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to be new to science, and have ventured to name it Echthrus Provancheri in 

 honor of my esteemed correspondent and friend L'Abbe Provancher of Cap- 

 rouge, P. Quebec. W. Brodie, Toronto. 



Localities of Diurnals. In the descriptions of some new species 

 collected by me, (" Papilio" Vol. i. pp. 43-48) Mr. W. H. Edwards has acci- 

 dentally given a few erroneous localities, which as a matter of interest to En- 

 tomologists, I hasten to correct. Anthocarts Morrisotizi is found on the 

 barren tnesa lands, particularly the summits of small hills, near Kern River, 

 Calif; MtlitcBa Perdiccas on the small prairies numerous near Puget Sound, 

 Washington Territory. It was abundant near Tenino. Meliicea colon was 

 found on the sides of the hills which line the banks of the Columbia river, in 

 W. Washington Territory and Oregon, being especially common near Kalama. 

 Copcedes eiinus was taken in the bottoms of Kern River, near Bakersfield, 

 Cal., and Pamphila siriis and P. Mardon on the prairies of Washingtan Ter- 

 ritory, mentioned above. H. K. Morrison. 



Catocala Concumbens ab. Hillii. This very singular aberration 

 has been taken by Mr. W. W. Hill at Center, N. Y. The specimen is per- 

 fect and resembles in every particular the usual male type of the species ex- 

 cept that the hind wings are of a very light pale yellow, deepening in color 

 at the base. This aberration recalls C. Illecta ; and, as I have before 

 pointed out, there is no question that the species are related. The division 

 into groups from the color of hind wings no doubt, occasionally separates 

 related species in this genus. A. R. Grote. 



CallidryaS Fisheri. n. sp. or var. 



Primaries rich yellow, almost the same shade as the ground color of C. 

 Philea, $ , but with a slight buff tint, a little paler at the base and along the 

 basal third of the costa. Discal spot, extreme apex of the wing, costal margin 

 and seven marginal spots on the termination of the nervures, rich reddish- 

 brown. In the small apical patch are some dark-brown scales. Fringes altern- 

 ately brown and pale yellow. Secondaries wholly golden-yellow, a trifle deeper 

 in color at the margins, with the discal spot of under side faintly visible. Be- 

 neath paler and less vivid than above, very sparingly flecked with reddish-brown 

 spots. On the primaries is a falut sub-marginal band, straight as in C. Agarithe 

 and the discal spot larger than on the upper side. The secondaries have a mod- 

 erate ovate discal spot and a smaller round one above it brown, with the centre 

 of each clear silvery-white. Head and antennas reddish-brown. Thorax, above 

 black, with long greenish-yellow hairs. Beneath, the thorax is lemon-yellow. 

 Abdomen, above and below, golden-yellow, concolorous with the wings. Exp. 

 wings 2.00 inch. I <J , La Paz, Lower California. Mr. W. J. Fisher. Mr. A. 

 G. Butler thinks this may be a var. of C. Agarithe If so, it is a remarkable 

 one and well deserving of a separate name. Its small size and absence of the 

 ordinary spots are strong characters. Hy. Edwards. 



Papilio cresphontes. Cr. 



I have captured a good many specimens of Papilio cresphontes the past 

 season, mostly in the latter part of summer, but I saw a fine specimen flying 

 near the middle of October. Several specimens have been taken by other per- 

 sons, and the species appears to be common through this portion of the State. 

 I found several larvae, some quite small, being only about seven lines long ; 

 some also fully grown, which pupated about October 23. The larva appears 

 to feed wholly in the day time. The change to the pupa occupied nearly four 

 days in all. After tastening itself by its tail to the box cover, it remained sus- 

 pended for over a day before fixing the loop around the shoulders, being over 

 two days before the final change to the pupa, the last transformation occurring 

 in the night. N. COLEMAN, Berlin, Conn. 



Errata. Vol 3, No. i, p. 11. The sentence, "a similar larva^," to 

 " margins of the leaves," belongs to Habrosytie scripta, and should follow the 

 passage ending, "its early moults." P. 19; for Entomopthura r^a.^ Enio- 

 mopthera. 



