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Psyche 7:275-276, 1894.

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August 1895.1
low. Superior appendages two and el half times as long as wide, nenrly as long as 10, directed backward, equal or slightly enlarged apically, dorsal margin one-fifth longer, slightly concavc, apex obliquely truncate, angles rounded, distal margin concave or shnllowly emarginate. In dorsal view
stouter at base, only twice as long as wide, the upper limb tapering to a rounded tip which bears a short, stout tooth on the inner side next the rounded apex; the lower limb projects inward making the two sides of the whole appendage nearly parallel, the inner apical margin truncate. The inferior appen- dages are three-fifths as long as the superior, stout, tapering to a blunt point, directed candad, a little incurved. $? : humera1 pale stripe one-third as wide as the dark stripe, a line on second lateral suture, and a short line between it and the h~~n~cral stripe. Dorsuni ofr-io greenish black, not narrowed, mure or less maculate on 10: 1-6 with inter- rupted basal ring, 7 and 8 will1 apicnl margin yellow.
Abd.: 8, 25; 9, 26.5. Hind wing: $,
16.5; 2, 18.5.
I 2, I 9, Sherborn, Mass., collected by
Mr. A. L. Babcock, to whom I am indebted for an opportunity to examine and describe them and who has donated the types to the Ilagen collection at Cambridge, Mass., in conjunction with the other types described by me from my own collection in this and the preceding papers.
NOTES ON MOTHS.
Amphion nessus.- Last year I found young larvae of Amf/it'ou nessus on Aiifpelofsis veitcJiil, and this year I have found thcin on Amfeloj5sts p&pe/'oZia, one specimen be- ing of a clear wine-color, with subdorsal and oblique lines pink edged above with deep claret-color. The granulation was pale yel- low, as were the face lines and the edge of the anul plate. The larvae drop from tlie vine at a very slight shake and arc easily found in this way.
" Red-fringed " Aclias Z?ma.- In early June Miss Norton sent me eggs of the A. Zmza
having deep red fringes on its wings. These eggs hatched twelve days after they were laid, and the larvae differed from any I had seen in having- a dark brown lateral band from head to anal shield; a dark brown patch on the den-sum of the third and of the pre-anal segments, with the anal plate blackish-
brown. The bristles from the tubercles
were blsick with some while ones. The feet were green with a brown patch on each.
At
the first moult they came out like normal Luna larvae.
Attacats $romethea.- Is, this moth rare
this year? I have placed on my window-sill nine females, but in no case has a male been attracted. Last year every female which
emerged in my box attracted from five to forty males, and some of the females were not even near the open window.
Caroline G. Soule.
Broofcli~ze, Mass., June 30, 1895.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB.
8 March, 1895. The 186th meeting was
held at 156 Brattle St., Mr. S. Henshaw
in the chair. Mr. A. G. Mayer was chosen secretary.
Mr. W. L. W, Field was elected a member. Mr. S. H. Scudderread the delayed address of the rctiring President, Mr. T. E. Bean, entitled " A comparison of Colt'as hecla with Cotias meadii and Colias elis,."
Mr. S. Henshaiv asked what the distribti- tion of C. h̤cl was. Mr. Sadder stated
that it was quoted from Greenland, Lapland, Hudson Bay, Bering Straits and Grinnell- land and C. meadir' from Colortldo, Arizona, and New Mexico.
A paper by Mr. W. S. Blatchley on winter collecting (see Psyche, vii, 247) was read. Mr. Henshaw stilted that he had found be- tween 2-300 species of Coleoptera and a few larvae by sifting leaves during the winter months; tlie greater number of species thus found were Pselaphiclae and Staphylinidae. Mr.. Henshaw exhibited a specimen of
Lyccie-ua sserces from San Francisco.
This
species was erroneously supposed to have been exterminated by the extirpation of its food plant.
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276 Z'S~TLYR. [August 1895.
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