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E.\RLY Butterflies. March i8th of the present year was the warmest 

 IVIarch day in my recollection. Pieris rapce and Colias philodict were 

 seen in numbers, and also a fine male PapiHo turnus. P. rapce and C. 

 philodice generally make their appearance around Mt. Airy about the 

 beginning of April, and P. turmis a month or so later. — P. Laurent, 

 Mt. Airy, Pa. 



The Martindale collection of Lepidoptera has been purchased by the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. In this the Academy pos- 

 sesses the finest museum collection in America. Vi is in nine fine cabinets, 

 containing 320 large drawers. The specimens are nearly all faultless, 

 having been largely purchased from dealers. It contains many exceed- 

 ingly rare species. 



Cassida nebulosa Linn. — In a recent letter from Mr. G. C. Champion 

 I have received the following: " I cannot separate your Cassida from the 

 European tiebulosa. It is supposed to be destructive to crops of beet in 

 Europe, and has been called the beet shield-beetle. It is recorded from 

 Persia, Siberia, etc." 



This message accompanies the return of a Cassida given to me by Mr. 

 A. Bolter, collected near the Santa Ana River, California, and indicates 

 the presence of a possibly injurious insect. The species resembles texana 

 in sculpture, but is darker in general color. The elytra have numerous 

 small black spots, — Geo. H. Horn, M.D. 



Identity of Pezomachus and Hemiteles. — The note of Mr. W. H. 

 Patton, under this head in the April number of Ent. News, leads me to 

 record the fact that I have reared Pezomachus obscurus Cress, and Hemi- 

 teles drassi Riley, simultaneously, from the same nest of a Drassid spider. 

 This was of course not conclusive evidence of their generic identity, but 

 I have not been able to get rid of a suspicion that such might ultimately 

 prove to be the case, especially as my breedings belonged to opposite 

 se.xes. the Hemiteles being all of them males and the Pezomachus females. 

 — F. ^L Webster. 



