OF WASHINGTON, VOLUME XII, Mill). 43 



given to the days and nights a tone and spirit of life, vigor, 

 buoyancy, and soothing harmony that no other sounds can 

 afford. 



EXPLANATION OK PLATK IV. 



FIG. 1. Orchiliininn vulgare. FIG. 4. Neoxabea bipnnctatu. 



_'. Orchilininm minor, ">. Cyrto.ripha coin ihi<i/i<i. 



:;. Or chili mum nigripes. (>. Gryllus pennsyl-vanicns. 



-Under the heading of short notes and exhibition of speci- 

 mens, Mr. Barber said : ' ' The occurrence in this city of a thriv- 

 ing colony of embiids is of more than passing interest, owing to 

 the fact that these insects are rarely found outside of the 

 tropics and that they are represented in so few collections. In 

 November, 1908, Mr. J. G. Sanders and I found the trunks 

 of two A ran cur /a trees in the hothouse of the Botanic Gar- 

 den, near the Capitol, fairly well covered with fine webs spun by 

 these insects, and we secured a few immature specimens. The 

 colony seemed to be not quite so strong this fall as last, but 

 was still thriving, and specimens of all sizes could be found at 

 any time. No winged specimens have been seen as yet, but 

 one showing wing pads was collected. At another time a 

 number of very minute young were found in the web with a 

 full-sized wingless specimen. In the absence of winged indi- 

 viduals, Mr. Banks was unable to identify the species." 



-Dr. Dyar said that Sir George Hampson had mistaken 

 the identity of his fdu/its pic/icscnsis in Volume III of the 

 Catalogue L,epidoptera Phalange. Idalu* pichesensis is really 

 an Automolis, close to herois Schaus, but without red color on 

 the hind wings. Dr. Dyar suggested the new name Idaho 

 agestus for the species called pichesensis by Hampsou. 



-Dr. Dyar showed a copy of ''The Rhopalocera of Java, 

 Pierida?, by M. C. Piepers and P. C. T. Snellen, with the 

 collaboration of H. Fruhstorfer," and said: "The work is based 

 upon the knowledge acquired by Mr. Piepers during his twenty- 

 eight years' residence in the Malay Archipelago, most of 

 which was spent in Java. Mr. Piepers has thus become well 



