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The Microniidse include only a few genera with us. They are 

 far more largely represented in the tropics. Leucida, Calledap- 

 teryx and Callizzia belong here. 



The Geometridse include most of the green moths. They vary 

 much in the sexes so far as the palpi and post-tibial spurs go. 



The Sterrhidae take the place of the Acidaliinae. They are 

 very closely connected with the Geometridae, and here the greatest 

 variation in the structure of the hind legs is found. Goniaci- 

 dalia has but 8 veins in the fore wings. 



The Monoctaenidae (another new name to us) are poorly rep- 

 resented in our fauna, though a very large family in Australia 

 and the far East. They connect the Hydriomeniuhe with the 

 Geometridae, and are represented by the genera Brephos, Bap- 

 tria, Paleacrita, and a few others. 



A full classification of the Geometrina following Mr. Mey rick's 

 method is now in preparation, and will shortly be published. 



THE statement in the "Canadian Entomologist" vol. xxv, p. 310, of 

 Rev. W. J. Holland that a specimen of Erebus odora was found in the 

 lecture-room of a church in Allegheny, Pa., reminds me of a similar 

 experience : 



When I was Superintendent of Schools at Racine, Wis., in 1879, the 

 janitor of the High School building, an excitable old gentleman, rushed 

 up to me one morning with the information that after considerable effort 

 (which no doubt he considered praiseworthy) he had captured a bat in 

 one of the school-rooms and had confined it within one of the drawers of 

 my desk. An entomologist will imagine my feelings when, on investiga- 

 tion, I found a specimen of Erebus odora battered almost beyond recog- 

 nition, especially when at that time the species was a stranger to my 

 cabinet. It goes without saying that the janitor was instructed to allou 

 me to capture any other bat that lie might discover on the premises. ( )nly 

 forty-eight hours afterwards lie came to me with the information that tli< n 

 was another bat in a certain room. I'.y lashing my entomologist's cane 

 to a ten-foot pole I had little difficulty in capturing the "bat," though it 

 had chosen a position on the ceiling, fortunately beyond tin- janitor's 

 reach. It was a magnificent specimen of Erebus odora, perfectly fresh. 



My curiosity is excited anew as to the motive which impels this moth in 

 particular to enter houses. It seems to be something moiv than an acci- 

 dent. In this case it could not have been the attraction of artificial light, 

 for the school-room was never lighted at night. It is also true, so far as I 

 have observed, that /''rebus odora, though coining to trees sr.u-ared with 

 treacle ior the capture of moths, will invariably start if the light of a dark 

 lantern is allowed to come near it. O. S. Wisu < n i, Chicago, 111. 



