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PSYCHE. 



[Junu-Sept. 1S94. 



Cocoon. — Composed of little bits of leaf or 

 other material. The larva builds up two 

 parallel walls and unites them at the top. 

 Cocoon elliptical, flat at base, size 7x24 mm. 

 The anterior end is a little higher and more 

 pointed than the posterior. 



Larvae on ^uerciis macrocarpa at Platts- 

 burgli, N. Y. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES. 



A recent number of the Proc. Boston soc. 

 nat. hist, contains a critical study and revision 

 of the New England species of Spharagemon 

 by Mr. A. P. Morse. The article is based 

 on a large amount of material for the most 

 part personally collected in various parts of 

 the territory considered and upon examina- 

 tion of the type specimens whenever prac- 

 ticable, and is illustrated with drawings of 

 the principal structural characteristics pre- 

 sented by several species of the genus. 

 Three species are recognized as occurring 

 in New England; another from Staten Id. 

 will probably be found in Connecticut. 

 The latter is described as new (5. oculutiun) 

 and has probably been confused with .S. col- 



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Fig;. I, 2, 3, 5. aequale scndderi. Fig. 4, 5, 5. saxci- 

 lile. Fig. 6, 7, S. bolli. Fig. S, S. oculatum. Fig. 9, 

 .9. collare. 2 diameters. 



larc Of the former, one (5. saxalile) is 

 new, having been hitherto confused with 

 the remaining two (5. aequale and bolli). 

 S. baltciitiim is reduced to a synonym, and 

 the New England form of aequale is further 

 distinguished by a trinomial {scudderi) for 

 reasons which our space withholds. The 

 cut, on a smaller scale, and its explanation 

 are given herewith. 



We are glad to commend and call the 

 attention of entomologists to the author's 

 practice of examining an abundance of 

 material and distributing examples as one 

 likely to materially advance the science bv 

 reducing errors and synonyms to a mini- 

 mum. 



The death is announced of Edward Norton 

 at the age of 70, at his home in Farmington, 

 Conn. Mr. Norton was one of the first natu- 

 ralists of this country to devote himself to the 

 exclusive study of a single family of Hvmen- 

 optei-a, choosing the Tenthredinidae. It is 

 many years, however, since he took an active 

 part in entomological pursuits. It may not 

 be known to many that he is said to have 

 been the first importer of Guernsey cattle to 

 this country and that he established the first 

 creamery in New England. 



In an extended notice of the first volume of 

 Kolbe's new Introduction to Entomology in a 

 recent number of the Entomologische nach- 

 richten, Verhoeff declares it to be for ento- 

 mologists the most important literary work 

 of the last decade. 



Under the insufficient and over modest title 

 "On certain grass-eating insects," Mr. E. P. 

 Felt of Cornell University publishes a synop- 

 sis of the species of Crambus found about 

 Ithaca, N. Y., treating the subject both 

 systematically and economically, with excep- 

 tionally full accounts of the life histories of 

 those little known moths and abundant and 

 very varied illustrations. 26 species are 

 included. It is an excellent exposition of the 

 Cornell method. 



Mr. C. H. Tyler Townsend has again 

 changed his address to Las Cruces, N. Mex. 



