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slightly tufted. It is undescribed, and I name it from the genus of 

 plants which it breeds in. 



I know of no remedy for its injuries, other than its destruction 

 wherever found. The moths issue in August and September, and pro- 

 bably much earlier. Mr. Parry found that the insect showed a prefer- 

 ence for the Dorchester blackberry over all others. 



• 

 ^S^GERiA RUBi, N. Sp. — Imago. — Expaiise, r^ , 1.00; $, 1.2.") inch. Front wings 



transparent, with a broad costal border extending half the width of wing at base, a nar- 

 row discal spot, and more or less of the tip dull-ferruginous ; the inner border, the 

 inner longitudinal vein, the intermediate space toward posterior angle, and sometimes 

 its whole length, of the same color ; veins brownish within and black without the dis- 

 cal spot. Hind wings perfectly transparent, or rarely with a few sparse ferruginous 

 scales ; the transverse discal vein pale, the others pale at base, but black toward ex- 

 tremities ; costa narrow!}" golden-yellow, becoming darker toward apex. Fringes 

 dark-broAvn, those of hind wings appearinof darkest by virtue of a dark wing border. 

 Under surface somewhat paler. Abdomen stoivt, with a very slight anal tuft in $ ; 

 a stouter one in cf. Antennae blue-black, not enlarging toward tip, quite pectinate in 

 (^. Palpi, a narrow ring around neck, the sides of the collar, a broad band curving 

 across tegulao and around the base of wings, a faint line across middle of thorax, two 

 faint longitu'Jintd lines between it and collar, legs, except outer base (sometimes whole 

 length) of femora and tibia?, hind third of abdominal joints, and a dorsal and lateral 

 series of abdominal tufts or patches, (the dorsal ones, especially on 3d and 7th joints, 

 most persistent and conspicuous) — all golden-yellow: the rest of body black. The 

 orbits are of a somewhat paler-yellow, and the fjice either gray or bluish. 



S dift'ers trom 9 \a the darker color of primaries, tiie narrower fringe of seconda- 

 ries, the narrower ferruginous spot at apex of primaries, the more tufted abdomen, the 

 broader and darker anal tuft, and the pectinate antenufe. 



Described from 6 c^'s, 6$'s, bred from Rubus. Approaches nearest to Trochilium 

 ')narginattmi Harr., and T. iibiale Harr.,'^" from which it differs in the thoracic marks and 

 the abdominal tufts. 



Larva — Length 0.90-1.10 inch; diameter 0.18. Color pale-yellow. Head dark- 

 brown, with a few whitish hairs ; mandibles black, the other trophi paler. Cervical 

 shield horny, pale-brown. Each joint with 8 pale, shiny piliferous spots, transversely 

 arranged on 2, 3 and 12 ; the dorsal 4 quadrangularly afranged and the lateral 2 inter- 

 rupted by stigmata on all tlie others. Thoracic legs sligiitly linged with brown; pro- 

 legs, with the booklets dark. Several specimens examined. 



THE NORTHERN BRE^TE1A.^—Eupsalis mlnuta (Drury). 



(Ord. CoLEOPTERA ; Fam. Brexthid.e). 



This odd-looking beetle is quite frequently met with, by the col- 

 lector, upon oak trees, and especially under the partially loosened 

 bark of oak stumps that have commenced to decay. It is very gen- 



•SUliinau'.s Am. Jovim. otSc, XXXVI, p. 309, (18-39) , 



