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4. LECONTEI Bd. 



van MiLiTARis Harr. 

 confinis Wlk. 



5. CONTIGUA Wlk. 



reversa Stretch, in part. 



6. SUFFUSA Smith. 



lecoiitei \ Stretch et Auct, 

 reversa Stretch, in part. 



7. CONFUSA Lyman. 



lecofitei \ Auct. 

 reversa Stretch, in part. 



8. FULVicosTA Clem. 



^ cojiscita Wlk., var. b. 



9. VESTALis Pack. 



$ conscita Wlk. 

 For a full discussion of the generic characters and a history of the 

 genus, I refer to my paper in Proc. U. S. National Mus., 1S87, pp. 338- 

 353, and plates xiii. and xiv. 



[Mr. Lyman's paper was in type before the end of September, and 

 was in our hands in MS. some time before. He could not, therefore, have 

 seen Mr. Smith's paper. Our October number was delayed for three 

 weeks, waiting for the Plate. — Ed. C. E.] 



FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON ORYSSUS SAYL 



BY W. HAGUE HARRINGTON, OTTAWA. 



During the past season I endeavored^ as opportunity offered, to con- 

 firm and supplement the observations upon this insect recorded in the 

 May issue of the Canadian Entomologist, pages 81-86. The insects 

 appeared at least ten days earlier than in 1886, and on 29th May I cap- 

 tured, upon the old sugar-maple near Hull therein mentioned, four males, 

 which were entirely black— var. affinis. Of these, one was dead in a 

 spider's web, and had evidently furnished a meal to tlie spinner, and 

 another had just been seized by a jumping. spider of moderate size. On 

 the following day I took a % , var. occidentalis, which had sought shelter, 



