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the ground colour. In the interspace of veins 3-4 and 6-7 basally, a 

 triangular patch of the same ochreous tint as borders the basallongi- 

 tudinal line below. Subterminally a distinct black band issues from the 

 apex, slightly toothed outwardly on the veins, inwardly on the interspaces, 

 and proceeds to vein 4, where it is interrupted ; but reappears at vein 3, 

 curving inward and reaching a little way along submedian fold, where it 

 ends. Terminal field gray, scarcely lighter than the general ground, 

 irrorate with black. Fringe dark, with obscure venular spottings. Ab- 

 domen and secondaries smoky gray, secondaries whitish at basal half. 

 Thorax dark iron-gray, black and white hairs intermixed, the head and 

 under side of thorax paler. 



Type, one female. Las Vegas, New Mexico ; collection of Mr. A. 

 Bolter, Chicago. 



The only Southern species which seems to approach this form is 

 Hderocampa surinamensis, Moschler. 



NOTE ON TRIGONOGENIUS FARCTUS. 



BY E. A. SCHWARZ, WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Thirty years ago Dr. Leconte described (New Species, Smithson_ 

 Misc. Coll., 167, p. 100) the Ptinid Trigonogenius farctus from specimens 

 received from San Francisco, Cala. Most specimens in our cabinets 

 come from the same locality, but I have seen others from Alameda and 

 Los Gatos, Cala. The collectors of the specimens never published any- 

 thing on its mode of occurrence, and I fail to find in the literature a single 

 record of its habits. Quite recently, however. Dr. James Fletcher, while 

 on a visit to Washington, D. C, showed me two species of Coleoptera 

 found living in red pepper, in Victoria, Br. Col. One is Triboliutn ferrti- 

 gifieuni, a common cosmopolitan Tenebrionid, which has been found 

 before under similar conditions ; but the second species proves to be 

 Trigonogenius farctus. Several specimens of this were obtained, thus 

 showing that its occurrence in the pepper was not accidental, and I have 

 no doubt that upon further research the earlier stages of the beetle can 

 also be fomid in the pepper. [Larva; of all sizes and cocoons with pupse 

 in them occurred in this consignment of pepper, which was sent to me by 

 Mr. E. A. Carew-Gibson, of Victoria, B. C. — J. F.] Dr. Fletcher informed 

 me that Victoria gets much produce from San Francisco, and we may 



