61 



* 838. A. R. Grote. On North American Nocture, p. 

 418-427. [Dec, 1875 and Jan., 1876.] 



Describes Apatela Harveyana, A. (EuloncJie) lanceolaria, HelinpliUa lap- 

 idaria, Hadena vuliuosa, Mamestra vhvlemiaJis, M. Dimmocki, Lyriranthoe- 

 cia limbnlis, Aedopliron Snowi, Agrotis introferens, A. campestris, A. gularis, 

 Fala, F. ptycophora, Heliothis liUeitinctus, Taraclie augiistipennis [? a^^'-], 

 Catocala Alahaniae =z 1 n. g., 14 n. spp.; re-describes Cirrhophanus irian- 

 ffuli/er (fig.), Agrotis cinereomacula, Parastichtis mlnuscula ; remarks on 

 Ilelotroplia atra] Heliophila mult'dinea Walk. = H. commoides, Demas ver- 

 sicolor Morr. is a Hadena, Agrotis unimacula Morr. (nom. praeocc.) =^ 

 A . liaruspica, ]\Iamestra rufula Morr. (nom. praeocc.) = ]\[. luhens ; list of 

 5 spp. of Catocala to be added to previous lists [see Rec, Nos. 203, 217]. 



* 839. H. K. Morrison. Notes on the Noctuidae, with 

 Descriptions of certain New Species. No. II. p. 428-436. 

 [Jan., 1870.] 



[See Rec, No. 263.] Describes Pantliea leucomelana, Agrotis Fernaldi, 

 A. tristicula, A. Jwrtukma, Mamestra quadrannulata, Metahadena, M. airi- 

 fasciaia, Tapinostola variana, Tacniocampa vegeta, Orlhosia immaculaia, 

 0. americana [ = Guenee's American specimen of '■'■Orthosia lota? "], Thal- 

 pochares carmelita, Syneda ingeniculata, Homoptera galbanata =^ 1 n. g., 

 13 n. spp.; Leucania henrici Grote, L. evanidmn Grote, and perhaps Ahle- 

 pJiaron fumosu7n Morr. ^ Ai'siloncJie albovenosa; Orthosia mlnuscula Morr. 

 is a Hadena; Taeniosea gentilis Grote and T. perbeliis Grote are Dyschorista. 



* 840. The Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. for 1876, con- 

 tain the followint];, and Nos. 841 to 846. 



a. Formation of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences of I'hiladelphia [list of members] [see Rec, No. 834 o], p. 66, 

 [organization] p. 373. b. Entomological contributions to the Museum, p. 

 384. 



* 841. H. Strecker. Description of a New Species of 

 -^giale and Notes on some other Species of North American 

 Lepido])tera. p. 148-153. [Sept., Nov., 1876.] 



Describes Aegiale Cofaqui, Cossus nanus, Arctia cervinoidcs, Cymato- 

 phora magnijica, Cosmia perophoroides, Phrygionis argenlistriata = G n. spp.; 

 describes Papilio Indra ? ; Parasa incisa Harv. =: Euclea paenulata. 



* 842. J. L. LeConte. Destructive Coleoptera. p. 195. 

 [Nov., 1876.] 



Occurrence of Antlirenus scropJndiirlae, destroying carpets, in and near 

 Albany, N. Y. [At the meeting of the Cambridge Entomological Club, 

 Nov. 10, 1876, Dr. H. A. Hagen said that he had often had com- 

 plaints made to him about the destruction of carpets and woollens by in- 

 sects, and had received specimens of the pests, which he recognized imme- 

 diately as some species of Anthrenus, and on raising the imago he had 



