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with the pcrfecc insect, tlu' i\\)v ol' llio >s[)(.'cic\s tukou in TcxaS' 

 'J'hc cocoon has l)ccu found in other parts of tlio Sontliern States. 

 It is evidently the species tignrcd hut not ])uljhslied hy Ahhot and 

 alhided to hy Donhleday in Harris' Correspondence p. Id : "I exa- 

 ninied a male of Guilding's 0. Kirhyl in Kirhy's cahinet, now he- 

 longing to the Entomological Society. In color marking and form 

 its comes close to Ahhot's insect, hnt is larger and the cocoon is of 

 a diiferent form". Expanse 33 mil. 



There is an analogy hetween the larva and the grulj-like 

 female of OiJceticus Avith the hermit cra1) "which also conceals the 

 hind-parts of the body. This resemblance, both in habit and the 

 condition of the concealed body, cannot be neglected in a study 

 of the evolution of the cocoon. The house of Oiketiciis is made of 

 bits of wood and leaves bound together with silken thread secreted 

 inside. The species, which inhabits Ceylon, is believed by the 

 natives to have been once a human l)eing, who stole kindling wood 

 while on earth, and now atones for the theft by accomplishing the 

 act as an insect. There is an excellent figure and account of 

 the Ilouse-builder ]\[oth in the Scientijic ^imerica)), for Nov. 2!), of 

 last year. 



A new Epigraphia. 



By a. Iv. (Jkote. 

 Epigraphia eruditella. i^- s. Allied to E. Stemkellneriana of 

 Europe, but dill'ering by the basal extension of the black mark on 

 primaries. Gray, with a rosy hue on costa extending vaguely down- 

 wards. A curved S-shaped black mark extends from the base of 

 the wing at or near costa outwardly medially over the disc. Its 

 outer curve is shorter and above it, on costal region, is a black 

 mark about subcostal vein. The wing is irrorate with dusky ; 

 a broken black terminal line. Fringes long, silky, pale fuscous. 

 Hind wings rather pale fuscous, with paler concolorous fringes. 

 Thorax gray, the long palpi have a rosy tinge. Massachusetts, C. 

 AV. Goodcll. Professor Zeller has compared the species and informs 

 me of the distinctness of our American form. E-qnoise 23 mil. 



BOOK NOTICES. 



Le Naturaliste Caxadien, October, ISTO. 



PiiovAXCiiER M. L'Ai5i5E. (p. 2-18) Faune Canadiennc. [Describes 

 the following Ilymenoptera as new species : Exynton varialux, Tnj- 

 phon Gasj^esianus, T. dorsalis, T. Hermeuxii, T. Dionnei, 3Iesoleius 

 fifisufi, M. anlennalus, Cleniacus ajncalus. and ErroneiiuiH Bedurdi'] 



