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COLEOPHORA. 



C. albacostdla. N. sp. 



Second joint of the palpi with a minute projecting tuft beneath its apex. 

 Basal joint of the antenna a little siuollen. The head is tinged with 

 ochreous, as also are the wings, though more faintly so ; the wings are 

 somewhat dusted with fuscous, especially towards the apex. Extreme 

 costa from the base to the ciliae white. A I. ex. a little over y 2 inch. 



C. trilineclla. N. sp. 



Antennae and palpi simple ; upper surface of the thorax white, the 

 lower surface and legs tinged with yellow. Fore wings white, with a pale 

 golden or ochreous line beneath the fold, close to and parallel with it ; a 

 darker, but not more distinct line, parallel to the costa and close to it ; a 

 more distinct ochreous line extends from the base to the apex, sending 

 off in the apical part of the wing two branches to the costal ciliae. Al. 

 ex. Vz inch. 



OBITUARY. 



[FROM THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NUMISMATICS, APRIL, 1 87 5, 



VOL. IX, NO. 4, PAGE 95.] 



" Mr. Philip L. Sprague, a resident member of the Boston Numis- 

 matic Society, died at Montpelier, Vt, his native place, on the sixth day 

 of August last, in the forty-fifth year of his age. We have received from 

 an intimate friend of his the following notice of our late member : — 



" 'About 1862 he commenced the study of Entomology with me in 

 the State Cabinet of Natural History, displaying a marked taste for the 

 Lepidoptera, and during the intervals of his business made considerable 

 progress in biological investigations, as well as in the technology of the 

 science. Circumstances soon induced him to direct his attention chiefly 

 to the Coleoptera, and here his assiduity in making collections, his accuracy 

 in the determination of species, and his studies in the microscopic anatomy 

 of this order, gave his opinions weight among naturalists. His keen 

 appreciation of the labors of his predecessors, and his love of neatness 

 and method evinced themselves in all he did. 



