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black stripe, commencing behind and ending on the front, hind tibiae- 

 black without, hind tarsi blackish. Abdomen narrow, subcylindrical, 

 curved, base of first segment black, connecting by a black median line 

 with the first of five broad bands ; the first of these bands is uniformly 

 black ; the second, third and fourth are divided transversely by a yellow 

 streak, and the third and following ones become dark brownish instead 

 of black ; the apical portion of the abdomen presents four black spots, 

 the upper pair united by a brownish line; venter yellow without markings. 

 Hab. — Las Cruces, New Mex., on narrow-leafed willow, May 

 2, 1896, in company with P. salicis. Nearest to P. punctosig- 

 nata, but quite distinct. The bicolored stigma is very peculiar 

 and unique in the genus. 



OBITUARY. 



On Sunday morning, August 9th, at i a. m., Mr. Henry F. Schoen- 

 BORN died at the City of Washington, D. C. Mr. Schoenborn was well 

 known to most of the older collectors of Lepidoptera, and those who 

 have had the pleasure of visiting him at his home in Washington have 

 seen not only a very good local collection, but have received a hearty 

 welcome. 



Mr. Schoenborn was bom Dec. 31, 1833, atSuhl, Thuringen, Germany, 

 and twenty years later, on June 6, 1853, he came to the United States and 

 settled at Washington. With a love for nature, inborn, he soon began 

 making collections, and started in Entomology somewhere about 1865. 

 Since that time his collections has grown continuously, and Mr. Schoen- 

 born has succeeded in getting together a great many interesting and rare 

 species. He was always liberal with his material, and would give freely 

 of such duplicates as he had. His collection contains quite a number of 

 rarities and a few types, principally of Noctuidse described by Henry 

 Edwards and J. B. Smith. He had been for some years a sufferer from 

 asthma, and during the past year or two Bright's disease of the kidneys 

 had been slowly sapping his strength. The collection was not disposed 

 of by will, and we understand that the widow is holding it for sale. 



Miss Georgiana Elizabeth Ormerod, F. E. S., died at St. Albans, 

 Herts, England, on August 19, aged 73. She was a sister of Miss Eleanor 

 A. Ormerod, the writer on economic entomology, and was elected a 

 Fellow of the Entomological Society of London in 1880. 



Dr. Edward Eppelsheim, coleopterist, died at Germersheim, Ger- 

 many, on June 6, 1S96. He was born in 1S37. 



Entomological News for September was mailed August 27, 1896. 



