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wings wholly smoky brown, with the apices pale. Head, thorax and 

 abdomen chestnut brown. Exp. wings, 21 m.ni. Length of body 9 m.m. 

 Enterprise, Florida, i $ . 



I name this beautiful species after its discoverer, Mr. W. Beuten- 

 mueller, an earnest and talented entomologist, from whom good work in 

 the future may be expected. 



FAM. NOCTUID/E. 

 SCOTOGRAMMA StRETCHII, n. Sp. 



With much of the general appearance oi Perigea falsa, Gr., but said 

 by Mr. J. B. Smith to belong to his new genus Scotogramma. Dark 

 stone drab, the lines blackish, all much confused, and the ground color of 

 the wing covered with brownish irrorations. Basal half-line indistinct. 

 T. a. line nearly straight, with a deep tooth anteriorly pointing towards 

 the base. T. p. line dentated outwardly and joining the reniform in a 

 darker cloud. Marginal line lost in a row of dark clouds. Intronervule 

 spaces pointed with black lunules. The basal, median and submarginal 

 spaces are pale by contrast with the dark lines. Lower wings dull stone 

 drab, a little paler toward the base. Under side uniform stone drab, 

 with very distinct darker discal spots and a median band common to 

 both wings. Margins also dark. Thorax and abdomen concolorous. 

 Exp. wings, 32 m.m. i $, 2 ^. Colorado Desert. R. H. Stretch. 



NOTES. 



Sphinx Cupressi, Bdv. 



It has been my good fortune to have the opportunity of examining 

 two specimens (both ^ ) of this very rare Sphinx, one taken by Mr. C. 

 Palm, at Kissimmee, Florida, and the other by Mrs. Slosson, at Enter- 

 prise, Florida. I have no doubt whatever as to its being a very distinct 

 species. Its color is pale fawn, with some whitish dashes over the 

 primaries, and three brown streaks as indicated in Boisduval's figure. 

 The lower wings are rich brown. Mr. Palm's specimen was taken in a 

 cypress swamp, and Mrs. Slosson's at electric light. Both captures were 

 made in May. It is probably an early insect, as the examples were 

 somewhat rubbed. 



Prionea lacertula, L. 



This well-known European moth must be added to our fauna. A 

 fresh specimen was taken by me in July, 1886, at St. John, N. B. I am 



