Samiti 
A New Species of Euphanessa. 
By ANNIE TRUMBULL SLOSSON. 
Euphanessa meridiana, n. sp. 
I have been familiar for two or three years, in South Florida, with 
the insect to which I give the above name. I thought, at first, that it 
might be merely a southern variety of £. mendica, Walk., but am now 
confident, after careful study and comparison, that it is a different species. 
It is uniformly smaller than mendica, none of my specimens exceeding 
.g inch in expanse. ‘The anterior wings are longer and narrower pro- 
portionately than in mendica, outer margin more oblique, and they are of 
a deeper ochreous tint, sometimes almost orange. The two rows of 
dusky, semi-transparent spots are quite different in appearance and ar- 
rangement. The outer row is composed of very small separate spots, 
which never coalesce ; it is a mere dotted line, very regular in its course, 
with none of the blotchy unevenness of the same line in mendica. The 
inner row has only three spots, a large one in discal cell, and two much 
smaller, which are nearer the base and inner margin. Secondaries con- 
colorous and immaculate. My description is comparative, rather than 
scientific, but will, I think, serve to identify the insect for all who know 
our common northern species. I have found this moth at Charlotte 
Harbor, Tampa, and Winter Park, but no farther north. I know nothing 
as yet of the larva. 
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Note on Zeuzera pyrina. 
By ASK. GRore. 
In reference to Mr. Graef’s interesting article (Enro, AMERICANA, 
Vol. IV, p. 162) I would state that I did not include Zeuzera escult 
(pyrina) in my list, because I believed its occurence to be quite 
accidental. I believe @scu/i and pyrina to be synonyms for the European 
species. With regard to canadensis, I do not think, from Herrich- 
Schiffer’s figure, that it is a Zeuzera ; certainly it is not escul. I have 
never seen the species. It is not yet certain that scudi breeds in North 
America. The specimens observed may have been imported, as larve 
or pupe, in wood. If it were indigenous to North America it would 
surely have been taken before this; the fact, that in Morris’ Synopsis, 
pyrina is credited to North America, is probably due to an original mis- 
take in the habitat. I have alluded elsewhere to the chance finding of a 
specimen of e@scu/i in Hoboken and I thought at the time, that it must 
