NOTES. 
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wing whitish, a wavy dark band near the border. Thorax slightly convex, downy; 
abdomen color of wings, downy; proboscis folded spirally underneath, double, half 
inch long ; eyes large, clear, yellowish-green. Legs six, antennie fusiform, palpi very 
hairy. Hies only late in the evening and at night, lies concealed in the day in jams of 
the fence, around stumps and in the grass and weeds, Hies rapid and low." 
Note 61 (p. 358). — Heliothis umbrosus. Grote's description is as follows: 
"Anteriorwings yellowish-gray crossed by several indistinct irregular darker shaded 
lines. Discal spot blackish beyond which is a row of minute black dots one on each 
uervule running parallel with the outer margin of the wing and connected with each 
other by a faint waved line the curvatures turned inward toward the base of the wing; 
frioget dark. Posterior wings yellowish-white without markings except a broad 
blackish band running parallel with the outer margin and which is partly interrupted 
near the centre by a space of a similar color to the rest of the wing; fringes white. 
Under surface of the wings pale showing the black discal spot on the anterior wings 
plainly, outside of which is a blackish transverse band and a small blackish streak 
near the upper margin. Under surface of posterior wings immaculate except a faint 
blackish shade near the outer margin. Head, thorax and tegulae yellowish-gray, 
darker than the anterior wings. Body grayish, clothed at the sides with whitish hairs, 
and darkening towards the tip. Exp. 1| inches." — [Proc. Ent. S'oc. Phila., vol. 1 
(1861-1803), p. 219. 
Not?: 0*2 (p. [04]). — We reproduce almost verbatim the remarks on Mr. Edes' mate- 
rial, as gives in the American Entomolof/ixt, vol. iii, pp. 128-129: 
[Mr. Edes kindly accompanied his communication with specimens, upon which we 
will add a few remarks. The worm that takes the place of our Aletia is, both by the 
colored drawing and the specimens s,-nt. easily distinguished from Aletia. The four 
mollis are in poor condition and show some variation. The species is one of the 
smallest of the genus Aunini*, and between fZUId (in. and Hiihner's figure of exact a, of 
which Professor Grote kindly had a copy made for us. In the larva the front pair of 
abdominal prologs i- perfect |y obsolete and the second pair of nearly the same si/.e as 
the others. The pi li ferous spots are reddish without pale an nidation. The chn sal is 
has the cremastcr le<s swollen at tip, but otherwi.se, except iii smaller size, is undis- 
tinguishable. 
The egg is so similar to that of Aletia that it is doubtful whether there are any con- 
stant distinguishing characters; the ribs in the single specimen examined are some- 
what fewer in number and consequently more marked. 
That this is the u Cotton Worm " of llahia is interesting from the fact that Aletia 
was described by Hiibner from that place. If, as we cannot well doubt, Mr. Grote 
has correctly determined Hiihner's figure of Alet ia to represent Say's Xoctita xi/lina, it 
will also yet be found t here. There is a possibility, however, that t he figure has mis- 
led, and t lie description of Hiibner is certainly of no value as a guide. 
The. cotton bolls contained the following insects, which all appear to have fed upon 
tin' seeds: ( 1 i a small Tim id, badly rubbed but Hist inct from the species so abundantly 
found in the Cnited States under similar conditions, and which is figured by Protes- 
tor Glover as possibly T, ijrantlla, but is, as Mr. Chambers informs us, a new species 
of Lavcrna. It is, however, a different species. (2) Several specimens of Jli/pothe- 
Mmm enntititx Westw. (Itinpidulus Lee), which has also been found in diseased cotton 
bolls in the United States and on the Bahama Islands, and which also bores in the 
twigs of the dead plants. (3) Two specimens of a Paratenetus, differing from the 
allied North American /'. punctata*, which is found is diseased cotton bolls in the 
United States, by its very strongly dentate thorax. (4) Oik; specimen of a Crypto- 
phagid beetle, apparent ly undeseribed and not occurring in the United States. (f>) 
Four specimens of Araoccrus fa-iciculatus, a cosmopolitan beetle found in articles of 
commerce and frequently observed in diseased cotton bolls in the Southern States. 
The large bug is the Cotton Stainer (Di/xdercu* xufurcllus H.-S.), also found in the 
United States and greatly injurious to cotton on the Bahamas.] 
Noni 63 (p. [65]). — A large Sphingid larva, probably of Macrosila rustica. 
Notk 61 (p. [66]). — The worms sent by St nor Enriquez were the genuine Aletia, as 
shown on p. 41. 
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