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Salviii in the Biologia figure the rayata form as aurantiaca and put 

 all the other names into the synonymy except rayafa, which had not 

 then been described. I have only seen the aurantiaca form from Cali- 

 fornia and Arizona and both forms from Texas. Most of the Texan 

 specimens we have show the white ray on the underside of the secon- 

 daries. It is probable that all the names represent one species. 

 Waco, minima and procris have the same type locality. 



Mr. Edwards in his description of procris, female, says : "On the 

 under side of secondaries the yellow color only obtains ne.xt abdom- 

 inal margin; rest of wing yellow brown, with a pale, whitish, streak 

 running from base to middle of hind margin." Rayata is therefore 

 a synonym of procris. unless it can be shown that the sexes of procris 

 were different species. Even so we would then have to reckon with 

 "waco and minima. 



It would appear that the species is aurantiaca and with procris as a 

 variety, characterized by a white ray on the underside of the secon- 

 daries. — Henry Skinner. 



Entomological Literature. 



COMPILED BY E. T. CRESSON. JR., AND J. A. G. REHN. 



Under the above head it is intended to note papers received at the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences, of Philadelphia, pertaining to the En- 

 tomology of the Americas (North and South), including Arachnida and 

 Myriopoda. Articles irrelevant to American entomology will not be noted; 

 but contributions to anatomy, physiology and embryology of insects, how- 

 ever, whether relating to American or exotic species, will be recorded. 



The numbers in Heavy- Faced Type refer to the journals, as numbered 

 in the following list, in which the papers are published. 



All continued papers, with few exceptions, are recorded only at their 

 first installments. 



The records of papers containing new species are all grouped at the 

 end of each Order of which they treat. Unless mentioned in the title, 

 the number of the new species occurring north of Mexico is given at 

 end of title, within brackets. 



For records of Economic Literature, see the Experiment Station Record, 

 Office of Experiment Stations, "^'ashington. Also Rr>view of Applied En- 

 tomology, Series A, London. For records of papers on Medical Ento- 

 mology, see Review of Applied Entomology, Series B. 



4 — The Canadian Entomologist. 6 — -Journal, New York Ento- 

 mological Society. 8 — The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 

 London. 9 — The Entomologist, London. 11 — Annals and Maga- 

 zine of Natural History, 9th series, London. 21— The Entomolo- 

 gist's Record, London. 34 — Proceedings, Iowa .A.cademy of Sci- 

 ences, Des Moines. 37 — Le Naturaliste Canadien. Quebec. 51 — 

 Novitates Zoologicae, Tring, England. 60 — Anales, Museo Na- 

 tional de Buenos Aires. 90 — Revue Scientifique, Paris. 115— 

 Oversigt Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Porhandlin- 

 ger Copenhagen. 172 — The American Museum Journal. New York. 

 181 — Guide to Nature. Sound Reach, Conn. 394 — Parasitology. 

 Cambridge, England. 411 — Bulletin, The Brooklyn Entomological 

 Society. 420 — -Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus: A monthly journal 

 of entomology, Washington. 438 — Bulletin, Illinois State Labora- 

 tory of Natural History. Urbana. 447— Journal of Agricultural 

 Research, Washington. 513 — South African Journal of Sciences, 



