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CTENUCHA BRINNEA, MALE. 



Front of head, black. Eyes, brownish. Vertex and occiput, bright 

 scarlet. Labial palpi, scarlet; terminal joint, black. Antennae, long 

 and pectinated. Maxillae, brown. Dorsal surface of prothorax, 

 mesothorax and abdomen, bright metallic blue. Patagia scarlet, 

 tipped with blue. Legs blackish, with the tips of the tibiae and 

 inner surface of anterior femora white; posterior coxae, whitish. 



Anterior wings, clear pale brown, with the veins and the costal 

 and outer edges, margined with black. Outermost costal, and frin- 

 ges, white, interrupted with black in the middle of the outer mar- 

 gin. Posterior wings, velvety black with bluish reflections; frin- 

 ges white, interrupted near the anal and apical angles with black. 

 Under surface of wings, velvety black, except the central portion 

 of the fore wings, which is brown, — a shade lighter than that ex- 

 hibited upon the upper surface. 



The specimen above described was captured Sept. 8, in Mission 

 valley, being the first I have observed in this county. When first 

 seen it was running over the ground and suffered itself to be taken 

 without attempting to fly, exhibiting a tendency to remain quiet 

 Avhen disturbed, This species has been taken in Marin Co. and on 

 Sau Miguel Island, off the Californian coast. E. E. Blaisdell. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Dr. Parry and wife have returned from England. 



Bears are unknown to the inhabitants of Lower California. 



Bev. E. L. Greene has been appointed instructor in botany at 

 the University of California, at Berkeley. 



Twenty-three ostrich chicks have been hatched at the farm of 

 the Americn Ostrich Co., in this county, whose experiment seems 

 likely now to be successful. 



Dr. C. C. Parry has been invited to take charge of the Engel- 

 mann herbarium, which is to be deposited in the Shaw botanic 

 gardens of St. Louis, Mo. 



"Tijuana" seems to be merely a contraction of Tia Juana — aunt 

 Jane in Spanish — which is common among the Mexicans though 

 probably there are no authorized rules for so doing. 



Sept. 13 San Diego was slightly shaken by an earthquake that 

 extended from east to west; the first shock (at near 4.30 A. M.) was 

 followed by several lighter ones. A week later, another series of 

 shocks was felt at about 7 A. M. 



