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obliged to Mr. Smith for this opportunity of showing its necessity. As 

 soon as possible I hope to bring the European and American species into 

 more complete accord. Up to the present I have had insufficient ma- 

 terial and opportunity. 



I have lately had the opportunity of examining the Sectio I of Ger- 

 mar's Prodromus, i8i i. In this the author establishes the genus Las- 

 peyria for flexjila. Duponchel's genus Aventia, 1841, has been in 

 general use for this species, but it must apparently now yield to Germar's 

 earlier term. We would now have the species of Schrank's genus 

 Drepana finally properly referred. To me, at least, this is a matter of 

 satisfaction, as I have occupied myself with the group at various in- 

 tervals since 1862. Of these genera Cilix, Flatypteryx ^.nd Laspcyria 

 are confined to Europe, Drepana and Fakaria are common to Europe 

 and North America, Oreta to Eastern Asia and North America. Las- 

 peyria must be removed from the family Platypterygidae and referred to 

 the Agrotidse, subfamily Hypeninas. 



NOTE ON ENyEMIA CRASSINERVELLA Zcll 

 (MIEZA IGNINIX Walk.'). 



By Annie Trumbull Slosson. 



Walking one day in February along the shore at Punta Gorda, 

 Florida, I saw a small larva upon my sleeve. It seemed to have spun 

 •down by a thread, and, looking up, I saw many similar larvse suspended 

 from leaves and branches of a shrub. This shrub was one quite com- 

 mon along the west coast. It has sharp and stout thorns and small, 

 rather coriaceous leaves of dark green. I have never seen it in flower 

 or fruit, and do not know its name. 



I carried home some of the larvae with the food plant. From their 

 general appearance I thought them Limacodids. They fed well in con- 

 finement, throve and grew. At the end of a week or two, as I was leav- 

 ing Punta Gorda, and feared I might not be able to procure proper food 

 on the east coast, I liberated many of my captives, and, believing in the 

 survival of the fittest, retained only the largest and healthiest. The lim- 

 ited supply of food proved sufficient, and I brought several larvae to 

 maturity. Soon after I reached Palm Beach these spun curious little 

 cocoons, very Limacodid-like in appearance, and of the same tough 



