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which he learned the following facts : " Vulume 27 of Cat. Lep. Hct. 

 was ordered printed Feb. 14, 1863. The volume was received from the 

 printer and the price fi.xed on it, April 18, 1863." This date surely must 

 be regarded as the date of publication, for it could not be considered as 

 published till after it was printed and was offered for sale. 



This seems sufficient to establish the fact that Zeller's work on the 

 Crambids was published at least eighteen days before that of Walker. 



From the same Records Mr. Butler learned that Part 28, Cat. Lep. 

 Het. bearing the- date of Oct. 19, 1863, was not received from the printer 

 and offered for sale till Dec. 19, 1863. and Part 29 of the same work, 

 bearing the date of March 7, 1864, was received from the printer and 

 offered for sale June 25, 1864. 



Notes and News. 



Phytono7ntis punctaiiis has made another start. It appeared this 

 year for the first time near Philadelphia, all the local collectors taking it. 

 I received the larva early this season from the north-eastern section of 



New Jersey. It does not seem to have done much damage. 



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This has been a good season thus far for fungoid diseases of Insects. 

 Thousands of larvae of the Elm Leaf Beetle have been destroyed in New 

 Brunswick by such diseases. The reverse of the picture is that potatoes 

 are suffering worse than the beetles, and we are more fond of the former 

 than we hate the latter. We are not good at hating anyhow ! 



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Has any one ever noted that urticating larvae of Lepidoptera lose 

 this power when parasitized.? A parasitized s{)ecimen o{ Empretia siini- 

 ulea was brought me recently, which I found I could handle with ab- 

 solute impunity. 



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Silones hispididus another imported pest has been for some little 

 time known as occurring along the sea shore ; this year it has taken a 

 start and has been quite commonly taken inland. I am informed that 

 it is quite abundant near Washington, and I have taken it myself in 

 some numbers near New Brunswick. The larva feeds on the roots of 



clover. 



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Raphiteles maculaltis "<NW. , was bred by me this season {xova Pis- 

 sodes sirobt, upon which it is an external parasite. Mr. Howard, to 

 whom I owe the determination, says it has been heretofore bred only 

 from Scolytus rugulosus. 



