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Perigea pulverulenta 9 (cfcf?) Smith. Arizona, Doll. 

 Perigea dilecta $ Hy. Edw. Arizona, Doll. 

 Perigea benigna <$ Hy. Edw. Arizona, Morrison. 

 This is a synonym of Hadena chryselectra. 



Homohadena inconstans tf 9 Grt. Arizona, Doll. 

 Homohadena epipaschia $ Grt. Hot Springs. 

 Homohadena vulnerea <$<$ Grt. Arizona, Doll. 

 Oncocnemis umbrifascia o 71 (?) Smith. British Columbia. 

 Oncocnemis levis <$ (c? ? 9) Grt. Colorado, Doll. 

 Oncocnemis pernotalis 9 Grt. Arizona, Doll. 



Smith's check list calls this pernotata, but the type is labeled' 

 pernotalis. 



Oncocnemis extremis 9 Smith. British Columbia. 

 Oncocnemis major cf ( ? ) Grt. Colorado. 

 Oncocnemis curvicollis <$ 9 Grt. Arizona, Doll. 



Smith's check list declares that -major and curvicollis are syn- 

 onyms, but judging by superficial characters they seem to be 

 quite distinct. 



Oncocnemis griseicollis 9 Grt. Arizona, Doll. 

 Hadenella pergentilis $ Grt. No locality label. 

 Trichopolia dentatella r^ Grt. Arizona, Doll. 

 Trichopolia ptilodonta $ Grt. Arizona, Doll. 

 Eupolia licentiosa $ Smith. Utah. 



This is a type of a new genus, Smith, as well as new species 

 Smith, though I cannot find it in his catalogue, Bulletin 44... 

 Possibly it has been described since that publication. 



Polia cedeon $ Grt. California. 



Polia contadina <$ Smith. British Columbia. 



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THE EFFECT OF MUSIC UPON SPIDERS. 



Illustrative of the singularly pleasurable effect of music upon 

 spiders, in the Histoire de la Musique ct de ses Effets, we find the 

 following relation : 



"Monsieur de - , captain of the Regiment of Navarre, was con- 

 fined six months in prison for having spoken too freely of M. deLouvois, 

 when he begged leave of the governor to grant him permission to send 

 for his lute to soften his confinement. He was greatly astonished after 

 four days to see, at the time of his playing, the mice come out of their 

 holes, and the Spiders descend from their webs, who came and formed 

 in a circle round him to hear him with attention. This at first so much 

 surprised him, that he stood still without motion, when having ceased to 



