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and more apparent inferiorly where it is bent before anal angle ; the 

 interior line more or less marked. The male palpi seem proportionally 

 longer and held more horizontally than in morbidalis. Expanse 17 mil. 

 Ohio, Illinois, four examples taken in June and July. In this species the 

 fore legs have the usual pale tuft of hair. 



Salia interpuncta Grote. 



This species has a wide range. I have it from Florida (Mr. Schwarz) 

 and Mass. (Mr. Goodell). Prof. Zeller had it from Texas ; I have taken 

 it originally in Alabama. It is a pretty species. 



Biston virginarius, n. s. 



$ . Cinereous ; white speckled over black. Lines thick, black, con- 

 tinuous. Anterior line upright, flexed below median vein. Median shade 

 as broad as the lines, upright, flexed below median vein, where it runs 

 near to the outer line ; this latter is much inwardly .bent below median 

 vein, and is less oblique and further from the outer margin than usual. 

 A curved line marks the outer discal spot on the cell and a black dot the 

 inner discal spot between the median shade and the anterior line. Sub- 

 terminal line thick, black, jagged, followed by a white shading. Fringes 

 black, interrupted with white. Veins marked with black. Beneath four 

 equidistant black spots on costa mark the inception of the transverse 

 lines. Secondaries with discal mark and double mesial black lines. Size 

 of ursarius, with the wings less translucent, the markings more distinct, 

 the outer line more bent. Shasta, Soda Springs, July, Mr. Behrens. 



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OBITUARY. 



Professor Samuel Stehman Haldeman, of the University of Pennsyl- 

 vania, a distinguished naturalist and philologist, and at one time President 

 of the American Philological Association, died on Tuesday evening, Sep- 

 tember 10th, at his residence in Chickis, near Columbia, Pa., aged 68 years. 



Prof. Haldeman has long been noted also for his devotion to Ento- 

 mology. He attended the late meetings of the Entomological Sub-section 

 of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, at Boston, 

 in August, and took an active part in the discussions. At that time he 

 seemed to be in good health and spirits. By his genial disposition and 

 open generous bearing he has endeared himself to a large circle of 

 friends, who will sincerely mourn his loss. 



