1891.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. ~]l 



With this the papers on Insects in general conclude. Imper- 

 fect as they are, the writer will be repaid for his labor almost 

 wholly of compilation if they shall be helpful to any students 

 of Entomology. P. P. C. 



The first of a series of elementary papers on Lepidoptera will 

 appear in the May number of ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



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INGUROMORPHA SLOSSONII Hy. Edw. 



BY HENRY EDWARDS. 



On page 183, vol. iii, of " Entomologica Americana," I pub- 

 lished, under the above name, a description of a curious Cossid 

 taken by Mrs. A. T. Slosson, in Florida, early in 1887. The 

 species was so unlike anything with which I was familiar, that I 

 concluded it to be new, but before describing it I submitted it to 

 Dr. Packard and Prof. J. B. Smith, to both of whom it was un- 

 known. I therefore placed it on record. Sometime afterwards 

 I forwarded to Mr. A. G. Butler, of the British Museum, a draw- 

 ing of the insect made by Mrs. Slosson, and was astonished to 

 find from him that the species was = - Cossus basalts Walk. . which 

 is given in theCatal. B. M. p. 1523, with the " country unknown." 

 In this connection I think it advisable to give Walker's descrip- 

 tion in full, which is as follows: 



" Male. Whitish, moderately stout. Head, palpi and antennae black- 

 ish. Palpi extending as far as the head; third joint acute, conical. An- 

 tennas slightly pectinated, a little longer than the thorax. Abdomen ex- 

 tending for more than half its length beyond the hind wings. Wings 

 narrow, slightly reticulated with minute transverse black marks. Fore 

 wings with a black band near the base, and with a black curved subapical 

 band. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 14 lines." 



In May, 1888, I visited England, and saw the type in the British 

 Museum, without any record of locality, or other label by which 

 it could be recognized. It seems to me now highly probable that 

 it might be among the specimens taken by Mr. Edward Double- 

 day during his visit to the United States. 



There was no doubt, whatever, of the identity of Walker's 

 type with Mrs. Slosson' s specimens. But a greater surprise than 



