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and in having the posterior angle of the head thin-edged and 

 more angulate than in any described Acshna. It differs from 

 Anax in the small eye, the angulate head and in having, in this 

 male skin, but a single tubercle on the superior appendage 

 where there is a pair in the latter. It differs from Boyeria, 

 Nasiaeschna, Basiaeschna and Epiacschna in having the ap- 

 pendages all of approximately equal length. 



The specimen described has been deposited in the Academy 

 of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Pa. 



Descriptions of New Species of Coleophora (Micro- 

 lepidoptera). 



By Annette F. Braun, Cincinnati, Ohio. 

 The following paper contains descriptions of a number of 

 species of Coleophora reared by the writer. Of these here 

 described, one, C. vibiirniella Clemens, was previously named 

 from case and larva. C. crefaticostcUa Clemens was described 

 from flown specimens, without knowledge of the life history. 

 The remaining five are described as new. As far as the writer 

 can determine from comparison with published descriptions of 

 species taken only in the imaginal state, none of these has 

 been described before. It has not been possible to make a 

 comparison with types. In connection with the matter of types, 

 it may be well to call attention to some remarkable statements 

 of Chambers made in "Correspondence" with the Canadian 

 Entomologist (Vol. IX, pp. 38-40). Here, after remarking 

 that he seldom took the trouble to pin and spread common 

 species at all, Chambers makes this statement : ''But a few 

 years ago I began to make a collection to be preserved as types 

 of all my species. These were all pinned and sj^read. Un- 

 fortunately, during my absence in Colorado, the greater part 

 of this collection was destroyed. One or more specimens of 

 the greater number of species were fortunately preserved, and 

 most of the other species can be supplied. This collection is 

 now in the Cambridge Museum. It contains types — ^pinned and 

 spread — of something over 200 species." It may well be 



