the Natural History Survey and the Bolter collections is arranged in a purely arbitrary man- ner. The family arrangement of the A. D. MacGillivray collection of Tenthredinoidea is in accord with his published classifications of 1906 and 1916. Generic and specific names in all cases are arranged alphabetically under family and order groupings. Since most of the species of sawflies described by MacGillivray are represented by types in his collection, ]\Ir. S. A. Rohwer has suggested the desirability of publishing a list of the species the types of which are not in the collection here, place of their description, and their present location if known. This list is published as an appendix to this article. It is probable that several species, the types of which have not been located, are in the MacGillivray collection without identifying labels or a present clue as to their identity. The following persons have greatly aided in the preparation of this list by furnishing me with references, notes on synonymy, and other in- formation and favors of a varied character: E. T. Cresson, Jr., L. H. Weld, F. C. Baker, C. L. :Metcalf. F. H. Benjamin, H. Morrison. C. W. Johnson, J. J. Davis, R. A. Cushman, J. R. Malloch, J. M. Aldrich, A. B. Gahan, and particularly S. A. Rohwer. 142 TYPES IN THE COLLECTION OF THE ILLINOIS STATE NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY Order ORTHOPTERA Family Tettigoniidae (nsara sinaloae Hebard Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, Vol. LI, December IS, 1925, p. 293. Paratype.— $ : Venvidio, Sinaloa, Mexico, August 18, 191S (J. A. Kusche). Right hind leg is missing. Montezumina sinaloae Hebard Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, Vol. LI, December 18. 1925, p. 297. Paratypes.— $ : Venvidio, Sinaloa, Mexico, August 11-12 and 21, 191S (J. A. Kusche). Right hind leg of one male is missing. Family Grvllidae Nemobius funeralis Hart Ent. News, Vol. XVII, No. 5. May, 1906, p. 159. Type.— 5 : College Station, Texas, December 26, 1905 (C. A. Hart). Now considered as a southern race of NemobUis griseus Walker. Oecanthus forbesi Titus Can. Ent., Vol. XXXV, No. 9, September. 1903, p. 260. Type.— 5: Urbana, Illinois, September 6, 1891 (C. A. Hart). Ace. No. 17424. According to Blatchley this is synonymtous with Oecanthus nigricornis guadrijmnctaUis (Beutenmiiller), the latter having priority. Family Locustidae Amblytropidia insignis Hebard Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, Vol. XLIX, November 21, 1923, p. 198. Paratypes.— $ : Gatun, Canal Zone, Panama, July 12-15, 1916 (D. E. nar- rower ) . Conalcaea coyoterae Hebard Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, Vol. XLVIII, July 25, 1922, p. 55. Paratypes.— ?: Prescott, Arizona, August 5 and 14. 1917 (0. C. Poling). Cyclocercus gracilis Bruner Biol. Centrali-Americana, Insecta-Orthoptera, Vol. II, February, 1909, p. 307. Paratype.— $ : Tampico. Mexico, December, 1906. Melanoplus calapooyae Hebard Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, Vol. XLVI, December 14, 1920, p. [85. Paratypes.— S and 2 : Calapooia Mountains, Lake County, Oregon, August li; 1909 (M. Hebard). 143 Melanoplus macneilli Hart Bull. 111. State Lab. Nat. Hist.. Vol. VII, Art. VII, January, 1907, p. 261. Lectotype.— S ' Moline, Illinois, on sand hill, September 9, 1905 (C. A. Hart and F. Shobe). Lectoallotype.— 9 : Moline, Illinois, on sand hill, September 9, 1905 (C. A. Hart and P. Shobe). Paratypes.— $ and J: Moline, Illinois, on sand hill, September 9, 1905 (C. A. Hart and F. Shobe). According to Blatchley this species is synonymous with Melanoplus flavia- tilis Bruner, the latter having priority. Melanoplus microtatus Hebard Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, Vol. XLV, September 25, 1919, p. 285. Paratypes.— d and 9: Del Monte, Monterey County, California, Septem- ber'9-10, 1910 (M. Hebard). Melanoplus oreophilus Hebard Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, Vol. XLVI, December 14, 1920, p. 3S2. Paratypes.— S and 9: Cloud Cap Trail, Mt. Hood, Oregon, August IS-'O, 1910 (M. Hebard). Melanoplus scudderi var. texensis Hart Ent. News, Vol. XVII, No, 5, May, 1906, p. 158. Lectotype.— S : College Station, Texas, December 26, 1905 (C. A. Hart). Lectoallotype.— 9 : College Station, Texas, December 26, 1905 (C. A. Hart). Paratypes.— 149 Family Membracidae Ceresa turbida Coding Bull. 111. State Lab. Nat. Hist., Vol. Ill, Art. XIV, January, 1S94, p. 406. Paratype.— £ : Colorado (Gillette). Now considered as a synonym of Ceresa liasalis Walker. Telamona irrorata Coding Bull. 111. State Lab. Nat. Hist., Vol. Ill, Art. XIV, January, 1S94, p. 41S, Cotype.— (5 : Galesburg, Illinois (C. W. Stromberg). Now listed as Telamona dubiosa Van Duzee, irrorata being preoccupied. Family Cicadellidae Cicadula nigrifrons Forbes Fourteenth Rep. State Ent. 111., September 2, 1885, p. 67. Lectotype.— £ Anna, Illinois, on corn, July 14, 1884 (S. A. Forbes). Ace. No. 4427. Lectoallotvpe.— 9: Anna, Illinois, on corn, July 14, 1SS4 (S. A. Fortes). Ace. No. 4427. Paratypes.— ,5 and 9 : Anna. Illinois, on corn, July 14, 1SS4 (S. A. Forbes); Mt. Carmel. Illinois, on oats, May 28, 1884 (H. Carman). Ace. Nos. 4427 and 1793. This species is now placed in the genus Thamnotettix Zetterstedt. Cicadula quadrilineatus Forbes Fourteenth Rep. State Ent. 111., September 2, 1885, p. 68. Lectotype.— $ : Marshall, Illinois, from wheat. May 22, 1884. Ace. No. 1871. Lectoallotype.— 9: Marshall, Illinois, from wheat, May 22, 1884. Ace. No. 1871. Paratypes.— $ and 9 : Marshall, Illinois, from wheat, May 22, 1884; West Union, Illinois, on wheat, May 24, 1884. Ace. Nos. 1871 and 1888. Lectotype, Lectoallotype and 14 paratypes mounted on card points, re- mainder of type series in alcohol. This species is now considered as a synonym of Cicadula sexnotata (Fallen), the latter having priority. Dikraneura cockerelli Gillette Psyche. Vol. VII. Suppl. 1. December, 1895, p. 14. Paratypes.— 9: New Mexico (1990). Dikraneura communis Gillette Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.. Vol. 20, No. 1138, April 20, 1898, p. 718. Paratype.— S : Urbana, Illinois, May 14, 1889 (J. Marten). Ace. No. 14873. This species is now considered as a synonym of Dikraneura mali (Pro- vancher). In fair condition. Empoa albopicta Forbes Thirteenth Rep. State Ent. 111., May 31, 1884, p. 181. Lectotype.— ^ : Centralia, Illinois, on apple leaves, August 6, 1SS3. Ace No. 3706. Lectoallotype.— 9: Centralia, Illinois, on apple leaves, August 6, 1SS3 Ace. No. 3706. Paratypes.— $ and 9: Centralia, Illinois, on app^e leaves. August 6, 1883 Ace. No. 3706. Lectotype. lectoallotype and 8 paratypes mounted on card points, re- mainder of paratypes in alcohol. This species is now considered synony mous with Empoasca mali (LeBaron), the latter having priority. Erythroneura abolla var. lemnisca McAtee Bull. 111. State Nat. Hist. Surv., Vol. XVI, Art. Ill, July, 1926, p. 131. Holotype.— 9: Urbana, Illinois, C'ottonwoods (University Woods), July 12, 1920 (C. P. Alexander). Paratype.— 9: Urbana, Illinois, Brownfield Woods, April 29, 1920. 150 Erythroneura comes var. palimpsesta McAtee Bull. 111. State Nat. Hist. Surv., Vol. XV, Art. II, April, 192!, p. 4a. Holotype.— S : Forest City, Illinois, April 3, 1917. Allotype.— 9: Forest City, Illinois, April 3, 1917. Erythroneura comes var. pontifex McAtee Bull. 111. State Nat. Hist. Surv., Vol. XVI, Art. Ill, July, 1926, p. 136. Holotype.— 9: Dubois, Illinois, May 24, 1917. Erythroneura comes var. reflecta McAtee Bull. 111. State Nat. Hist. Surv., Vol. XV, Art. II, April, 1924, p. 43. Paratype.— 9: Centerville (Monticello-Mahomet), Illinois, along Sanga- mon River, August 16, 1914. Erythroneura comes var. rufomaculata McAtee Bull. 111. State Nat. Hist. Surv., Vol. XV, Art. IT, April, 1924, p. 43. Holotype.— 9: Clay City, Illinois, August 17, 1911. Paratype.— 9: Clay City, Illinois, August 17, 1911; Uib.uia, Illinois, on grape, November 23, 1914; Illinois, No. 1992, Erythroneura ligata var. pupillata McAtee Bull. 111. State Nat. Hist. Surv., Vol. XV, Art. II, April, 1924, p. 42. Holotype.— S ' Urbana, Illinois, hibernating, February 21, 1900 (H. O. Woodworth). Ace. No. 25069. Paratype.— £ : Urbana, Illinois, on w^indow, July 7, 1915; Urbana, Illi- nois, in moss and bark, March 4, 1888 (C. A. Hart). Hart Ace. No. 152. Erythroneura lunata McAtee Bull. 111. State Nat. Hist. Surv., Vol. XV, Art. II, April, 1924, p. 41. Holotype.— $ : Urbana, Illinois, on tree trunk, November 11, 1915. Allotype.— 9: White Heath, Illinois, May 7, 1909. Erythroneura mallochi McAtee Bull. 111. State Nat. Hist. Surv., Vol. XV, Art. II, April, 1924, p. 41. Holotype.— $ : Meredosia, Illinois, May 30, 1917. Erythroneura mitella McAtee Bull. 111. State Nat. Hist. Surv., Vol. XVI, Art. III. July, 1926, p. 132. Holotype.— 5: White Heath, Illinois, April 30, 1916. Allotype.— 9: Urbana, Illinois, November 3, 1916. Paratypes.— o' and 9: White Heath, Illinois, April 30, 1916; Dongola, Illinois, May 10, 1916; Alto Pass, Illinois, May 7, 1917; DuBois, Illinois, May 23 and August 8, 1917. Erythroneura oculata McAtee Bull. 111. State Nat. Hist. Surv., Vol. XV, Art. II, April, 1924, p. 39. Holotype.— 9 : Brownsville, Texas, in sweepings from weeds, November 30, 1910 (C. A. Hart). Erythroneura repetita McAtee Bull. 111. State Nat. Hist. Surv., Vol. XVI, Art. Ill, July 1926, p. 131. Holotype.— 9: Illinois. Erythroneura scutelleris var. insolita McAtee Bull. 111. State Nat. Hist. Surv., Vol. XVI, Art. Ill, July, 1926, p. 133. Holotype.— 9: Muncie, Illinois, along Stony Creek, July 5, 1914. Allotype.— S : Dongola, Illinois, August 23, 1916. Erythroneura sexpunctata Malloch Bull. Brook. Ent. Soc, Vol. XVI, No. 1, February, 1921, p. 25. Type.— 5 : Muncie, Illinois, along Salt Fork, December 13, 1913 (C. A. Hart and J. R. Malloch). According to McAtee (Bull. 111. Nat. Hist. Surv., Vol. XV, Art. II, p. 40, April, 1924), this is synonymous with E. tecta McAtee. Gypona albimarginata Woodworth Bull. 111. State Lab. Nat. Hist., Vol. Ill, Art. II, October, 1887, p. 31. Type.— 3: Urbana, Illinois, July 15, 1887 (C. A. Hart). Ace. No. 12915. Now considered as a synonym of Gypona scarlatina var. limbatipennis Spangberg. Gypona bimaculata Woodworth Bull. 111. State Lab. Nat. Hist., Vol. Ill, Art. II, October, 1S87, p. 32. Type.— : Urbana, Illinois, at light, August 20, 1886 (C. A. HarH. Ace. No. 18739. Lectoallotype.— 9 : Champaign, Illinois, at light, July 27, 1886 (C. A. Hart). Ace. No. 18739. Paratypes.— ?: Urbana, Illinois, at light, August 17, 1S92 (C. A. Hart). Ace. Nos. 10712 and 10773. In poor condition. Now placed in genus Hormisa Walker. Hartii hss been synonymized as puinllaris Grote, which appears to be a northe.n form of orciferalis Walker. Papaipema beeriana Bird Can. Ent., Vol. LV, No. 5, May, 1923, p. 106. Paratypes.— ,5 : Chicago, Illinois, reared from larva in Lacbtaria. Sep- tember 21, 1922 (A. K. Wyatt); Riverside, Illinois, reared from larva in Lacinaria, September 7, 1922 (E. Beer). Pseudaglossa forbesi French Bull. 111. State Lab. Nat. Hist., Vol. IV, Art. II, March, 1894, p. S. Lectotvpe.— 9 : Savanna, Illinois, July 21, 1892 (McElfreih). Ace. No. 18510 Paratype.— 9: Savanna, Illinois, July 21,' 1892 (McEUresh). Ace. No. 18510. Now placed in the genus Camptylochila Stephens. In fair condition. Rhizagrotis polingi Barnes and Benjamin Contrib. Nat. Hist. Lepidoptera, Vol. 5, June 24, 1922, p. 41. Paratypes.— £ and 9 : Dixieland, Imperial County, California, March 1-15, 1922 (0. C. Poling). Ordicr DIPTERA P'amily Tipulid.'\e Dicranota iowa Alexander Can. Ent., Vol. LII, No. 4, April, 1920, p. 78. Holotype.— 9: Sioux City, Iowa, April 17, 1916 (A. W. Lindsey). Elliptera illini Alexander Pomona Coll. Journ. Ent. and Zool., Vol. XII, No. 4, December, 1920, p. f6. Holotype.— £ : Makanda, Illinois, June 4, 1919 (C. P. Alexander). In fair condition. Limnophila imbecilla illinoiensis Alexander Can. Ent., Vol. LII, No. 8, October, 1920, p. 226. Holotype.—