ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS AND PROCEEDINGS OE THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. VOL. XXXI. NOVEMBER, 1920. No 9. CONTENTS Chamberlin Description of One New Buprestid with Notes on Other Little Known Species (Coleop.) . . 241 Martin Notes on the Genus Hetaer-ius and Descriptions of Three New Species (Coleop.) 245 Osborn & Metcalf Notes on the Life-History of the Salt Marsh Cicada (Tibicen viridifascia Walker), (Hemip.) 248 Mann The Occurrence of Mallophaga on a Dragonfly (Odon.) 252 Calvert Studies on Costa Rican Odo-nata IX. Sympetrum with De-scription of a New Species 25,3 Ramsden A New Kricogonia from Cuba (Lep., Rhop.) 250 Davis Indiana Insects 260 Brimley On Scolia bicincta Fab. and Scolia undata Klug (Hymcnop-tera, Scoliidae) 261 Spillane House Flies in Court 262 Editorial Mental Attitudes toward Insects; Aner-t an Increased Sub-scription Price 263 Skinner Two Syntomidae New to Mississippi (Lep.) 263 Entomological Literature 264 Review of Morse's Manual of the Orthoptcra of New England 267 Correction. 270 Description of One New Buprestid with Notes on Other Little Known Species (Coleop.). BY W. J. CHAMBERLIN, Forest Entomologist, Oregon Agri-cultural College. Cinyra robusta n. sp. Form elongate, robust. Entire upper surface, head, thorax and elytra covered with scattered, short, fine, recumbent hairs, arising from the punctures. Head same color as elytra, not shining, \t-ry coarsely punctured, with a faint median line running one-third from the thorax. Front rough with irregular callosities extending across the middle. Clypeus shallow, broadly emarginate. Antennae with the third joint twice as long as the second; from the fourth joint on, all joints are broad and flattened, entire antennae black not testaceous. Thorax coarsely, moderately densely punctate with irregular smooth callosities, especially along the middle-, sides of thorax slightly arcuate, widest just behind the middle and narrowing sharply at the anterior fourth. Scutellum semi-circular, small. Prosternum dull black not shining, an irregular slight depression ex-tending around the sclerite just inside the border (Fit;, i). From this 241
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