Almost everyone, I imagine, has had at some time or other his wonder and curiosity excited by the strange-looking pupa of the Tomato Worm, as it is familiarly termed. It is frequently discovered when digging potatoes in the autumn, or disturbing the soil where tomatoes have been grown. This singular object, which is very correctly represented in the figure, is about two and a half inches long and half an inch diameter, of a chestnut brown color, and round in shape, tapering towards both ends ; from one end, which is the head of the specimen, there proceeds a long curved proboscis like the handle of a jug; the other end is divided into broad rings and terminates in a point.

The Golden-rods in the vicinity of Buffalo—especially observed on Squaw Island—harbor the larvæ of two plume moths, one boring the branches, stem and root, the other using the foliage. I have sent the moths to Mr. Charles Fish, of Old Town, Maine, for determination ; he concludes that they are both unnamed, and he will describe and name them in a general paper in preparation on the American species. As a somewhat more detailed account of their habits than a technical paper will allow seems to be desirable, I have prepared these notes, relating mostly to the borer.

I find Dorytomus mucidus Say running on and flying about Cottonwood trees early in April and again in August. In October it is found under dead bark of trees, in winter quarters. Common.

Conclusion.—The North American species of this genus may be divided into three Groups, with several sub-groups. Group 1 comprises Pegala and all the larger species. Group 2 Silvestris and others. characterized by their small size, and the peculiar outline of the discal band on under side of hind wings, there being two long serrations against end of cell. This division will throw Meadii into Group 1, in which the band has a rounded prominence against cell. Group 3 comprises Sthenele only.

Anomis erosa, 19, fig. 287–288.

“Savannah.” I have identified this species from specimens taken in Georgia and Alabama. Hübner figures the variety in which the wings are orange except the s. t. space. Usually they are terminally darker shaded. The species is compared with A. exacta, by Hübner. Mr. Thaxter caught this species in Jamaica, W. I.