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all of the imagines having the prevailing black color of both 

 primaries and secondaries of Decorata, with the red in the second- 

 aries peculiar to that form, but at that time I regarded it as only 

 a variety of Nais or PJialerata of Harris, and for that reason put 

 it in the report in that form. Since that time I have bred several 

 others, and finding the markings of the imagines to be rather con- 

 stant, I think the description, brief though it may be, should be 

 credited to i?rrcr«/« instead of iV^/^. In this I do not wish to 

 decide whether Decorata is a good species or only a variety, but 

 leave that for future investigation. In either case the larvae will 

 probably be found to differ. I shall endeavor to make more ex- 

 tended observations on them this season. The description re- 

 ferred to is : "A black, hairy caterpillar an inch or more long, 

 with transverse rows of wart-like tubercles, from which spring 

 spreading tufts of short white hairs. Along the dorsum is a lire 

 of pale yellow, sometimes almost white." Like the other Arc- 

 tians it is a very general feeder. 



Cymatophora pampinaria, Guenee. 



In his book on Geometrid moths Dr. Packard gives the color 

 of the larva of this as " pale yellowish color, with a broad 

 reddish brown stripe, edged with black on the back." Last fall I 

 found several of them. Some were of the yellowish green 

 color above, others gray and others brown. Packard speaks of 

 pear leaves being their food. I found them feeding on willows and 

 cultivated geraniums. Two of them pupated September i6th 

 and October 2d. Both of these hatched April 17th of this year. 



NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. 



It was the intention of the Publication Committee to issue Mr. W. 

 H. Edwards' paper on Pieridas for the present number, but the plates for 

 illustration have not yet arrived from London, and the article in question 

 must therefore be delayed until June. 



Errata. — On page 43, April No., line 15, for grayish, read yellow; 

 line 5, for Perdiceas, read Perdiccas; page 44, line 8, for Perdiceas, read 

 Perdiccas. 



