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eleven inch affair. After securing- a specimen or two it turned to a driz- 

 zling rain. Nothing daunted, my feet being wet already, I tramped hither 

 and thither through the long, wet grass and tall weeds, every now and 

 then starting up an Arg. idalia much in the same manner that a hunter 

 flushes woodcock in a swamp. The A. idalia were thoroughly wetted 

 like myself and never flew far away, so that I could easily mark the spot, 

 walk up stealthily and readily take my prize. RICHARD E. KUNZE, M.D. 



Mr. EDITOR. You refer in the May number of your esteemed paper to 

 a noctua caught by Mr. J. T. Mason, of Houston, Texas. I identified 

 this insect last Summer as belonging to the genus Euglyphia. Its correct 

 name is Euglyphia fastuosa Guen. (Gue'n. No. 186. Herr.-Sch. Cuba, 

 1868, p. 9), and it is fully described in Dr. J. Gundlach's " Contribucion a 

 la Entom. JCubana," p. 304. This insect is likewise found in the West 

 Indies and South America. In Cuba its larva feeds on malva-te" ( Ccechorus 

 silignosus). It transforms above ground, making a sort of nest from little 

 bits of grasses. Prof. J. B. Smith, in his new check list, will assign it to 

 the genus Noropsis Gue'n., "of which," as he says, "it is the type, Eu- 

 glyphia being restricted to other species by him (Gue'n.)." NEUMOEGEN. 

 The synonymy of the moth is hieroglyphica Cramer, == elegans Hiib., 

 -fastuosa Gue"nee. ED. 



THE LAST of August, 1890, I took in southern Michigan a good female 

 of Apatura clyton. I do not know that it has been reported before from 

 Michigan. The fact that it is the only one I have ever taken, and that I 

 took it on ground that I have worked over for several years, made it quite 

 noticable to me. I had gathered together a lot of ripe pairs, put them 

 in a pile, and had crushed them as a bait for Graptas and Liwaiitis Ursula. 

 This Apatura was taken on the crushed pears with those mentioned. 

 I. N. MITCHELL, Fond du Lac, Wis. 



A SAVANT'S HORRIBLE DEATH. Algiers, May iSth. The French 

 savant, M. Kunckel Herculais, the president of the ethnological society, 

 who was employed on the government mission of investigating the locust 

 plague in this province, has met with a horrible death. While examining 

 a deposit of locusts' eggs at the village of Sidieral he was overcome with 

 fatigue and the heat, and fell asleep on the ground. While sleeping he 

 was attacked by a swarm of locusts.' On awakening he struggled des- 

 perately to escape from the flood. He set fire to the insect-laden bushes 

 near him, but all his efforts proved ineffectual, and, when finally the 

 locusts left the spot, his skeleton was found, together with his hair, beard 

 and necktie. The rest of him had been entirely devoured. Mr. Herculais 

 was a member of the French Academy, and the author of several valuable 

 works on insects. 



Psyche confederata G. and R. has been quite abundant for two years 

 past on the grounds of the Ohio State University, Columbus. I infer, 

 from references made to it by Mr. H. G. Hubbard, in " Insects Affecting 

 the Orange," 1885, that it is not known to be widely distributed or com- 

 mon elsewhere. D. S. KELLICOTT, Columbus, Ohio. 



