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acters. It is not unlikely then that Mr. Smith's Canadian correspondents, 

 whose mistakes lie lias drawn aiiciuion to in the Canaui.^n Entomologist, 

 are really more correct in calling the species He?irici, but the genus Able- 

 okorna must be withdrawn. I ha\e found that my Canadian correspond- 

 ents were always careful and well-informed, and I must say that, so far as 

 the Noctuidcc are concerned, dial there is more accurate knowledge gener- 

 ally distributed than in any of the other of the larger groups of moths. 



Salia Rufa, n. s. 



Primaries brownish gray crossed b) diree oblique, yellowish, narrow 

 lines. Inner line with a costal projection. The fust discal dot is close to 

 it. The middle line is a little waved and followed by a diffuse black shad- 

 ing, which obscures the outer discal dot. The outer hne is a little bent at 

 the middle and loses itself to apex. The subterminal field which follow 

 is suffused with reddish brown and limited by a very fine irregular line : 

 terminally the wing is again brownish gray and shows a faint festooned 

 line ; fringes paler, a little brownish. Hind \\'ings fuscous gray with brown- 

 ish fringes, beneath with black discal dot and outer line, the surface paler, 

 irrorate. Arizona. Coll. B. Neumoegen, Esq. Expa/ise 22 mil. 



Difters in color from our Eastern .S". Iiiterpuncta Grote. but of al)uut 

 the same size. JA?^/(^/(?, signifying " bald face," and not appropriate, is 

 younger than Hiibner's names, as stated b\- Zeller ; and Salia is the oldest. 



Twenty-five years ago, in my sixteenth year, 1 commenced the serious 

 stud}' of our nocturnal Lepidoptera. At that time probably not more than 

 fifty kinds were named in any of our iniblic or private collections. Now, 

 of the one family Noduidce, alone, we have over sixteen hundred species 

 recorded in our books. To my early letters requesting information for 

 myself 1 received no satisfactory replies ; instead, boxes of specimens 

 were sent to me to name. 1 am happy that some of my first correspond- 

 ents still consult me, and that friendly relations exist between myself and 

 almost all the students who ha\c asked for mv services. 



NOTES ON THE EARLY STAGES Of WEOlRECHUS 



ANNOSUS, Say. 



\\\ I J. W. COQUILLKTT. 



In the month of April, 1880. I cut down a willow tree and cut it up 

 into " sled-lengths," when no traces of borers could be seen. Early in 

 March of the following year, while cutting this woofi for the stove. I 



