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C. quadripundatus Fab. , does not occur in our fauna, although 

 we have a representative species in perplexus Horn, which has a 

 longer thorax and the humeral elytral spots only. 



C. dermestoides Hbst. var. quadrigtittatus Lap. — This species 

 is now for the first time recorded in our fauna. It is a small 

 species, thorax rugulose, especially in front; median line smooth, 

 but linear. Elytra with four yellow spots, one on each humeral 

 angle, the other on the middle line of the elytra near the apex. 



Specimens are in my cabinet from Nova Scotia, Maryland 

 (Lugger) and Washington, D. C. (Ulke). 



The true dermestoides has no elytral spots, or very faint indi- 

 cations of them. Three such specimens are known to me from 

 Nevada, northern California and Los Angeles. On the other 

 hand three specimens from the State of Washington are interme- 

 diate in the fact of having a well-marked apical spot but no 

 humeral. 



C. riparius Fab., is said, by Cand^ze, to occur in our polar 

 regions. He does not state his grounds for this and the species 

 has not been recognized by us. 



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A Royal Entomologist. — Recently the Grand Duke Nicholas, of 

 Russia, was elected a corresponding member of the Acad. Nat. Sci. of 

 Philadelphia, in recognition of his services to Entomology. He is one 

 of the few men of science of royal rank, and is editor and part writer of 

 one of the finest works of recent years on Lepidoptera. The work was 

 commenced in 1884, and at present consists of five handsome volumes, 

 the last published recently. They are profusely illustrated in the most 

 sumptuous manner by the best artists of Europe. He has sent out several 

 collecting expeditions under a guard of Cossacks, which turned up many 

 new and rare species. The work is entitled " Memoirs sur les Lepidop- 

 teres rediges," par N. M. Romanoff (Grand Duke Nicholas), of St. Peters- 

 bourg. The first article is "Les Lepidopteres de la Transcaucasie," by 



