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according to Saussure (Mem. Hist. Nat. Mexique, iv, p. 

 109), it is very common. 



Temnopteryx virginica Brunner. 



1865. T{emnopteryx'\ virginica Brunner, Nouv. Syst. Blatt., p. 

 86. [Draper's Valley, Virginia,] 



One 9 ; St. Augustine, Florida. Collected by C. W. John- 

 son. (A. N. S., Phila.) 



This specimen considerably extends the range of this species, 

 which has never been recorded south of Virginia. Mr. W. S. 

 Blatchley, in " A Nature Wooing" (p. 217), speaks indefin- 

 itely of the species as though occurring in Florida, but makes 

 no records of captures or observations. 



Temnopteryx major Saussure and Zehntner. 



1893. Te^nnoptery X major Saussure and Zehntner, Biol. Cent.- 

 Amer., Orth., i, p. 54. [Tennessee.] 

 Two females ; Chestertown, Maryland. Collected by K. G. 

 Vanatta, August 5, 1901. (A. N. S., Phila.) 



This very striking species was described from Tennessee, 

 and this is apparently only the second record for the species. 

 It can readily be distinguished from T. virginica by its large 

 size and the broadly rotundate tips of the the tegmina. 



A New Sesiid. 



By Henry Skinner. 



Albuna bentenmiilleri n. sp. 



9 . Expanse 20 mm. Antennae, palpi, head, thorax, abdomen and legs, 

 black. Segments of abdomen slightly differentiated by being- somewhat 

 bluish and shining. Under side of abdomen and thorax with blue-black 

 shining metallic scales. Hind legs clothed with long black hairs. Wings 

 bright red, edged narrowly with black. Fringes black. Fore wings with 

 a translucent spot at outer third, divided by the red veins into four parts. 

 There is also a similar spot at inner third in the centre of the wing, which 

 is linear. These spots are covered with beautiful, very light greenish or 

 bluish opalescent scales. The base of the wing is black and the black 

 margin breaks and runs slightly into the wing from the inner margin. 

 The hind wing has two spots of the same character — one beyond the 

 middle resting on the costa and divided into two parts, and a larger one 

 near the base, divided into three parts by the veins. This spot extends 

 the width of the wing. Base of wing black. 



This species somewhat resembles Euhagena iiebrask^e H}^ 

 Edw. but the red color is brighter and shining. E. nebraskce 

 lacks the beautiful opalescent spots. Described from one 

 specimen taken at Stockton, Utah, May 24, 1902, by Mr, 

 Thomas Spalding, 



