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NOTE ON THE CAPTURE OF BROTIS VULNERARIA. 



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It may lit of iiUercsl for iir- lo re-cortl the caplurc of the 

 geoiiit'trid moth Brotix viihu-raria I captured a single male 

 specimen in Prospect I'ark, Ilrooklyn, hist July, and have just had 

 it identified. 



'i'his insect was taken in I'lorida and named Jloriilcnsis by 

 Holhuul, the tyi^e being now in the collection of Dr. Hulst. As 

 it is rather common in Mexico the discovery of a single specimen 

 in Florida scarcely gave it a place in our list. Later, however, its 

 capture was reported in lUdfalo, and in Smith's check list Mr. 

 Hulst has given it a place, adopting Hiibner's nomenclature how- 

 ever, of which Hollainl's /AvvV^v/.wV is untloubtedly a synonym. Mv 

 capture emi)hasizes the t-orrectness of including it in our list, 

 although I believe thus far only males have been taken here. 



It is rather a handsome insei't, choc-olate ])rown in color, ex- 

 cept that an orange colored triangular blotch appears about the 

 middle of the upper margin of the primaries. It expands one and 

 five eighths inches. 



LIST OF THE COLEOPTERA OF NORTH 

 EASTERN AMERICA, 



WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE FAUNA OF NEW 

 YORK CITY AND VICINITY. 



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In atlvance of a lland-book of C'oleoptera found in North 

 Kastern America, the prei)aration of which is contemplatetl, we 

 herewith desire to .give a list of the sjiecies, as far as known to 

 occur in the region just specified, with the hojie that all interested 

 in this undertaking, will inform us of any corrections ami atldi- 

 tions that they may be able to make, in ortler to have the list as 

 complete as possible. The present list comprises the species 

 found near New \'ork, compiled from the MS , lists of Messrs. 

 M. I., I.inell, C. H. Roberts, J. 15. Smith, C. W. J-eng, Wm. '!". 

 Davis, (>. Dietz. Wm. Heutenmuller and others; also the species 

 named in the Cincinnati list of Mr. Charles Durv ; the Buffalo list 



