fore wings considerably angled, the hind wings less; apex sharp, falcate; beneath 

 light ochreous, the lines faintly showing through. 



i tf, Crater Lake, Or. From Capt. J. C. Merrill, U. S. A. Coll. 

 Hulst. Nearest T. melliiularia, Hulst. 



Metanema incongruaria, sp. nov. Expands 37 mm. An insect much like 

 .1/ guerciuorario, and which may be a variety, but differs in the following particulars; 



the wings are all much narrower, and much more produced; the angles at the mid- 

 dle of the wings ai'e more prominent, the outer line in the submarginal space bends 

 in, and meets the median line near vein 3; the median line is very near the middle 

 of the wing, and is so broad that it is rather an ochreous band, and coalesces with 

 the basal land, which also is distinct and broad, at the inner margin; on the hind 

 Wings the regular band is broad, basal, not extra discal; the outer angulate line is 

 just beyond of the middle of the wing. The wings are rather narrower than in 

 Tetrads, and the insect superficially has little of the appearance of Mttanema. 



1 9, Hamilton, Can. (Mr. J. A. Moffatt), Coll. Hulst. 

 Plagodis keutzingaria, Pack. var. nigrescaria, var. nov. 

 I give this name to the black variety of the above species. It is 

 spoken of by Packard Mon. Geom. p. 468, and is figured pi. 13, f. 51. 

 It differs from the normal form in having the outer line further inward, 

 and in having the outer space purplish black. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



The following letter from Mr. A. G. Butler will explain itself: 

 Dear Sir ! 



In H. B. Moeschler's recent paper "On the American species of 

 Utetheisa, Huebner," he appears to have entirely overlooked the fact 

 that in 1887 1 described as var s. '/ivbrida' and 'intermedia certain forms 

 of Deiopeia (Utetheisa) tending t< 1 link the three types — D. 0/ natrix, 

 bella, and speciosa. (See my paper in Trans. Ent Soc. London, p. 361), 



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Geotrupes chalyhaeus Lee. I received this rare species from a cor- 

 respondent in Orange Co. , Florida, who informs that it was found 

 December 24th, 1885, late in the afternoon about a quantity of horse 

 and mule manure on a sandy road 1 tinning through high pine lands; 

 males and females were about equally distributed in the sending. The 

 same locality this year failed to yield a specimen. 



Morilenia annulatum Soy. I received this from Custer Co., Montana. 

 This is the most northerly locality known for morilenia and though my 

 friend searched diligently he found only lour specimens. C, S. Leng. 



