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coition. In the next fifteen minutes I found about ten more 

 specimens, and think that there can be no further question 

 about the natural habitat of this species. They probably feed 

 on various larvae that live in the wet moss. 



As is well known, the insect life of the deep woods in Oregon 

 is notoriously poor, and few entomologists would think of 

 searching for beetles in the sort of places P. johnsoni prefers 

 -wet, mossy boulders on a shady creek. The two streams 

 from which this beetle is known are about 50 miles apart, and 

 I have no doubt that it occurs in suitable places on most of 

 the intermediate creeks. Unless one is searching particularly 

 for this beetle he is not apt to find it and I might add that 

 if he finds it he need not expect to find other beetles as this 

 insect loves an environment that most others avoid. 



Professor Johnson collected in his two trips ten specimens. 

 Two of these are in the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences, 

 two in the Ulke collection at Pittsburg, two at the University 

 of California, and the remaining two Professor Johnson had 

 in his own collection, but I believe gave them away a few 

 years ago. 



A NEW BASILODES FROM TEXAS. 



[Lepidoptera; Noctuidas.] 

 BY HARRISON G. DYAR. 



Basilodes catharops, new species. 



Basal area, terminal area towards apex, tornus, orbicular, and 

 reniform shaded with golden; rest of fore wing light sandy brown; 

 lines light brown, the inner limiting the basal golden area, angled 

 subcostally, roundedly produced [in submedian space, angled below 

 vein 1; reniform and orbicular edged with brown lines; outer line 

 angled at veins, but continued to near apex by a shade, oblique and 

 rearly rugular to inner margin, inflexed a little on submedian fold; 

 subterminal line brown, scarcely waved. Hind wings pale clay color, 

 a little shaded with brown outwardly. Expanse 40 mm. 



Three males, San Diego, Texas, May 24, 1895 (E. A. 

 Schwarz); Brownsville, Texas, May 17, 1904 (H. S. Barber). 



Type: No. 13555, U. S. National Museum. 



In appearance the species resembles B. chrysopis Grote. 

 It lacks, however, the powdery appearance of that species, 

 the golden areas being solid and the stigmata sharply limited 

 by lines; the black point is absent from the reniform and the 

 frontal prominence is somewhat more distinct. 



Actual date of issue, March 31, 1911. 



