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392 ps2TZG%. [February 1893.
and were kindlygiven me by Professor
diurnal in habit are attracted a long
Shimek.
distance by light-as,
for example, a
number of Cicindelae. Of the genus
y>
s
Cicindela I have taken lepida, punctu-
;
lata and praetextata in such situations
Cr as well as the two mentioned in the
table. No rule can be formulated in
I. Tetraclia carolina. 8 77.1 22.9
2. Cicindela sperata. $ z: .a 26 48. 52. this case as to the attraction exerted on 3. Cicindela lemniscata. 55 35 so 63.6 36.4 4. Bledius armatus. , each sex- sometimes the males are 5. Lachnosternalongitarsis. 9 5 4 55.6 44.4 6. Lachnosternafusca. 150 108 42 72. 28. the 7. Lachnost. crassissima. 26 13 13 50. 50. 8. Lachnosterna hirticula. 20 17 3 85. ;I: Several genera of Scarabaeidae, not
9. Cyclocephala(mixed set). 45 36 9 So.
10. Cycloccphalaimmaculata. 18 6 12 33.3 66.7 here tabulated, show a varying propor- 11. C clocephala " 100 o 100 0. 100. tion of femnles. Cheiroflutys clunalq 2. halepus obsoietus. 130 33 <y] 35.4 74.6 13. Ergates spiculatus. 17 32 34-7 65-3 which appears in our Check-list under 14. Prionus caKfornicus.
I$ :; 50 53.7 .+:.,3
15. Macrobasis atrivittata. 25 7 72. three specific names under the genera In eight cases we find a preponder-
ance of males; in six the femaleb are
more numerous, while in one case an
equal number of each sex is found. In
no instance is the set composed entirely of males, though the reverse has
occurred once, and in a very large
series.
It is worthy of note that many species
which are usually considered strictly
Aphonus and Orizabus, furnishes about
equal numbers of each sex. Polyphylla
is chiefly seen in the male sex and the
same is true, so far as my experience
goes, of Plectrodes.
It will be seen, then, from the fore-
going notes, that captures of Coleoptera at light need by no means be confined
to males only and that it can hardly be
stated as a general rule that these alone are attracted.
LEPIDOPTEROLOGICAL NOTES. - It will
please our readers to hear that Mr. W. H. Edwards has received a grant of $500 from the Bache Fund of the National academy of sciences to complete the publication of his researches into the life histories of American butterflies.
One of the most zealous collectors of Indian Lepidoptera has been Col. Knyvett, who for many years has been in charge of the police forces in the province of Bengal and has util- ized the native policemen in his entomologi- cal labors. His entire collection, numbering over 700 species of rhopalocera in splendid suites and nearly 2000 species of heterocera in equally fine suites, about 10,000 specimens, has been purchased at the suggestion of Dr. Holland by Mr. Andrew Carnegie. They
will be under Dr. Holland's care and ulti- mately be placed in the museum which Mr. Carnegie is building in Pittsburgh, Penn. The specimens have all been examined and named by the most eminent English special- ists, Elwes, Hampson, Warren, Myrick and Butler.
Blatchley records 108 species of Indiana butterflies in a catalogue published in the 17th report of the state geologist, 1892.
*For the synonymy of this species see Mr. H. W. Bates in Biologia Centrali-Americana, Insecta, Cole. optera, Vol. 11, part 2, p. 321.




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secondaries are pale yellowish red, of the same tint as the upper surface of the seconda- ries. The outer two-thirds of the primaries are fuscous. The hyaline spots reappear upon the lower side of the primaries without any modification in form. The legs and lower side of the body are uniformly of the same pale red color as the adjacent wing surfaces. The antennae are light brown tipped with pale amber-yellow. The eyes are black.
Expanse, 40 mm.
This is one of the most beautiful species of the genus. My specimen was taken on the
shores of Lake Onanga, and is unique.
~ l . S. leucogastra, sp. nov.
9. Antennae
black, very minutely tipped with white.
Lower side of palpi, pectus, tibiae, and tarsi orange-rufous. Front, collar, tegulae, lower side of thorax, and upper side of both thorax and abdomen black. The lower side of the abdomen is broadly pure white, and the
upper side of the anal extremity bright
orange. There are also a few small vermilion spots upon the upper side of the abdomen on the median line, and on either side just behind the thorax. The wings are deep
clack. There are four pellucid spots upon the primaries. a square one at the end of the cell and a smaller one below the cell
nearer
the base, a small oval spot beyond the cell near the costa and a larger round one below this.
Upon the secondaries there is an ex-
ceedingly minute translucent spot at the end of the cell. Expanse, 26 mm.
18. 5. cytogaster, sp. nov. 3. Antennae
strongly pectinated, abdomen compressed
behind the thorax. Possibly referable to the genus Glaucopis. The wings are marked
exactly as in 5. miserabilis, Holl. The front, a. spot on each side of the thorax at the base of the primaries, a spot on the median line of the upper side of the abdomen just behind the thorax, the pectus, the tibiae, and the abdomen and the outer edges of the remain- ing segments of the abdomen on the under side are all white. The end of the abdomen is tufted with white hairs. Expanse, 18 mm. Habitat Talaguga, August.
19. S. cybelistes, sp. nov. 9.
Allied to S.
constricts, Butl., but the primaries are more acute at the apex, and all the translucent spots are greatly reduced in size because of the widening of the intervening black portions of the wing. The outer margin and the costa of the secondaries are broadly black, while in 6'. constyicta they are narrowly black. There is furthermore a large triangular white patch on the outer margin of the primaries below the apex.
There is but one white ring on the
abdomen behind the thorax, the white ring which is found in S. constricts toward the end of the abdomen being wanting in the
present species. Expanse, 28 mm.
20. S. creobota, sp. nov. 3. Allied to
5. cerbera, Linn., but not so robust. An- tennae white at the tips.
The primaries are
marked as in S. cerbera, except that they are not white at the apices. The secondaries are more acute at the outer angle, and the translucent spots relatively smaller than in S. cerbera. The thorax at the base of both wings on the under side has an orange spot, and the upper side of the abdomen
is solid
orange-red from the thorax to the fourth seg- ment from the end, except on the middle
ventral line of the under side, which with all the rest of the body is blue-black. The tibiae are margined with white. Expanse, 28 mm. 21. S. cre?~o$hylax, sp. nov. 8.
Allied in
general outline to S. leucogastra.
Antennae
moderately pectinated. Front and pectus
white. Collar, a spot on the lower side of- the thorax on each side at base of the prim- aries, and the entire lower side of the abdo-. men bright orange-red. The upper side of" the thorax is black.
The abdomen upon the,
upper side is ringed with bright shining. lower side of the constricted portion of the green next to the thorax, this green band is



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followed by a black band,
and this is suc-
ceeded by a crimson band and the end of the abdomen is bright shining green. The wings are translucent. The primaries have the
costa and the outer margin narrowly mar- gined with black, and the inner margin more heavily margined with the same color, the border here being produced in the direction of the cell about the middle of the margin. The discocellular and the radial are heavily marked with black. The secondaries on the costa are heavily, and on the outer and inner margins narrowly, bordered with black.
Expanse, 22 mm.
SYRINGURA,* gen. nov
Allied to Syntomis. Palpi exceedingly
minute, appressed, the terminal joint porrect. Haustellurn half as long as the body. An- tennae long, terete, swollen before the tip, pointed. Tibiae without spines. Abdomen
cylindrical, stout, with the last segments compressed and forming a short, narrow,
tubiform appendage. Anterior wings pro-
duced, subtriangular, with the costa rounded at base, very slightly concave at the middle, and curved before the apex. The apex is
pointed and the exterior margin moderately convex. The posterior wings are elliptical with the outer angle acute. The anterior wings are ornamented with transparent
spots. Type 6'. wanojetes, Holland.
22. S. urano$etes, sp. nov. $. Antennae
black, margined with white on the lower
side for a short distance before the tips, which are black. The entire body and legs are blue-black. The wings are black glossed with brilliant morpho-blue. The anterior wings on the upper side are ornamented with three moderately large spots arranged in a triangle beyond the middle of the wing, one on the end of the cell, another just below the extremity of the cell, both hyaline, the third before the apex inlaid with brilliant blue *Svpiyå =s: tuba, Oupa = Cauda.
scales.
The basal area of the secondaries is
hyaline.
The lower side of the wings is
much as the upper, save that there is a sub- quadrate spot of bright blue on the costa of the secondaries before the outer angle.
Expanse, 32 mm.
MELISA, Walk.
23. M. grandis, so. nov. $. The prim-
aries above are deep black shading on the outer half into deep violet-blue, which in certain lights reflects a green lustre. The secondaries are uniformly deep blue-black. Upon the under side both primaries and
secondaries are uniformly deep black. The antennae, the thorax above and below, and the upper side of the abdomen are black, as are also the coxae and trochanters. The
femora, tibiae and tarsi are pink, the lower side of the abdomen is luteous, tinged with pinkish near the thorax, the end of the abdo- men is furnished with a large brush of
crimson hairs. The black segments of the abdomen have the position of the spiracles indicated by minute yellow spots, and the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth segments from the thorax each have in addition two large yellow spots, one on either side. Expanse, 55 mm.
There is a specimen of this species in the British Museum unnamed.
ARCTIIDAE.
APISA, Walk.
24. A. cinereo-costata, sp. nov. 8. Very near A. canescens, Walk., but differs in being smaller, and in having the costa of the
primaries narrowly bordered with brown.
The posterior wings are also pure white, which they are not in A. canescens, the type of which I have compared .with the species
before me. Expanse, 2 j mm.
25. A. cam, sp. nov. f: Uniformly
pale slaty grey, with the upper side of the



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