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before they reach the angle of the t. p. line. The reniform is narrow, 

 oblique, faintly outlined by silver gilt scales outwardly, black shaded, but 

 this shading crossed by the gilded veins. Secondaries of the usual smoky 

 color, with a yellowish tint, as is also the underside. There is a vague 

 paler line through the secondaries, and the wings are dusky outwardly. 

 Expands 35-40 mm.; i. 40-1. 60 inches. 



Hab. — Calgary, in 1894. 



Two specimens, both females, were sent me by Mr. Dcd, who 

 says "they are rare." The species of Plusia are difficult to de- 

 scribe, and a reference to figure 17 will be perhaps more satisfac- 

 tory than the description. The species is unlike any known to 

 me, and I cannot identify it with the descriptions of any species 

 not in my collection. 



Nenronia americana Smith. 



It was quite a surprise to me to receive a specimen of this in- 

 sect, numbered 61, and marked Calgary, Aug. 28, 1894. It is 

 a female, larger than the specimens I had seen before, and ex- 

 pands 37 mm. or 1.50 inches. Mr. Dod writes concerning it, 

 " rather common at light August, '94." 



Those who recognized General Count " Dejeau" and " the late Joseph 

 O. Westwood" in the News for November last, in spite of their disguises, 

 may have read, with some amusement, in the same number (p. 302) cer- 

 tain statements attributed to me, likewise in disguise, regarding Mal- 

 pighian " tubercles" without recalling that the proper term was employed 

 in a paper in the News for June, 1895, p. 181. — Philip P. Calvert, 

 Berlin, Germany, Dec. 16, 1895. 



OBITUARY. 



Monsieur Emile Louis Ragonot, President de la Soci^t^ Entomolo- 

 gique de France, Officier D'Acad^mie. — It was with feelings of the most 

 profound sorrow that I received quite recently a letter deeply bordered 

 with black announcing the sad departure from this life of Mons. Emile 

 Louis Ragonot, the distinguished President of the Entomological Society 

 of France, one of the most widely known and accomplished entomolo- 

 gists of the latter half of this century. Mons. Ragonot died at his home, 

 No. 12 Quai de la Rap^e, on October 13, in the fifty-third year of his age. 



My departed friend will be known forever in the annals of entomological 

 science as the most accomplished and faithful student of the Phycitidae 

 and Pyralidae, who has appeared upon French soil during the present 



