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D. bioculata, nov. sp. 



Head, pectus, tibiae and tarsi black, antennae dark, lighter at base and 

 apex, thorax yellow, with a few fine punctuces, scutel yellow, elytra pale 

 flavous, plicate, each elytron with two blue-black or cyaneous rings, one 

 basal touching the suture and not the side, the other apical and not 

 attaining either the sutural or margin. Length, 6-6.5 "^n^- 



Type from Jalapa, four specimens Vera Cruz ; Mex. two examples. 



Similar in appearance to bianjiularis Har., but with black tibiae and 

 tarsi. Antennae more than half the length of the body, with joint 2 short, 

 3 not half longer, 4 equal the two preceding, colour dark fuscous, the 

 first three or four joints pale, also lo-ii, excepting the apex of the last; 

 thorax broader than long, more or less depressed and bifoveate, sides 

 plainly sinuate behind ; scutel yellow or piceous ; elytra pale yellow, 

 moderately and finely punctured, each with two blue or cyaneous rings 

 which enclose a round yellow spot, femora yellow. This species has here- 

 tofore been confounded with tibialis Jac, and biafuiularis Har.; from the 

 former it differs by the colour, size and sculpture of the thorax, and from 

 the latter by the black tibiae and tarsi ; two of my Jalapa examples were 

 in the first Jacoby collection as biannularis Har., and were collected by 

 Hoege. They were gummed on cards, so the legs were not readily 

 visible. Two others from the same locality among the Tring material and 

 two from Vera Cruz, collected by Townsend. 



(To be continued.) 



OBITUARY. 



We regret to record the death of Mr. Otto Seifert, who was stricken with 

 cerebrj^l a} oplexy on Oct. 18, 1910, while planting flowers in his garden, 

 and died two days later at his home, 230 West 2nd St., Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 



Mr. Seifert was born in Hildesheim, Germany, on Feb. 26, 1848, and 

 studied at the Goettingen University. He came to America in 1871, and 

 for a number of years was engaged in the practice of pharmacy. From 

 his earliest childhood he was a lover of nature, and later an enthusiastic 

 entomologist, devoting all his leisure time to the study of Lepidoptera, the 

 North American Arctiidae being his special favourites. He published 

 several articles in various entomological journals, and was for many years 

 a subscriber to the Canadian Entomologist. 



He was a man whom all men loved and honoured, and his death is a 

 great loss to his family and his many friends. 



