174 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



a.ssuxriing /ernigai a to be preoccupied by the other species, is corcu/afa, 

 Hfn., Ber/. Mag., iv., 94. 



So far as I have ascertained, spadicearia, Bkh., does not occur in the 

 New World, and the following of Packard's citations must be deleted, as 

 belonging thereto : — 



Ferrugata, CI. Ic. Ins., 6, 14, 1759 (perhaps). 



Hiibn., Schm. Eur., 460. 



Stph., Nomencl., Br. Ins., 44, 1829, 



Stph., Ill, iii., 216, 1831. 



Stph., Cat. Br. Lep., 186, 1850. 



Also, theoretically, the larv^al description from Newman's "British 

 Moths," though practically the two larvae are so similar that the descrip- 

 tion of one will apply to the other. Nevertheless, it will be well for 

 American workers to bear in mind that owx ferriigata is not identical 

 with theirs. 



PROFESSOR C. V. RILEY. 



Every entomologist in North America will, we are confident, join with 

 us in the expression of the deepest regret that Professor C V. Riley has 

 felt compelled, owing to the impaired state of his health, to resign his 

 position as entomologist of the United States Department of Agriculture. 

 The admirable work that Dr. Riley and his staff have accomplished, both 

 in scientific and economic entomology during the many years that he was 

 Director of the Division, is so well and widely known that it is unncessary 

 to enter into any details here. There are few who possess in so eminent 

 a degree as Dr. Riley scientific ability, accurate knowledge, painstaking 

 industry and acute powers of observation; these gifts and attainments have 

 been abundantly manifested in the immense additions that he has made 

 to the knowledge of insect life in all its various phases, and it would be a 

 calamity indeed if they were withdrawn from active exercise. It is grati- 

 fying, then, to learn that Dr. Riley will retain the honorary Curatorship of 

 the Department of Insects in the U. S. National Museum, at Washington, 

 and that he will now devote himself to some long-contemplated work of 

 a purely scientific character. We earnestly trust that the relief from the 

 >cares and anxieties of administrative work in a Government Office will 

 speedily restore his health and strength, and that we shall see the fruits of 

 his labours during many a year to come. 



While we deplore Dr. Riley's resignation, we cannot refrain from 



