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in color to the dorsum of the abdomen. Secondaries the same ground 

 color as the fore wings, rather bright, scarcely lighter at base, with an 

 indistinct, blackish, subterminal band, partially interrupted in the middle ; 

 under side of wings paler than above, with an arcuated black line marking 

 the outer third of the wings, not distinct on the secondaries, and a black 

 discal dot. 



Described from one $ taken in Union Co., Illinois. 



OBITUARY. 



Another veteran in the Entomological ranks has passed to his rest. 

 Frederick Smith, the renowned English Hymenopterist, is no more ; he 

 died on the 16th of February, in the 74th year of his age, from exhaustion 

 consequent on a painful and dangerous surgical operation. He was born 

 in London, England, in 1805, and in early life was apprenticed to Mr. W. 

 B. Cooke, an eminent landscape engraver, where he acquired a very 

 thorough knowledge of the engraver's art, which was of great use to him 

 in after life. "While still a young man he became an ardent collector of 

 bees and ants, and also devoted some attention to the collecting of 

 Coleoptera ; but it .was not until 1837 that the first paper from his pen 

 was published, giving an account of the natural history of one of the Gall 

 Flies. From 1842 to the time of his death his publications were very 

 numerous and of great value. A most industrious man, a painstaking 

 and methodical student, and an accurate observer, he has done very much 

 to advance our knowledge of the Order in which he especially labored. 

 By his death Entomology loses a sincere and talented advocate and an 

 earnest votary, and Entomologists will greatly miss a friend who was ever 

 ready to impart his knowledge to others. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 

 Dear Sir, — 



To my list of food plants of Saturnia io (Can. Ent., vol. ix., p. 180) 

 I now add the Black Alder ( Prinos verticillatus L.) and two species of 

 Rubus (R. villosus Ait., and Canadensis L.) 



L. W. Goodell, Amherst, Mass. 



