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conspicuously dark brown, with a pale streak along its upper 

 margin ; otherwise it is not so very different from the description of 

 0. Ahhotii as given by Neumsegen and Dyar, In. N. Y. Ent. Soc. 

 1894, p. 118.) 



Noctuidse. 

 Kindly identified by Prof. J, B. Smith. 



49. Carneades insignata, Walk. 

 Montezuma. Prof. Smith gave me this name ; but in his Cata- 

 logue (1893) he places it as a synonym of C. insalsa, Walk., which 

 extends to Nova Scotia. 



50. CirrhoboUna mexicana, Behr. 

 Montezuma. (Colo., New Mex., Ariz., Tex. : Smith. The species 



belongs to the arid region, but it is of a Neotropical type.) 



GeometridaB. 

 Kindly identified by Mr. Hulst. 



51. Semioihisa californiata, Pack. 



Montezuma. (Las Cruces, N. M. : Ckll. Calif., Texas, Kansas, 

 Nebraska: Packard.) 



52. Phihalapteryx hiiestiaata, Gn. 

 Montezuma. (Extends to Maine and Canada : Pad:) 



HOMOPTERA. 

 Membracidae. 



53. Stktocepliala festina, Say. 

 Juarez. (Las Cruces, N. M. : Gldl. Florida : Say.) 



Coccidae. 



54. Ceroplastodes niveus, Ckll. 



Montezuma. (Not known from elsewhere ; the genus has one 

 other species, from the Mesilla Valley, N. M.) 



55. Ceroplastes irregularis, Ckll. 



Between Montezuma and Ojo Caliente, (Mesilla Valley, N. M. : 

 CMl.) 



I will take this opportunity of giving some fresh information 

 about 0. irregidaris, based on the study of Mesilla Valley specimens. 

 It is found on Atriplex canescens, and when alive is much whiter 

 and more regular than my original types, which were old and injured 

 by drying. The female with the wax removed is 4| millim. long, 

 nearly the shape of Lecanium liemispluericum ; the dorsum is 

 rounded, smooth and shiny, and has no boss ; the sides show irre- 

 gular gibbosities ; the caudal spine or tail is short and stout, but 

 distinct. 



