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paining, broader than thorax ; lower margin of middle lobe of clypeus 

 broadly rounded, rather prominent, but not specially modified ; front 

 and vertex very sparsely punctured; third antennal joint longer than 

 fourth, fifth about as long as fourth ; mesothorax and scutellum highly 

 polished, with a few scattered punctures ; area of metathorax dull and 

 granular, with a slight oblique striation ; sides of metathorax striate ; 

 tegulas black ; anterior wings dusky hyaline, not very dark, nervures 

 and stigma piceous ; venation of anterior wings much as in Dryudella 

 tricolor (Astata tricolor v. d. Linden), but differing as follows: Mar- 

 ginal cell longer (but not nearly equal to stigma on costa), first re- 

 current nervure joining second submarginal cell a very short distance 

 from the base, basal nervure not falling so far short of transverso- 

 medial : middle and hind tibiae with numerous black spines ; abdomen 

 smooth and shining; basal part of pygidial area microscopically reticu- 

 late. 



In Fox's table (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1893, P- 54) 

 of Astata this runs to 8, and runs out on account of the black 

 tegulae and structure of clypeus. Dryudella caerulea (Astata 

 caerulea Cresson) is another species of this genus. I have 

 taken it upon the campus of the University of Colorado at 

 Boulder, September 9. I was at one time inclined to regard it 

 as a new genus or subgenus, but Mr. S. A. Rohwer expressed 

 the opinion that it was a Dryudella, and upon further study I 

 must agree with him. It is atypical however in the shape of 

 the third submarginal cell, and in having the first recur- 

 rent nervure joining the second submarginal cell far from 

 the base. The metallic blue color is also remarkable. 



An Aberration of Pyrameis huntera (Lep.). 



On Sept. i2th, 1013, I captured a curious aberration of Pyrameis 

 huntera near the Canadian Pacific Railway works here. The speci- 

 men is a large one and a female. The black markings have run to- 

 gether and become blurred and the white spots on the upper side are 

 exaggerated. Also there is a purplish suffusion at the apex of each 

 upper wing. The ground color of the upper side of the lower wings 

 is darker than in the type apparently due to the fact that the dark 

 basal cloud of the type has spread all over the wing. 



On the underside the same tendency towards the blurring of the 

 black markings is apparent, but on the pink area of the upper wings 

 the black is replaced by indistinct orange marks. The lower wings 

 are very dark underneath and much of the white penciling of the basal 

 portion in the type is suppressed in this specimen. 



I should be grateful if some one interested in this capture would 

 let me know if there is any particular name for this aberration. H. M. 

 SIMMS, 192 Ontario East, Montreal, Canada. 



