Rhynchites bicolor Fab. has not that general distribution, in Canada at least, that is believed by Mr. Wickham, who remarks(Can. Ent., Vol. XXIL., p. 171): “In fact I doubt if there is a spot on this continent where roses grow that Rhynchites bicolor does not inhabti too.” On the Pacific coast it is certainly a very common insect, as I found at Victoria, V.L.., and New Westminster, B.C., in May and June, 1888.

Panagœus crucigerus, Say.—The living beauty of this beetle is but feebly represented by the dull and faded examples usually seen in collectios. Its bright sparkling colours lose their brilliancy onward after life cases, for which no restorative has yet been discovered. It is not infrequent along the New Jersey coast, occurring sometimes in abundance. The mature insects may be found on Brigantine Beach from teh middle of July onward.

Phyciodes mylitta. Edw.

Egg.—Not observed; but laid about 50 together.

Frist Stage.—Head shining black; width .25mm. Body cylindrical; cervical shield and anal plate black; fine black hairs, slightly curving forward, arise from minute black elevated spots.

Second Stage.—Head black and shiny; width .40mm. The body is covered with rows of conical elongated tubercles, each with many bristly hairs, arranged as in the mature larva. Sordid greenish, shaded with black dorsally, the cervical shield, anal plate and tubercles black.

The present list of writings of the late Henry Edwards was compiled up to 1880 by the deceased, and the titles following were added by me. Mr. Edwards, at the time he gave me the list, told me that it lacked the titles of one or two articles he had written for some newspaper in Australia a number of years ago, but could not remember on what subject they were, nor in what paper he published them. His papers on Pafific Coast Lepidoptera, Nos. 23 to 30 inclusive, were not published by the California Academy of Sciences, except as author's extras.

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.

In Vol. XXXII. and XXXIII. of the list of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the British Museum, Mr. Walker described some species from “West Canada, in the Rev. Mr. Bethune's collection.” No records of specimens in the Museum are given, and the descriptions are of specimens apparently returned to the collector. On the chance of these specimens being still in existence I wrote Dr. Bethune, begging him for such assistance and information as was in his power to afford. He very kindly responded, saying, “I shall send you by mail to-morrow a box containing the few specimens that I have left that were named for me by the late F. Walker.

The interesting new species of Branconid describedæ below, unless otherwise state, were all captured by my good friend. Mr. W. Hague Harrington, at Ottawa, Canada.

Bracon Fabr

(1)Bracon brachyurus n. sp.

♀—Length 2⅘ mm.; ovip ⅕ mm. Black, polished; mandibles, palpi and legs, except the posterior coxæ and the basal two-thirds of their femora, yellowish-brown. Tegulæ honey-yellow. The head is transverse, the cheeks rounded off posteriorly. Antennæ 22-jointed. The parapsides are not sharply defined, only indicated by slight depressions in the mesonotal surface.

The two subfamilies may, I believe, be farther separated by the fact that the Cheliferinœ have the dorsal scutæ of the abdomen divided by a median line; while in the Obisinœ the scutæ are entire. Chernes pallidus, Banks which was descirbed as having the median line wanting, really has a median line, through on account of the light colour of the abdomen it is very difficult to trace. The Cheliferinœ have an apophysis or small stylet near the end of the mandibular finger.

The common affection of various grasses, commonly known as “Silver-top,” has received the attention of such well-known investigators as Professors Comstock, Lintner, Forbes, Fletcher and others, and it is not with the expectation of completely solving the problem which has perplexed these careful students that I venture to present my experience, but in the hope that by comparisons of experience and observation we may arrive at a better knowledge of a subject at once important and complex.

I think I have satisfactorily identified this species. I captured a specimen at Yosemite, California, on June 5th, 1891, that bears out Boisduval's description. The specimen, however, is Cerura aquilonaris, Lintn., and these names will have to be considered as referring to the same species. I have also received a specimen from Mr. C. A. Wiley, of Miles City, Montana, so the species probably occurs from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

It is reported from various quarters that V. Californica has within a year or two first been observed in British Columbia, where it is now regarded as something new and strange. It has been suggested to me that a few facts about it, as to California and Oregon, would be of interest.

After First Moult.—Length .45 inch. Cylindrical, head with an elevated point upwards, in subpyramidal point, the top in two points and about a third higher than the body; when at rest the jaws under back part of head with the point obliquely forward. Eight transverse wrinkles to each joint; green studded with pale green points; a subdorsal pale line, as usual converging to caudal horn; on sides, oblique pale lines that nearly coincide with a series on the dorusm; the plae parts yellowish green; caudal horn reddish tinted; head with a pale stripe on each side of face, the two coming together above.

Eggs.—Laid in a mass, probably under the bark of the food-plant, for which purpose the long ovipositor of the ♀ moth seems fitted; the winter is probably passed in this state. Spherical, but some what misshapen from being closely pressed together; smooth, slightly shiny, under the microscope appearing irregularly indented; colour, yellow, becoming later reddish; diameter, .5mm.

As I was in the habit of sending to the authorities, for determination, only such as I had in duplicate, thereby avoiding the inconvenience of returning them, and retaining single specimens of a kind as a reminder of what at look for, and in most cases where to look for them, I found that in Micros single specimens accumulated rapidly. Having changed my location, I wished to finish up with the old material and begin anew.

There being no published list of the American species of Thysanoura, I have thought it advisable to bring my notes together in a connected form. The names adopted are based on a careful study of many specimens from all parts of the country, and the arrangement of families and genera is a combination of that of Tullberg, Lubbock, and Comstock. I have preceded the catalogue by a list of the more important papers containing descriptions of American species, and I have followed the names of all those species known to me by an exclamation point.

Catopsilia neleis, var. floridensis ♂ ♀.

A beautiful variety of C. neleis, Boisd. It differs from its tropical types considerably.

The ♂ ♂ have a bright sulphur-yellow in basal half of primaries, the broad anterior space beingof a creamy white instead of the citron colour in the typical form.

The same is the case with the secondaries, except that three-quarters of the area of wings are of bright sulphur.

♀ ♀ are not yellow, but creamy-white with large black discal spots, black rimmed apices and anterior margins of primaries, and with prominent citron tinge of the basal area of secondaries.

“The arrangements we had to make with the proprietors of the stage line gave us a trip of five days from Beaver Canon to the mammoth Hot Springs for $35 apiece, there being three of us. But if we stopped over anywhere it was $10 extral it was also $10 extra to make the trip to Yellowstone Lake. But I am very glad we did not omit this, as it is by far the most delightful part of the Park.