To the great kindness of Prof. French I owe a copy of the Bulletin of the U. S. National Museum No 38, which contains Prof. Smith's Revision of the North American Species of Agrotis. In view of the fact that out of the 252 species reviewed by Prof. Smith, no less than 110 are credited to myself, besides five species “not placed,” it might be reasonably supposed that I was interested to receive this publication and that I must regret not having received it before publishing my New Check List.

Mr. Scudder, in Butt. N. E., argues at length in favour of considering Proserpina as neither more or less than a hybrid between L. Arthemis and L. Ursula(called Astyanax). I differ from him, holding Proserpina to be a dimorphic form a Arthemis, just as Papilio Glaucus is a dimorphic form of P. Turnus.

Xiphidium modestum, n. sp.—Related to X. saltans Scudd. and X .stricutm Scudd., from both of which species it differs in its smaller size, slenderer form and in colour.

Vertex or cone of the head not quite so broad and shorter than in saltans, its closest ally; pronotum with the sides less bulging, and not reaching as low as in that species.

Philonthus quediinus Horn. A male specimen of this fine species was taken here As the anterior marginal puncture of the thorax is placed so unusually far behind the margin, and on a line with the three discal ones, the discal punctures are apparently four. In this speciment the singular bunch of bristles on the penultimagte ventral segment consists of about six, all differing in length, and rising from a small median pit resembling somewhat that seen in the male of some species of Dermestes.

In reference to Mr. Harrington's remarks on Rhynchites bicolor, I may say that it has been taken at Hamilton regularly for quite a number of years, never very plentiful but not considered rare. I always obtained my specimens when beating second growth oak and hickory. There are wild rose bushes in that locality, but I do not remember ever beating a rose bush; if I had known enough I might have found it more abundantly.