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PSYCHE. 



[September 1S93. 



For this form, the varietal name 

 a?nelaina would seem not inappropri- 

 ate. They closely resemble 6". lati- 

 ■pennis in general coloration. 



Genus Elfiis Dyar. I have to cor- 

 rect a statement in my description of 

 this genus (Ent. news, iv, 36). The 

 median spurs of the hind tibiae are 

 not absent as the wording implies, 

 but are situated close to the posterior 

 pair (pi. 19, fig 4 c). The genus differs 

 from Neoarctia in the shape of the 

 front of the head, which is narrowed 

 above and below, while in Neoarctia 

 it is broad and square. Fig. 4 b shows 

 vein 7 of secondaries furcate, as it was 

 in one specimen. I am now of the 

 opinion that Antarctia vagans Boisd. 

 would be better placed in Elpis than 

 in Spilosoma, since it has the ocelli 

 distant from the eyes and the front 

 narrowed above and below, though 

 the vestiture and coloration are more 

 like Spilosoma. I am greatly in- 

 debted to Mr. Thomas E. Bean of 

 Laggan, Alberta for several specimens 



of Neoarctia beam'/, from which the 

 drawings on the plate were made 

 (fig. 5 a-e). 



Explanation of Plate 19. 



Fig. la. Spilosoma virginica; venation of 

 primary. 



\b. Same; venation of secondary. 



\c. Same; hind tibia, showing spurs. 



2. Phragmatobia rubricosa; venation. 



3«. Pyrrharctia Isabella; venation of 

 primary. 



3<5>. Same; abnormal venation. 



3c. Same; abnormal venation (partial). 



2,(1. Same; venation of secondary. 



3?. Same; venation of secondary (partial) 



2,f. Same; origin of subcostal venules 

 (abnormal). 



7,g. Same; origin of subcostal venules 

 (normal). 



3//. Same; three joints of $ antenna. 



4« Elpis rubra; venation of primary. 



4S. Same; venation of secondary, show- 

 ing variation. 



4c. Same; hind tibia, showing spurs. 



5«. Neoarctia beanii; venation of primary. 



5#. Same; venation of secondary 



5c. Same; hind tibia, showing spurs. 



5<7. Same; base of $ antenna. 



5«. Same; three joints of $ antenna. 



Local Notes. — The Peabodv academy of 

 science of Salem has recently transferred to 

 the entomological department of the Museum 

 of comparative zoology of Cambridge a num- 

 ber of types of insects of various orders 

 described by Dr. Packard ; the types were in 

 the exhibition cases at Salem and were 

 overlooked when the greater part of the 

 entomological collections of the Academy 

 were deposited in Cambridge. 



In Psyche v. 6, p. 316 it is noted that the 

 volume on the animals and plants of Maine 

 prepared by the late Dr. JoHri W. Randall 

 was unpublished. Recently we learned that 



the manuscript was placed in the hands of 

 the Maine geological survey for publication 

 and was subsequently lost. Dr. Randall's 

 collection of insects was entirely destroyed 

 many years ago. It may not be uninterest- 

 ing to state that the Boston society of nat- 

 ural history received from Dr. Randall's 

 estate the sum of $5000, — the income of 

 which, in accordance with the wishes of 

 Miss Randall, will be devoted to the library. 

 The gypsy moth has been found in Frank- 

 lin Park, West Roxbury, outside the limits 

 of the hitherto infected district as mapped 

 two years ago. 



