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numbered XII by Mr. Riley, and is the only one that seems to be gener- 

 ally remembered by observing persons on the Island. I recall thinking 

 at the time, while I watched the pupa crawl up the garden fence and cast 

 their skins as night came on. that I would not see any more of these in- 

 sects on Staten Island until 1894. 



However, on May 8th, 1881, while collecting insects with Mr. Leng 

 in the neighborhood of Watchogue, Stat. Isl., we found a red-eyed 

 Cicada pupa under a stone, and on June 5th, eight specimens were col- 

 lected, all of them males and many of those being wet, having recently 

 immerged. By the 12th of June they had become quite numerous, and I 

 noted at the time that "about one tree I counted 52 pupa skins of the 

 red-eyed Cicada''. 



This year I made special search for this Harvest fly, and as it occur- 

 red in the neighboring territory, I hoped to find an individual or two on 

 Staten Island. On July 4th, while walking along a wood-path with my 

 friend, Mr. James Raymond, he found the upper left wing of the insect 

 I had been looking for, and which some bird had evidently torn from its 

 owner. I have this fragment now, and there is no doubt of its identity. 



From the above it seems that whenever the 17-year Cicada has oc- 

 cured as a brood or "Locust year'' happens in the vicinity of Staten Is- 

 land, that a few individuals have appeared on it. This fact has been ob- 

 served before by Mr. S. S. Rathvon, (mentioned by Mr. Riley), in 

 Lancaster Co., Pa., who noted all those broods in his locality; but it 

 may be of interest to again call attention to it in connection with a new 

 location. 



NOTE. — Mr. Leng has this year also found a lew pupa on Staten Island, but not 

 common anywhere. J. B. S. 

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Descriptions of New Lepidoptera. 



By B. Neumoegen. 



Sphinx Separatus, n. sp. 



I lead, thorax and abdomen of mouse gray color, with darker shades on pro- 

 thorax and thorax, shading laterally into whitish gray. Lateral lines of prothorax and 

 patagice prominently marked in black, inner marginal line hardly distinguishable. 

 Gray dorsal band on upper side of abdomen, with a black dorsal centre line on last 

 and anal segments, ornamented with black segmentary bands. Primaries of mouse 

 gray color, with markings like in Sph. lugens Wlk., in brownish black, but the apical 

 diagonal dashes, the undulating transverse line, which runs partly along outer margin 

 and in an irregular bend turns and rests within the central part of inner margin, as 

 well the two horizontal dashes between median nervules, much more prominent and 

 pronounced than in lugens. The space between interior and anterior transverse line 

 and along costa, above discal spots of brownish hue, leaving in discal cell and above 

 centre of inner margin, interspaces of grayish white. A round basal, black blotch. 

 Secondaries whitish gray, with large marginal and prominent medial bands of brown- 



