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colorous. Orbicular small, discolorous, near the t. a. line. Subterminal 

 line pale, denticulate, continued on hind wings. Terminal sub-continuous 

 black line similar on both wings ; fringes dusky. Hind wings blackish 

 fuscous, but little paler than primaries, with a median black shade line. 

 Beneath paler with double rivulous lines, the outer pale shaded ; a discal 

 streak on hind wings. Expanse 22 to 30 mil. Texas, in May (Belfrage, 

 Nos. 185, 195, 196). Varies in distinctness of the pale shading to the 

 subterminal lines, and by the t. a. line being in one specimen edged 

 inwardly with whitish scales. There appears to be in fresh specimens a 

 very sparse frosting of white scales over the fore wings. 



Melanonima auricinctaria Grote. 



I have received from Mr. E. E. Graef the second specimen I have 

 yet seen of this little moth. I find that it has ocelli. Notwithstanding 

 its rounded wings, pectinate antennae, and gray, geometridous ornamenta- 

 tion, it must be referred to the Pyralida:. It is possibly allied to the 

 Brazilian genus Cryptocosma of Eederer ; the shape of the wings is, how- 

 ever, quite different. The species can be easily recognized by the black 

 cellular spot, which beneath shows a yellow iris, and by the subterminal 

 line of gilded scales. The tapering smooth abdomen and elongate palpi 

 assist us in referring the moth to the Pyralidae, while the neuration has 

 not been examined. It appears to he of rare occurrence in New Yurk 

 and Pennsylvania. 



Euproserpinus phaeton G. & R. 



Dr. Boisduval (Suites a Buffon, j 874, 363) says as to the species 

 which he calis Macroglossa phaeton, quoting Grote and Robinson's 

 original description, that he does not know by what chance we changed 

 the name of this species from eraio to phaeton. This remark is based on 

 a misunderstanding. We first described this species as Euproserpinus 

 phaeton in our Synonymical Catalogue, Nov., 1865. It had not been 

 previously described. A colored drawing was shown us by Mr. S. 

 Calverley (who had had it engraved with the name), with the information 

 that the insect had received the name of Proserpinus phaeton Boisduval 

 in manuscript. We preserved Dr. Boisduval's name, giving him in our 

 paper credit for the species. Afterwards, in 1867, we had a specimen 

 kindly loaned to us by Dr. Boisduval, two years later. On this specimen 

 we gave a re-description of the species (under the same name) in Sep- 

 tember, 1868, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, giving our views on the structure of 



