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of hind wings stalked, not coincident* Therefore the synonymy 

 given in Bulletin 52 must be erroneous. 



Lately Cockerell describedf a Tortricid larva injuring pine in 

 New Mexico, and identified the adult as Semasia offectalis Hulst, 

 on Prof. Fernald's authority. I do not know the conditions affect 

 ing this determination, but it is certainly erroneous as applied to 

 the species about which Prof. Cockerell intended to write. Prof. 

 .Cockerell has just sent me a specimen with a pupa skin accom 

 panying it, and labelled " Las Vegas, N. M. (Ckll.) Semasia 

 offectalis (Hulst)." It is certainly not the species so named for 

 me by Prof. Fernald, but appears to be a true Rctinia (Evetria). 

 \ would describe it as follows : 



Evetria neomexicana, n. sp. 



Head ocherous on vertex mixed with rust red. Thorax dark gray, the 

 patagia in front dark brown. Wings much elongated, the outer margin 

 more oblique than usual. Dark gray, blackish and cinereous scales mixed, 

 the dark strigae forming irregular transverse bars. Outer third of wing 

 on costal half, extending to outer half on inner portion below cell light 

 ocherous, pinkish tinged, dark red brown on outer margin ; a black dash 

 from end of cell to middle of termen, with a trace of another above it out 

 ward I y ; costal edge gray with pale dashes. Fringe dark gray, paler a 

 base, dark red at apex. Hind wings gray, fringe concolorous, faintly in 

 terlined at base and outwardly with darker. Expanse, 24 mm. 



One male, Las Vegas, New Mexico (Cockerell). 



Type. No. 6802, U. S. National Museum. 



Resembles in pattern of coloration Thiodia bucephaloides 

 Wals. and Ezicosma ( ?) edemoidana Dyar. 



Mr. Barber read the following letter, written from Cuba, by 



Mr. Schwarz : 



A LETTER FROM CUBA. 



CAYAMAS, CUBA, March 3, 1903. 



During a brief stay at Havana I looked over the Gundlach 

 collection, which is now preserved in a large room in the Second 

 High School building on Obispo street. The collection illus 

 trates the whole domain of zoology of Cuba, including the birds 

 and some insects of Porto Rico. It is in excellent state of preser 

 vation, but the smaller species of insects cannot be examined 

 closely because they are in rather high and hermetically sealed 

 glass boxes. The collection does not contain any types, but is 

 manifestly of considerable value to the student of Cuban ento 

 mology. 



On February I9th I set out for my destination, but not being 



* See Walsingham's figure, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., PI. xit, fig. 17. 

 fEnt. News, xn, p. 317, 1901. 



