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which he learned the following facts: ‘‘Volume 27 of Cat. Lep. Het. 
was ordered printed Feb. 14, 1863. “The volume was received from the 
printer and the price fixed on it, April 18, 1863.” ‘This date surely must 
be regarded as the date of publication, for it could not be considered as 
published till after it was printed and was offered for sale. 
This seems sufficient to establish the fact that Zellers work on the 
Crambids was published at least eighteen days before that of Walker. 
From the same Records Mr. Butler learned that Part 28, Cat. Lep. 
Het. bearing the date of Oct. 19, 1863, was not received from the printer 
and offered for sale till Dec. 19, 1863. and Part 29 of the same work, 
bearing the date of March 7, 1864, was received from the printer and 
offered for sale June 25, 1864. 
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Notes and News. 
Phytonomus punctatus has made another start. It appeared this 
year for the first time near Philadelphia, all the local collectors taking it. 
I received the larva early this season from the north-eastern section of 
New Jersey. It does not seem to have done much damage. 
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This has been a good season thus far for fungoid diseases of Insects. 
Thousands of larvee of the Elm Leaf Beetle have been destroyed in New 
Brunswick by such diseases. The reverse of the picture is that potatoes 
are suffering worse than the beetles, and we are more fond of the former 
than we hate the latter. We are not good at hating anyhow ! 
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Has any one ever noted that urticating, larvae of Lepidoptera lose 
this power when parasitized? A parasitized specimen of Zmpretia stim- 
ulea was brought me recently, which I found I could handle with ab- 
solute impunity. 
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Sitones hispidulus another imported pest has been for some little 
time known as occurring along the sea shore ; this year it has taken a 
start and has been quite commonly taken inland. Iam informed that 
itis quite abundant near Washington, and I have taken it myself in 
some numbers near New Brunswick. The larva feeds on the roots of 
clover. 
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Raphiteles maculatus W\k., was bred by me this season from P2s- 
sodes sirobt, upon which it is an external parasite. Mr. Howard, to 
whom I owe the determination, says it has been heretofore bred only 
from Scolylus rugulosus. 
