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48 BULLETIN BROOKLYN ENTOM. SOC. VOL. VI. August 1883.) 
Deltoidae. The proportion they bear to each other also varies, the inner 
becoming longer in the lower groups. 
The tarsi present no important variations, but the claws do. Simple 
in the Bombycid group, they are distinctly, though not strongly dentate 
in the typical /Vocfuwa, becoming more decidedly so in the Heliothid group 
above referred to: Lower in the scale they become more flattened, and 
decrease in size in the lowest: they are bifid in one instance but usually 
have a long acute tooth as in Huchdia. 
A characteristic feature of the lower groups is the difference in sex ; 
In the type ocfua there is scarcely any difference between the sexes so 
far as the clothing of the legs are concerned. Lower in the scale, the 
6s have them clothed with longer hair, until in the lowest group we 
find the Herminia type most common. 
=n) + 2 
Ova of Amphidasis cognataria. 
On June 3rd I obtained eggs of this insect. They are cylindrical. in 
shape, with hemispherical ends: surface with longitudinal rows of concave 
hexagonal facets : color greyish green, length .75 mm, transverse diameter 
.375 mm. The female from which the eggs were obtained deposited 
about 500. A. W. P. Cramer. 
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Dr. James 8S. Bailey. 
It is with feelings of sincere sorrow and regret that we have to record 
the death of Dr. Bailey of Albany, New York. Dr. Bailey was well 
known to all collectors and students of Lepidoptera, and many a beginner 
has a vivid recollection of aid in information and specimens obtained 
from him. He was an enthusiastic collector, a patient student and while 
he never did much as a systematist yet his patient observation of the 
habits and history of many wood borers—Cossus particularly—whose lives 
extend through a period of several years entitle him to a high rank as an 
entomologist. Ready for publication prior to his death was a work con- 
taining the results of his observations on some Cossidae, illustrated by 
colored plates. We hope that this work will still appear, and its appear- 
ance will enhance the regret felt at the loss of so careful and conscientious 
an observer. 
