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posite the origin of the subcostal branch, which forms the secondary cell. 

 The fold is thickened, and the subinedian furcate at its base. The hind wings 

 are rather broader than tbe fore wings ; obliquely rounded along the hind mar- 

 gin from the tip to the base ; costa nearly straight. The costal nervure dis- 

 tinct and simple : the subcostal simple and rather attenuated from the discal 

 vein towards the base. The discal vein gives rise to two nervules, and sends 

 a false nervule through the disk towards the base of the wing. The median 

 subdivides into three equidistant nervules. 



Head rather small, smooth, free ; without ocelli. Face rather narrow, 

 tapering, vertical. Eyes small, salient. Antennae slender, with joints closely 

 set, serrated beneath with scales. Palpi slender cylindrical, curved, ascending 

 rather above the middle of the front ; basal joint squamose ; middle and ter- 

 minal joints smooth and equal in length. Tongue about one half as long as 

 the body. 



Body slender, scarcely equal in length to the fore wings. Patagia scale-like. 

 Abdomen slender, more than one half as long as the body beneath. Legs 

 smooth and slender ; fore tibiae with a long, concealed internal spur ; hind 

 tibiae with a pair of apical spurs. 



The wing structure of the insect included in this genus resembles most 

 strikingly that of the Tineina, and must form a group connecting the Glauco- 

 pidipse directly with it. 



P. compta . Palpi pale yellow, with the ends of the second and third 

 joints black. Head yellow, with a black spot between the antennae and a 

 black band across the face. Thorax reddish orange, with two black spots in 

 front ; neck yellow, edged behind with blackish. Fore wings reddish orange, 

 with four bluish black patches placed transversely on the wing and containing 

 yellow spots ; the first at the base ; the second interior to the middle of the 

 wing ; the third exterior to the middle, constricted toward the costa and con- 

 nected behind with the subterminal patch, which is constricted in the middle. 

 The hind wings are slightly hyaline ; dark brown. 



Texas. Capt. Pope's Coll. From the Smithsonian Institution. 



December Uh. 



Mr. Joseph Jeanes in the Chair. 



Twenty-four members present. 

 The following paper was presented for publication : 

 " Description of two new species of Pimelodus, from Kansas, by 

 Charles C. Abbott," and was referred to a Committee. 



Mr. Durand stated that he had received the following note from Mr. Thomas 

 Meehan, of Germantown: 



' ' In looking over the last issue of the Proceedings of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences, I notice that Mr. Buckley describes a new large Carya 

 Texana. As Major Le Conte has already described a species as Hickorea ( Carya) 

 Texana, and by a comparison of Buckley's description with Le Conte's, (see 

 Proceedings, 1853, ) it is evident that they are two distinct species, is it not 

 worth having the error corrected?" 



Mr. D. agreed fully with Mr. Meehan, and proposed the substitution of 

 Carya Buckleyi for the name of Texana, given by Dr. Buckley, and already 

 occupied. 



I860.] 



