1 46 TWENTY-SIXTH REPORT ON THE STATE MUSEUM. 



r I shall be conferring a favor upon such entomologists as may not 

 have seen thfe admirable work of Mr. Stretch, * above referred to, 

 in commending it to their notice. Its design is " to furnish good 

 colored illustrations of all the species of Zygsenidae and Bombycidae 

 found in North America, north of the Mexican boundary, with 

 accompanying letter-press, in which it is intended to embrace every- 

 thing of interest in relation to each species, which may have appeared 

 in print, with such additional information as may be secured by the 

 author from original sources." 



The work is in course of publication, appearing in parts, of which 

 about one-third of the contemplated number are now before the public, 

 as will be seen from the transcript of its title-page herewith given. 

 Yolume I contains 242 pages octavo of letter-press, and ten plates, 

 numbering 167 figures. Depicting, as they do, the two families in 

 which are comprised the most beautiful forms, the greatest variety of 

 pattern, the most artistic effects, and the richest coloring of our entire 

 insect fauna, the plates are particularly attractive. The coloring, so 

 far as we have the means of comparison, is very good, for the tempta- 

 tion to exaggeration, for the sake of effect, is not found in the mate- 

 rial under representation. 



The number of new species contained in this volume (twenty-six), 

 the large number which are for the first time figured, and the very 

 great convenience of a compilation, in a single work, of all that is at 

 the present known of these interesting families, will render it indis- 

 pensable to all who are engaged in the study of our American moths. 



Enchaetes collaris (Fitch). 



A single example of this species has been taken by me at Center, 

 ]S". Y., and is now in my collection, but without the date of its cap- 

 ture. It is a $ , having an expanse of wings of 1.62 in. ; length of 

 body AS in. It has also been received by Mr. Meske from Mr. E. L. 

 Graef, of Brooklyn, L. I., labelled as Spilosoma ful/vicosta, and 

 reported as abundant in the neighborhood of Brooklyn. 



This is undoubtedly the species which has been, by some, regarded 

 as an albino form of E. egle. Mr. Stretch states f that " specimens, 

 differing in nothing but somewhat inferior size [compared with the 

 example described and figured by him], were forwarded from Penn- 



* Illustrations of the Zygmnidce and Bombycidm of North America, by RICHARD H. 

 STRETCH, Vol. I, Part 1 to 9. [San Francisco, Cal.] July, 1872, to Dec., 1873. 

 f Illus. Zyg.-Bomb. N. Amer., I, p. 188, pi. 8, f. 5, 



