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side; trochanters white tipped inside; femora: first half black, rest whitish, 

 slightly spined and with black spot inside; tarsi inclined to rufous and 

 much less strongly spined than in first pair; posterior coxae white tipped 

 outside; trochanters white tipped inside, femora almost all black; tibiae 

 light yellow rufous, more strongly spined than middle pair, black spot 

 inside; spines on tarsi almost disappearing. Wing« hyaline, with no tinge 

 of dusk; marginal cell almost as long as first and second cubmarginal and 

 not appendiculate; stigma not interrupted by transparent spot ; second 

 submarginal receiving recurrent nervure at its center, third receiving re- 

 current at its base; submedian cell posterior wings just perceptibly longer 

 than median on externo-medial nervure. 



One specimen, Las Cruces, New Mex. (Ckll. 4893). 



Allied to P. politus Say, but differs in face much narrower, 

 smaller and more slender build, coloring much more extended 

 and prominent, sculpture metathorax, wings being transparent, 

 and in submedian cell of posterior wings being less than one-half 

 as much longer than median on extreme medial cell. 



I am indebted to Mr. Theo. D. A. Cockerell for this species. 



OBITUARY. 



W. TiEF, Dipterist, Professor in Villsch, Carinthia. 



F. A. A. Skuse, entomologist at the Australian Museum. 



ERRATA. 

 Insert the following on page 8, vol. vii, in article by Mr. W. Schaus: 

 Bolina heliothoides Gn., spec, gen., Noct. lii, 68. 

 The 9 of Melipotis ochrodes Gn. 



Hypocala filicornis Gn., spec, gen., Noct. iii, 76. 

 A synonym of H. andremona Cr. 



Entomological News for October was mailed October i, 1896. 



