1869.] 169 [Minot. 



under the title of the Humboldt Scholarship, the income of 

 which is to be solely applied, under the direction of the Fac- 

 ulty, toward the maintenance of one or more young and 

 needy persons, engaged in study at said Museum. 



Section of Entomology. November 24, 1869. 



Mr. Edward Burgess in the chair. Twelve persons present. 



The following paper was presented : — 



AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. II. Piial^nid^ Latr. 

 By Charles S. Minot. 



At the June meeting of the section, I presented a paper entitled 

 "American Lepidoptera, No. I," which contained descriptions of four 

 new Geometrician (Phaloenidce Latr.), and was published without 

 further introduction. I should now like to say a few words on the 

 intended purport of the series. I propose that it shall contain any 

 papers of a miscellaneous nature, which may aid in completing our 

 knowledge of the natural history of the Lepidoptera; such as de- 

 scriptions of new species, or of the metamorphoses and lists of insects 

 found in particular localities or States, with their times of appear- 

 ance, and perhaps ultimately anatomical communications. The de- 

 scriptions of new species will, for the present, be principally, if not 

 entirely, confined to the Phalaenidaa. 



Cabenodes marginaria n. sp. S Al. ex., 2.20 inch. Pale 

 ochraceous, with innumerable atoms. Above, a broad, fuscous, mar- 

 ginal band, distinctly defined interiorly; cellular dots large, brown and 

 very distinct. Beneath, a transverse, brunneous line, suffused exte- 

 riorly, corresponding with the inner margin of the band of the upper 

 surface; cellular dots distinct. Fringe narrow, ochraceo-fuscous. 

 Abdomen, front and thorax, ochraceous. Palpi distinct, projecting 

 beyond the head, parallel, reddish brown. Thorax woolly, patagia 

 larger than is usual in the genus. Fore wings subfalcate, hind wings 

 subcaudate. Wings and body have a silken gloss. 



This species is extremely interesting from the peculiar style of mark- 



