The Odonatan Fauna of the Big Bend Region of Trans-Pecos, Texas, although not an extensive one, is yet very interesting and practically unknown. For these reasons it seems worth while to record the observations and the specimens collected during the period from September, 1928, to July, 1930, and September, 1931, while the writer was stationed at the Pink Bollworm Laboratory at Presidio, Texas.

This paper is a result of the study of the Aphodius in the A. cadaverinus (Mann.) group in the collection of the writer. In determining a goodly number of specimens of this interesting group, one new species has conic to light.

From the collections of Dr. E. M. Walker, made in 1908 and 1923, of Mr. W. E. Ricker, made in 1931, and my own. Identified by Dr. E. M. Walker.

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 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.”

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.”