fore wings considerably angled, the hind wings less; apex sharp, falcate; beneath 

 light ochreous, the lines faintly showing through. 



I cT, Crater Lake, Or. From Capt. J. C. Merrill, U. S. A. Coll. 

 Hulst. Nearest 71 mellitularia, Hulst. 



Metanema incongruaria, sp. nov. Expands 37 mm. An insect much like 

 M. quercivoraiia, and which may be a variety, but differs in the following particulars; 

 the wings are all much narrower, and much more produced ; the angles at the mid- 

 dle of the wings are more prominent, the outer line in the submarginal space bends 

 in, and meets the median line near .vein 3; the median line is very near the middle 

 of the wing, and is so broad that it is rather an ochreous band, and coalesces with 

 the l)asal band, which also is distinct and broad, at the inner margin; on the hind 

 wings the regular band is broad, basal, not extra discal; the outer angulate line is 

 just beyond of the middle of the wing. The wings are rather narrower than in 

 Tetracis, and the insect superficiallj' has little of the appearance of Metanema. 



I 9, Hamilton, Can. (Mr. J. A. Moffatt), Coll. Hulst. 



Plagodis keutzingaria. Pack. var. nigrescaria, var. nov. 



I give this name to the black variety of the above species. It is 

 spoken of by Packard Mon. Geom. p. 468, and is figured pi. 13, f. 51. 

 It differs from the normal form in having the outer line further inward, 

 and in having the outer space purplish black. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



The following letter from I\Ir. A. G. Butler will explain itself: 

 Dear Sir ! 



In H. B. Moeschler's recent paper "On the American species of 



Utetheisa, Huebner" he appears to have entirely overlooked the fact 



that m 1887 1 described as vars. 'hybrida ^nd. 'intermedia! certain forms 



of Deiopeia (Utetheisa) tending to link the three types — D. omatrix, 



bella, and speciosa. (See my paper in Trans. Ent Soc. London, p. 361). 



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Geotrupes chalybaeus Lee. I recei\ed this rare species from a cor- 

 respondent in Orange Co. , Florida, who informs that it was found 

 December 24th, 1885, late in the afternoon about a quantity of horse 

 and mule manure on a sandy road running through high pine lands; 

 males and females were about equally distributed in the sending. The 

 same locality this year failed to yield a specimen. 



Moriltiiia annulatujn Say. I received this from Custer Co., Montana. 

 This is the most northerly locality known for morilenia and though my 

 friend searched diligently he fuund only four s^/ecimens. C. S, Leng. 



