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regretting that so little was known of their habits, and hoped that Mr. 

 Minot would continue his studies in this direction. 



From aquatic larva; the conversation turned in the direction of that 

 tiny tormentor, the mosquito, and marvellous accounts of its abundance 

 in certain localities, and the sufferings of man and beast from its blood- 

 thirsty propensities, were related by Mr. Scudder, Dr. Morris and others. 



Mr. Riley made some remarks on the Cotton Worm, and stated that 

 he had bred nine distinct parasites which preyed on this insect. 



The time for adjournment having arrived, the members, after referring 

 to the great pleasure they had derived from the interesting sessions of the 

 Club, unanimously expressed the hope that all present might meet again 

 next year in Boston. 



IDENTIFICATIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF NOCTUID^, 



WITH A NEW HETEROCAMPA, AND NOTES 



ON NEMEOPHIEA. 



BV A. R. GROTE, BUFFALO, N. Y. 



Prodenia Phytolacca. (Abbot & Smith, Vol. 2, 193, PI. 97). 



This species is sent me by Mr. Belfrage from Texas, under the number 

 706 (pink label); The insect has naked eyes, pellucid white and irid- 

 escent secondaries, the veins and external margin slightly soiled. It 

 cannot be referred to Xylomiges, the type of which genus, the European 

 conspicillaris, has hairy eyes, as have all the species referred by me to 

 Xylomiges in my " Check List " and elsewhere. I think there can be no 

 reasonable doubt that I have Abbot's species before me. It is, however, 

 probable that this is Mr. Morrison's Acthwtia derupta. If so, there seems 

 to me no valid excuse for the new name, for Abbot's figures are quite 

 recognisable, while the streaky fore wings of this species are unusually 

 difficult for exact delineation. But what distinguishing marks there are 

 upon them are indicated with sufficient exactitude in Abbot's plate, and I 

 cannot hesitate as to the correct name for the species. The fore wings 

 are confusedly marked, brown and gray streaked. The exterior line is 



