86 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. iv. 
obliged to Mr. Smith for this opportunity of showing its necessity. As 
soon as possible I hope to bring the European and American species into 
more complete accord. Up to the present I have had insufficient ma¬ 
terial and opportunity. 
I have lately had the opportunity of examining the Sectio I of Ger¬ 
mans Prodromus, 1811. In this the author establishes the genus Las- 
peyria for flexula. Duponchel’s genus Aventia, 1841, has been in 
general use for this species, but it must apparently now yield to Germar’s 
earlier term. We would now have the species of Schrank’s genus 
Drepana finally properly referred. To me, at least, this is a matter of 
satisfaction, as I have occupied myself with the group at various in¬ 
tervals since 1862. Of these genera Ci/ix, Platypteryx and Laspeyna 
are confined to Europe, Drepana and Falcana are common to Europe 
and North America, Or eta to Eastern Asia and North America. Las- 
peyria must be removed from the family Platypterygidte and referred to 
the Agrotidee, subfamily Hypenince. 
NOTE ON EN/EMIA CRASSINERVELLA Zell 
(MIEZA IGNINIX Walk.). 
By Annie Trumbull Slosson. 
Walking one day in February along the shore at Punta Gorda, 
Florida, I saw a small larva upon my sleeve. It seemed to have spun 
down by a thread, and, looking up, I saw many similar larvae suspended 
from leaves and branches of a shrub. This shrub was one quite com¬ 
mon along the west coast. It has sharp and stout thorns and small, 
rather coriaceous leaves of dark green. I have never seen it in flower 
or fruit, and do not know its name. 
I carried home some of the larvae with the food plant. From their 
general appearance I thought them Limacodids. They fed well in con¬ 
finement, throve and grew. At the end of a week or two, as I was leav¬ 
ing Punta Gorda, and feared I might not be able to procure proper food 
on the east coast, I liberated many of my captives, and, believing in the 
survival of the fittest, retained only the largest and healthiest. The lim¬ 
ited supply of food proved sufficient, and I brought several larvte to 
maturity. Soon after I reached Palm Beach these spun curious little 
cocoons, very Limacodid-like in appearance, and of the same tough 
