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 Description of Eterusia urania n. sp. 



BY WILLIAM SCHAUS, JR. 



Primaries above olivaceous brown. A narrow yellow band crosses the 

 wing- from the middle of the costal margin, and does not quite touch the inner 

 margin at three-fourths of the distance from the base. This band is bordered 

 on either side by a series of velvety black spots, interrupted by the veins, 

 which are tinged with deep metallic blue wherever separating the black spots, 

 and lilacine where crossing the yellow transverse band. Secondaries above 

 velvety black. Between the median vein and the abdominal margin two- 

 thirds of the wing from the base deep metallic blue; on the apical half of the 

 outer margin a row of blue spots longest at the apex. Primaries underneath 

 black, the base largely metallic blue and green. A transverse yellow band 

 from the costal to the inner margin, and a submarginal row of metallic spots. 

 Secondaries underneath black, the abdominal margin broadly deep metallic 

 blue, the base and costal margin shaded with green; an irregular transverse 

 row of small chrome yellow spots from just beyond the middle of the costal 

 margin to near the anal angle. Along the outer margin a row of light blue 

 metallic spots. Antennae, which are deeply pectinated at their extremities, 

 dark blue. Frons dark green. Collar and thorax brown, tinged with green. 

 Abdomen above dark metallic blue, underneath brown. Exp. 77 mm. i (^. 

 Naga hills, Assam. 



The continuation of Mr. Leng's "Synopsis" is crowded out 

 this month ; better luck next time. 



One of the most notable features among the Lepidoptera fre- 

 quenting the electric lights at Newark last summer was the very 

 large number of a little Tineid, which, from specimens in the U. S. 

 National Museum, I make to be Laverna phragmitella, an Euro- 

 pean species. The label on the specimens states that it is on Typha, 

 of which there is an abundance near Newark. There is one other 

 American specimen in the Museum from Fortress'Monroe, Va. 



A revision ot the TiEuiocampincE is in press, and will appear at 

 an early date in the Proc. U. S. National Museum. 



In speaking oi Raphiteles maculatus (Ent. Am. v. 216) I quoted 

 from a somewhat indefinite statement in Mr. Howard's letter deter- 

 mining the species for me. As the matter stands now it conveys the 

 impression that tl\e pararsite had been heretofore bred only from 

 Scolytus rugulosus. As a matter of fact it had been only so bred in 

 the Department, but there are a number of other hosts known in 

 Europe. Pissodes strobi is, however, really a new host, so the note 

 has not lost point. 



