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columns, so that there is nothing to show that it was written by Mr. Stelle beyond his 

 subsequent statement. Moreover, the article in question does not contain a "recom- 

 mendation" of the use of Paris green, but simply a statement that it was being exper- 

 imented with at that time. No other similar article was published at that time in the 

 agricultural columns, or in any other part of the Mobile Register. 



Note 58 (p. 350). Anomis texana, n. sp. — Average expanse 35™"». Posterior bor- 

 ders of primaries not quite so angulated as in erosa, but intermediate between this 

 species and xylina. General color of primaries falvous-gray, ranging from pale fulv- 

 ous-gray to deep vinous-brown. The ordinary lines are quite well marked, though 

 variable in intensity, and of a darker brown, faintly relieved by pale cinereous. In 

 the commonest specimens there is a dusky patch in the basal region, and the basal 

 line runs in three distinct undulations somewhat obliquely across the basal third of 

 wing. The median line runs from about the middle, or a little outside the middle, of 

 the inner border, either almost straight or outwardly obliquing, and then with a sud- 

 den inward notch till it reaches the median vein ; it then runs along vein 2 to a little 

 beyond the reniform spot, and thence in a spreading, ^-shaped line to costa, which it 

 reaches about the outer third by a more or less decided inward curve. The posterior 

 line begins at the anal angle and runs to vein 2, so as to make a more or less distinct 

 continuation of the median line, and then forks in an irregular, undulating manner to 

 the costa, running parallel with the posterior border. The orbicular consists of an 

 extremely minute white speck upon a slightly deeper shade; the reniform is large 

 and well defined, and either much darker than the brown color or pure white with a 

 faint line of a darker color near the inner border. Head and thorax partake of the 

 general color of primaries, as also palpi and antennas above. Secondaries and abdo- 

 men above rather dull ashy-brown. Under surfaces of primaries dull grayish, slightly 

 nacreous, with the borders pale buff. Along the costa this pale region is suffused 

 with lilaceous, and along the posterior border it is limited by the transverse posterior 

 line, and has a dark brown shade running from the apex to the angle in the middle of 

 posterior border. The median line, in its costal portion, is generally marked by a 

 somewhat S -shaped dark line, well relieved posteriorly by the buff color. 



Under surfaces of secondaries pulverulent-lilaceous, with pale buff shade on the 

 inner third, and with a discal spot and two well-marked transverse, slightly undulate, 

 lines on the outer third and parallel with the posterior border. Described from 5 ^ 's, 

 6 $'s. 



Of course it is impossible to decide, from Hiibner's description, just what Anomis 

 exacta is, but a careful study of his figures shows it to be a smaller species and much 

 more ferruginous, with a paler reniform, and the lines somewhat differently arranged ; 

 also with the primaries less angular. 



Note 59 (p. 353). Drasteria erechtea. . ^^^r.— Nearly globular inform, slightly 

 flattened at point of attachment. Apex with roundish facets ; sides rather coarsely 

 longitudinally ribbed. The alternate ribs rather shorter than the others, as in the 

 egg of Aletia. General color grayish-green, with irregular grayish-brown markings; 

 the facetted apex always grayish-brown. 



Pwpa.— About 18°»™ (three-fourths of an inch) in length. Head, thorax and appen- 

 dages dark brown, abdomen light brown; the incisures between the joints deep, and 

 of a yellowish-brown color. Whole surface of the body somewhat pruinose. Tip of 

 the body bluntly rounded and furnished with eight slender and moderately long 

 booklets. 



Note 60 (p. 358). — This description is as follows: 



'<The insect I will call Phalaena zea (corn-moth) until it is more correctly classified. 

 It is of a pale yellow or shining ash color— length of body and wings one and one- 

 eighth of an inch, the wings expand two inches horizontal, the upper wings covering 

 the lower; below the center and near the border of the up^er wings, are two dark 

 spots ; there are some two or three indistinct ones on each upper wing, end of the 



