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fore wings to such ex;im])Ie.s as fig. 8. Fully 20 jmw emit, of the ur.vda.s- taken hy 
me in eastern Ma.s.sachusetts exhibit a tendency towards the development of this 
character. 
It has been my privilege to examine a fine sjiecimen of this variety, taken by 
Henry Wormsbacher near .Jersey City, of which lu' writes as follows: — “'Fhe bntti-r- 
fly 1 ca])tnrcd has nothing to do with arthemi.s, but is a true ur.s-ula, more green in 
color like the form viridvi and with broad white bands across the two wings. There 
are no markings whatever in the .specimen which are found in arthcmi.s and it is by 
all means a new variety. I do not think it necessary to make a sketch or jihoto of 
same, jnst take a greenish ur.nila $ and put white bands on it.” 
In view of the above facts and after several years of carcfnl investigation, includ- 
ing the examination of scores of specimens, I am hnl to the [lositive conclusion that 
interbreeding of urmila and (irlliemis is in no way responsible for this variety. 
THE NEWARK ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY’S LOSS. 
The headquarters of the Newark Entomological Society on the fourth floor of 
the Newark Turn Hall was completely destroyed by fire in the early morning of 
June 3rd, 1907. The conflagration not only demolished the entire building but 
resulted in the lo,ss of three lives. 
The property of the Society consisted of a forty drawer cabinet containing one 
thousand specimens of Lepidoptera and two thousand five hundred specimens of 
Coleoptera, mostly. representing local forms, besides a small collection in other orders; 
also a bookcase with one hundred and ten bound volumes and three hundred and 
si.xty-five unbound volumes and pamphlets. All of this property was consumed 
by the flames except a few books that were in the hands of members. This collection 
was the accumulation of over twenty years of the Society’s existence and as the loss 
is only j>artially covered by insurance it will be a long time bi'fore it can be replaced. 
Some of the books, perhaps, can never be oVhained again. 
The Society will be e.xceedingly grateful for any help in the way of rebuilding 
the library that may be given it. Phitomologists are earnestly invited to send sepa- 
rates of their papers or other publications that they’ may have in duplicate for which 
the costs of transmission will be gladly refunded. Until the Society is again estab- 
lished in jiermanent quarters, [)arcels should be addressed to the secretary at New 
Brunswick, New .lersey. 
JoitN A. Giiossbeck, Sec’y. 
