la8 te THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 
Clemens, from Texas, but I have failed to reconcile his description ve 
my specimens, which are not “luteous or yellow along inner margin.’ 
In A. agrotipennella, at the extremity of the median ochrey shade subtermi- 
nally, are a few black scale points. These can hardly be the same as the 
row ‘‘of dark brown spots” of Popeanella. 
Neither can I, from the description, consider, the Gi nes. of colour 
and ornamentation as produced by any defect in the condition of Dr. 
Clemens’ specimens. 
Recently, a specimen. of À. agrotipennella came into my room to light, 
upon which, even before capture, I saw several large scarlet mites. Upon 
pinning the insect, I found them to be five in number, moving freely over 
the body. When the insect settled, they collected on the dorsum of the 
abdomen, and were hidden by the wings. ‘The specimen did not seem 
to be suffering from the presence of these proportionately enormous 
external parasites. After the death of the moth, they left its body for the 
table, which they traversed in various directions with considerable celerity. 
I regret I did not observe them further. 
The genus Anaphora is represented in Cuba by a species much 
exceeding in size our A. plumifrontella, which latter exceeds the two 
species described above in expanse. Specimens of the species above 
described are contained in Coll. American Ent. Society. 
I am sure we are all grateful to Mr. Stainton for his collection, in 
book form, of the writings of the late Dr. Brackenridge Clemens, on 
North American Z?xe7na. Within the limits of 282 beautifully printed 
pages, we have collected all of Dr. Clemens’ writings on this group, with 
memoranda of his descriptions in other families of the moths, and copies 
of his correspondence. No student of North American Micros can afford 
to be without this book, which is enriched with notes on our species by 
its talented editor. As a matter of international courtesy, this publica- 
tion deserves meritorious remembrance. 
From an original engraving of the head of Anaphora Popeanella, on 
page 60, fig. 4, we see that its palpal structure differs from that of 4. 
plumifrontella, with which latter À. mortipennclla and A. agrotipennella 
coincide. 
MISCELLANEOUS NO WES: 
FremaLe Dercoys.—Last summer an enthusiastic lepidopterist an 
Kingston put a young female Cecropia moth (Platysamia Cecropia) in a 
box, with wire gauze on one side, and placed it on his verandah—which, 
