hy a 
brown, with two blackish dots. Secondaries brighter red, with three 
black dots, two in disk, and one near hind border towards inner angle. 
Length of body 6 lines, of wings 16 lines. Var.—Primaries almost 
wholly brown. Secondaries with broad blackish submarginal stripe. 
United States.” 
Now my moth answers in every detail to first description, except 
that it is a female and Jarger, being more than 18 lines in extent. The 
dots are obscure, but their traces may be seen. In ‘‘ Notes of N. Am. 
Lepidoptera in B. Mus. and described by Walker,” Grote and Robinson 
(Trans. Am. Ento. Soc., Vol. I, p. 72) I find the following allusion to 
the moth in question. 
‘«P. assimilans. The two specimens (a. b.) differ from rubricosa 
and fuliginosa, by their greater expanse and differently shaped primaries. 
These are more produced at apiczs, below which the extreme margin is 
sinuate, not rounded. We have seen no specimens of this species in 
any collection in United States.” 
Mr. Hy. Edwards, in a brief note made on a visit to British Museum 
in 1888, says of the types: ‘“ Looks like a large specimen of rudricosa, 
but one example has no spots.” 
I have shown my moth to Mr, Edwards, who agrees with me, that 
it is Walker’s species, but thinks it should be placed in a different genus 
from rubricosa, perhaps Anfarcha. ‘This I am not competent to decide, 
and shall leave to wiser heads. 
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WE noticed recently in some German periodical, a method of re- 
laxing Lepidoptera that might merit trial. The writer used a shallow 
vessel with a tight fitting lid, covered the bottom with alcohol sufficient 
to float the cork containing his specimens and left them fora time, It 
is asserted that they relax rapidly and very completely, that the colors of 
even the most delicate species is absolutely unaffected —that specimens 
never become wet, dirty, or mouldy, and that while the relaxation is 
very complete the setting takes place very quickly and firmly, and the 
specimens can be removed, much sooner than if relaxed by moisture 
derived from water. The current methods leave something to be de- 
sired, and perhaps this will fill the ‘‘long felt want.” 
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By the time this number reaches our readers, ZLachnosterna will be 
on the wing. Will not all Coleopterists collect them largely this season, 
and send us lists of their captures? If there be a question of identifi- 
cation, we shall be glad to attend to that. 
