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37. Herhida meleagrisalis, "Walk. Kandahar, in November. 



38. ^schremon clisjMiraUs, Herr.-Seh. Kandahar, in November, 



39. ScojndaferrKr/al is, Huhn. Kandahar, in November. 



The whole of the moths numbered (20) were sent in two pill- 

 boxes, and having been shaken together throughout the whole dis- 

 tance from Kandahar to London, the only wonder is that there s 

 any thing left to recognize them by. Lepidoptera, especially moths, 

 cannot travel safely in this way. The only advantage of it is that it 

 saves the collector a little trouble : but this is more than counter- 

 balanced by the injury done to the specimens, all of which are 

 necessarily more or less ruined as cabinet examples, and some, if not 

 most, invariably rendered utterly unrecognizable. I think I can s])eak 

 without prejudice upon this point with regard to the present collection, 

 as here the orthodox envelopes considerably exceed the pill-boxes ; 

 it is, however, very unfortunate that the Microlepidoptera, which 

 require more careful collecting than any others, are, as a rule, con- 

 signed to such unsafe receptacles — and not only so, but are usually 

 accompanied by one or two examples of some common i\oc<i«rt, as 

 if in order to ensure their destruction. 



40. Stenopteryx hyhndalis, Hiibner. Kandahar, October and No- 



vember 1880, Febniary ISSl. 



41. Acrobasis'i imhelJa. Walk. Kandahar, May 1880. 



This is apparently an Episclinia ; it agrees well with Walker's 

 type, which, however, is said to be from Africa. Like many of these 

 Microlepidoptera, it is probably a widely distributed species. The 

 example is a good deal rubbed. 



New Forms of Coryphodontidce. By E. D. Cope. 



The Wasatch beds of the Big-Horn basin have yielded several 

 important additions to this family. Of eleven sijccies found, two 

 belong each to a new genus, and one is a novelty of the little-known 

 genus Metalophodoii. The characters of the genera of the family 

 may be stated as follows : — 



I. Two internal cusps of the last superior molar. 



All the true molars with a developed posterior external V Manteodon. 



II. Que internal lobe of the last superior molar. 



a. Last superior molar with posterior external cusp. 

 Anterior two molars with posterior external V Edacodon. 



aa. Last superior molar without external posterior cusp, 

 t Anterior two molars with posterior external V- 



Astragalus transverse, with mternal hook Cvnjphodon. 



Astragalus subquadrate, without internal hook Bafhmodon. 



tt I'lrst superior molar only with posterior external V • • Mct(dophodon, 



The type oi Manteodon is the M. sidxpuidratus, which Avas about 

 the sizo of an ox. The characters of its superior molars are more 



