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The two specimens may be separated at a glance by general 
coloration ; infumata approaches a black, while americana is 
reddish. Neither of these colors exactly fits the case, but the 
latter species is much lighter than the former. 
S. americana has femora red, head with red streaks and spots 
surrounded by black and about seven veins crossing from costa to 
subcosta before the latter unites with the radius. 
S. infumata has head and femora black, and about eleven veins 
crossing from costa to subcosta before the union of the latter with 
the radius, and the antennae are slenderer and shorter than in the 
above species. 
The two are about the same size, although from the material I 
have before me, americana averages slightly* larger. 
Bittacus occidentis Walker. In my paper on ‘ ‘ Panorpidae, ’ ’ 
in Bull. Sci. Lab., Den. Univ., 11: 141, I mentioned three instances 
where this species had been taken at light in the evening. Two 
more have since come to my notice and the specimens are 
before me. 
Miss Braun, of Cincinnati, took several specimens August 23, 
1900, in a shady dooryard in a residence portion of the city. 
These specimens are supposed to have been attracted to the 
vicinity by the street light. J. C. Hambleton, of Columbus, took 
the species at light at West Jefferson, Ohio, in August. 
It may be mentioned that these are the first records of the 
taking of this species in Ohio. 
DONATIONS TO OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. 
The Botanical department received a fine lot of Fayette county 
plants for the Ohio Herbarium from E. D. Coberly and J. Paul 
Long, but these have not heretofore been acknowledged. 
Mr. Otto Hacker’s large and splendid contribution was par- 
tially recorded in the last number of the Ohio Naturalist. 
Mr. Earl Hyde, of Lancaster, has our thanks for fifty-six 
Fairfield County plants. 
Mr. S. E. Horlacher, of Dayton, has just contributed twenty 
Montgomery County plants to the State Herbarium. The excel- 
lency of the specimens calls for special mention, and they are 
fully appreciated. 
Dr. L. M. Norman has sent twenty-one specimens of sperma- 
tophytes collected by him in Champaign County, for which we 
return thanks. 
Miss Ruth E. Brockett, Rio Grande, has added to her former 
valuable donations five herbarium specimens, among which 
Gerardia paupercula (Gr.) Britt, is especially interesting as 
southw'ardly extending the reported range of this species. 
