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the upper discoidal interspace, placed a little outside the costal spot, the 

 lower one in the submedian interspace, the spots widening as they proceed 

 towards inner margin, and the 3rd and 4th deeply excavated on the outer 

 side. Secondaries have the costal margin blackish like the hind margin, 

 but the rest of the wing is sprinkled with fulvous, and the inner half 

 covered by long dull greenish hairs ; between the cell and margin an extra 

 discal bright fulvous bar crossing three interspaces ; fringes whitish. 



Under side uniform bright orange, only the inner margin of primaries 

 and a narrow space below the cell to base being fuscous ; the spots on 

 primaries faintly reappear in paler color than the ground, reduced in size, 

 and at the end of the cell are two faint, yellow, horizontal bars, one at 

 either side of cell. Secondaries immaculate except for two or three yel- 

 lowish points corresponding to the spots of the extra discal bar. 



Body above covered with dull green hairs, the collar orange, and the 

 hairs at base of antennee ]artly orange-fulvous ; thorax below yellow- 

 white, the abdomen yellow, on the sides and at the end orange ; legs 

 ochrey and yellow-white ; palpi orange, as are the hairs of the collar ; 

 antennge blackish above, yellow below ; club fuscous. 



From a single example in the collection of Mr. Otto Meske. The 

 species is allied to attains Edw. and seminoIe Scud., but is larger, more 

 brightly ornamented on upper side, and beneath is not to be mistaken for 

 any other species, owing to its bright orange surface. The male yet un- 

 known. Taken in Bastrop Co., Texas. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



I think it would be beneficial if a portion of the journal-space were 

 devoted each month to a notice of the localities, habitats, food and habits 

 of some of our rarer species, the best methods and apparatus for their 

 capture, and the most approved way of putting them to death without 

 damage, as also of pinning, setting and preserving them. These matters 

 may seem of but slight consequence to the practised collector, but they 

 assume an aspect of the greatest importance in the eyes of a beginner. 

 In this connection, if Entomologists throughout the province would relate 

 their experience in successfully collecting certain families of insects, and 

 describe any method, implement or apparatus which they have found 

 advantageous, and at the same time record the date, time of day, locality 



