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" omission" to refer to his paper I have explained. It remains only 

 to add that Dr. Horn had no justification from my intercourse and 

 correspondence with him, for supposing that I could have had any 

 other reason for the "omission," or that I shall fail to refer to his 

 paper when occasion permits. The reclamation cannot refer to pri- 

 ority of discovery, because Dr. Horn had the best of reasons to 

 know that I had the larva long before he obtained it, for I had in- 

 formed him of the discovery already in October, 1887. That he 

 should have ignored this fact in his announcement before our Wash- 

 ington Society will be thought by some ' ' inexcusable, ' ' and will 

 explain why, as stated in the beginning, I was amazed at his card. 

 I much preferred to attribute the neglect to forgetfulness and to be- 

 lieve that one whose work I had always admired was above the petty 

 jealousies and narrow personalities which too often mar the conduct 

 and writings of specialists. 



A New Species of Oncocnemis. 



BY JOHN B. SMITH. 



Oncocnemis extremis sp. nov. — Head and thorax ashen gray, with fine 

 black povvderings. Head with front of a somewhat creamy tint, hind margin 

 deep seal-brown. Basal joint of palpi also seal-brown. Primaries ashen 

 gray to just beyond the t. p. line; beyond this point the wing is even smoky 

 black, with a brownish lustre. Basal line small, single, black. T. a. line 

 single, broad, black, more like a band than a line, evenly and not strongly 

 outcurved. T. p. line single, black, irregular, outcurved over cell, and then 

 in a direct course to the margin. No trace of the s. t. line in the black outer 

 space. A broad diffuse median shade from the middle of the costa, joining 

 the t. p. line at one-half its course. No trace of the ordinary spots. Secon- 

 daries white, with a faint yellowish lustre, a broad black outer band, con- 

 * tinuous with that of the primaries, and narrowing to a point at anal angle; 

 within this is a narrow black line, obsolete before reaching the anal angle; 

 base of wings clouded with black. Beneath the maculation of the upper side 

 is faintly reproduced, the general color whitish, powdery. Expands 1.32 

 inches; t,2> mm- 



Habitat.— N. W. British Columbia. 



A single specimen ( 9 ) of this strongly marked species is before 

 me. It is an unfortunate matter that our work on the Noctuids can 

 be so short a time complete; hardly had my monographic work 

 been received, before a new species quite different from anything 

 before known, claims attention. The present form comes next to 

 homogena in the series, agreeing with it in the group characters, and 

 particularly in the single transverse lines. Homogena, however, has 

 the median space darkest, while in this species the broad, outer, 

 dusky margin is distinctive. 



