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cana. It is just possible that these insects may be identical with II. 

 coracind Clemens, which that author states was taken in Texas, and 

 the types of which are much rubbed ; yet it is scarcely probable that 

 all trace of the bright colored prothoraic scales would be obliterated, 

 and Dr. Clemens describes coracina as entirely black. The neuration 

 of the fore wings in texand corresponds with that of coracina, as given 

 by Clemens, and though I have been unable to compare the insect 

 above described with the types of coracina, I am strongly inclined to 

 the belief that they must be specifically distinct. 



