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Moths from Florida. 



By W. H. Edwards, Coalburgii, W. Va. 

 I have received from South East Florida specimens of the 

 Sphinx Oenosanda or Gautethia noduiformis of Walker. The spe- 

 cies has not previously been reported from the United States. Mr. 

 Grote cites it in his work on the Sphingidae of Cuba. I have also 

 received from the same loc-ality the Zyijacnid Dahana atripennis of 

 Grote, Can. Ent. 7, ^7n. 



Variability of Anticarsia. 



By a. E. Grote. 

 1 have already drawn attention to the variation in color of 

 Anticarsia gemmatilis, a species common in Texas and AVisconsin, and 

 probably in many other southern and western localities. The par- 

 ticular fact to which I wish now to briefly draw attention is that the 

 change in color and in the appearance of the discal spot occurs on 

 the upper surface of the wings, the undersurface remaining con- 

 stantly the same and as near as may be the same shade of color. 

 Above, the wings may be brown, or different shades of gray, or 

 blotched with black or ocherous with sometimes, even, the exterior 

 line wanting, but beneath, they are uniformly dull brown with the 

 subterminal series of white spots generally distinct. This species in 

 its variations illustrates the theory of variation in the Noctuidae 

 which is put forth by me in the Popular Science Monthly for De- 

 cember 1876. 



book: 3sroTiCEs. 



THE HESSIAN FLY. A lecture by Profesisor A. J. Cook, 1878, Paiiiplct 80. [Tlie 

 author gives a succinct history of Cecidoint/ia de.struclor ami its parasites witli observa- 

 tions oti the injuries inflicted on tlie wheat crops in thi^ country.] 



THE JOUUXAL OF THE CIXCIXXATI SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY. Vol. 

 XL, No. 4. 



CHAMBERS, V. T., (p. 179.) New Tineina, with notes on a few old spoctes. [The 

 author describes as new Aneit/chia texanella, HiipoaementatexaneUa, Harjtah/ce albetia , 

 I'lutelojytera ochrella, Gelechia pinifuUella, O. obliquifasciella, G. biminimacidella, Aiiur- 

 sia f Belfragesella, Laverna subdella and others.] 



CHAMBKliS, V. T., [p. 1!)4.] Illustrations of the Neur.itlon of the winj,'S of American 

 Tineina. With four plates. 



MILLER, S. A., [p. SUO.] Note upon the habits of some fossil Annell.ls. 



PSYCHE. Sept.— Dec. 1879. Description of some Larvae of Lepidoptera, rcspectliiR 

 Sphingidae especially [p. 2IJ5, continued from p. 05—79.] 



SANBORN FRANCIS, G., [p. 27;J.J An account ot the collections, which iUustrate 

 the labors ot Dr. Asa Fitch. 



SCUDDEI?, S. H., [p. 271).] Jnnonia cocnia in New England. 



PATTOX, \V. H., [p. 278.] On the spiracles of Coleoptera and on the sound pro- 

 duced by Polyphylla. In the Record, No. 126-.>, occurs an error. In the article there 



