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using it largely for exchange. Only Cylleus Robinia, Forst., of the 
Cerambycid@ has the same season, but is found on the Golden Rod, as 
is well known. 
Of the other species of Goes I have taken G. dedilis, Lec., about 
July tst on Hickory, G. “grina, De Geer, about July 15th on White 
Oak. The very rare G. /esselafa, Hald., was found by Mr. A. C. Weeks 
and myself on Staten Island, in July, 1885. We took it by beating over 
the umbrella the dense 10 inch long shoots on freshly cut Oak-stumps. 
Only one pair and three single females were secured. 
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A New Spilosoma. 
By AnnriE TRUMBULL SLOSSON. 
Spilosoma prima, n. sp. 
Size of S. virginica, but a stouter insect, body heavier and shorter, scarcely 
reaching anal angle of secondaries. Primaries sordid white, stained with ochreous, 
especially along costa and inner margin, and with scattered dots of dark brown. 
These are arranged almost exactly as in some specimens of the form of /. textor, 
Harris, known as cuzea and punctata. The dots are much heavier and more distinct 
on costa, and there is a submarginal line, very plainly indicated, and composed of 
geminate dots on the venules. Secondaries sordid white. Abdomen thickly clothed 
with white hairs through which can be seen the yellow of body, with dorsal row of 
black spots. Palpi, coxee and tibiz very dark smoky brown, almost black. 
Though this description may seem to differ little from those of other 
species, the moth itself seems quite distinct. Its peculiar ochreous shad- 
ing—which makes the insect seem cream-color, almost buff, instead of 
white—the heavy, stout look, and, above all, the very dark smoky color 
of coxee and tibize, differing so markedly from the light orange tints in 
S. virginica, congrua and antigone, give it an appearance quite unlike its 
nearest kin. Described from 5 ¢\,¥, 1 Q, taken at light in Franconia, 
N. H., early last June. 
Books and Pamphlets received during December, 1888. 
Prairie Farmer, December, 1888. 
Psyche, Vol. V, Nos. 151 and 152. 
Synop. of Families and Genera of N. Amer. Diptera, by Prof. S. W. Williston. 
Canadian Naturalist, Vol. XX, No. 12. 
Fourth Report on Injurious Insects, by Prof. Lintner, N. Y. State Entomologist. 
3ulletin, Nos. 5 and 6, N. Y. State Museum of Nat, History. 
Le Naturaliste Canadienne, Vol. XVIII, Nos. 5 and 6. 
Naturae novitates, Nos. 22, 23 and 24. 
Comptes-rendus de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, No. 105. 
Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias eu Cordoba, Argentine Republic, 
Vol. XXI, Nos. 1 and 2. 
R. T. PEARSALL, Libyarian. 
