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var. los, Strecker. 



var. perdita, Dyar. 



var. quadriguttatus, Grote. 



semiauratus, Neumoegen and Dyar. 

 S. thule, Strecker. 

 S. auratus, Grote. 



Dr. Strecker objects to the reference of quadriguttatus as a variery of 

 argent eomaculat us, and would consider it a distinct species ; but I am 

 unable to find a good specific character. I should hesitate to rely on 

 the colour alone in this genus, and have preferred to follow Prof. Smith's 

 " List." Harrison G. Dyar. 



ALEXICLES ASPERSA, Grote. 



As pointed out by Prof. Smith, the original description of Alexicles is 

 entirely inadequate. In fact, no characters are given which will deter- 

 mine its family position, the author going as far as to partially retract his 

 own opinion as to its location. I have before me the type, very kindly 

 forwarded to me for examination by Mr. W. A. Snow. It is a true Arc- 

 tian apparently most nearly allied to Leptarctia. Head moderately 

 prominent, tongue imperceptible ; median spurs of hind tibiae wanting ; 

 anterior tibiae armed at tip with a stout, slightly curved spine or claw. 

 <$ frenulum a long spine, hooked into a loop on subcostal vein of prim- 

 aries. Venation arctiiform ; one internal vein on primaries, two on 

 secondaries ; median veins four-branched, normal ; cells closed ; vein 



8 of secondaries from the subcostal more than one-third the length of 

 cell from base. On primaries no accessory cell ; veins 7-10 stalked ; S 

 and 9 forming a short furcation near apex of wing ; 7 nearer the furcation 

 and 10 rather near the cell, leaving a long stalk between their origins ; 

 vein n from the subcostal near end of cell ; vein 12 from the base half 

 way between the subcostal vein and costa. 



Fore-wings narrow, costa straight, apex rounded ; hind-wings oval. 



It is scarcely necessary to add anything to Mr. Grote's description of 

 the species. Though short, it is excellent, as are nearly all of Mr. Grote's 

 specific descriptions. Mr. Grote gives the expanse as 32 mm. ; but in 

 the type, mounted as usual, the wings reach 36 mm. 



Harrison G. Dyar. 



DR. HAGEN, 



We deeply regret the loss of our old friend, Dr. Hermann August 

 Hagen, Professor of Entomology in Harvard University, who died, after 

 a long illness, at Cambridge, Mass., on the 9th of November, in the 

 seventy-seventh year of his age. 



