1833.] Entomology. 1071 
Supposing Dr. Harris to be right, we have here a slight accelera- 
tion in development, due probably to the well-known milder 
climate of the island—C. E. Bessey. | 
recently received from Loudon county, Virginia, through the 
National Museum, specimens which are also, in all probability, 
accelerated individuals of the same brood. } 
and allied genera, Prionomerus). The small family Murmidiide 
Must now be added to these. Whether or not the second repre- 
Sentative of the family, viz., the genus Mychocerus, has the same 
habit as Murmidius remains uncertain. It occurs very rarely 
under fresh bark of deciduous trees in the Southeastern States. 
-he cocoon of Murmidius is of dirty white silk and bears a cer- 
tain resemblance in shape to that of the typical Noctuid egg, b£, 
having a broad circular base, the sides and top being rounded : 
this resemblance is further enhanced by the presence in the 
Urmidius cocoon of transverse and longitudinal ridges, though 
they are by no means so regular as in the Noctuid eggs.— 
Cok, Riley. 
