Since the revision of this genus by the late Dr. Hulst, in 1884, contributions to our knowledge have not been extensive, while the material gathered in recent years has been very great. The popularity of the genus among students of Lepidoptera had made the necessity for a revision very keenly felt, so that when Prof. French generously undertook the work, a year or so ago, a feeling of gratitude was aroused by enthusiasts, who have known the thoroughness with which his work would be attended.

Odontoxiphidium, gen. nov.—Allied to Ziphidium, from which it is probably derived. Distinguished from that genus by the form of the anal cerci of the male, which are elongate, straight, with the lateral tooth reduced in size, and an additional tooth upon the dorsal side near the base; and, in the type, by the form of the pronotum, which is sub-sellate and prolonged backward, covering the base of the abdomen both above and on the sides, in correlation with the absence of flight-organs. The type is O. apterum, described below.

The following interesting notes upon this subject are taken from a paper recently received from Mr. L. de Nicéville, of Calcutta:

“The larvæ of many kinds of butterflies will, when they cannot get vegetable food, eat each other or soft, newly-formed pupæ. Mr. Bell has found that the greatest cannibals in this respect are the larvæ of certain Lycænidæ, and the worst among these, again, are the larvæ of Zesius chrysomallus, Hübn., for these will at times, even when plentifully supplied with their proper vegetable food, eat any larvæ which may be in a fit state to be eaten; i.e., which are either on the point of casting their skins, have just cast them, or are just going to pupate. The Lycænid larvæ, which are most addicted, after that of Z. chrysomallus, are those of the Amblypodia and Tajuria groups, those of Arrhopala and Rapala being nearly as bad.

Augochlora Coloradensis, n. sp. (subg. Augochlora).

♀.—Green, often tinged with pulple; face finely and confluently punctured above the base of the antennæ, more coarsely, confluently so below, supraclypeal space sometimes not confluently punctured; clypeus with large punctures, black at tip; basal process of labrum subquadrate, broadly rounded, rufopiceous; mandibles black, rufous at tips; antennæ black, flagellum near the tip fulvotestaceous beneath; striation of the disc of the metathorax reaching to the summit, posterior truncation rounded above, lateral portions rounded, truncation not shining, rugosely punctured; tegulæ, often with a black dot in the centre, stigma and nervures testaceous; legs piceous, femora and tibiæ sometimes with a greenish cast, knees testaceous, tips of tarsi generally inclined to rufous; hind tibial spurs of posterior leg finely serrated; abdomen shining, polished, finely punctured; ventral segments black; pubescence of face, sides of thorax, tarsi partly, and abdomen, whitish; scutellum and first dorsal abdominal segments very fine and short, margins of segments fringed with white hairs; hair on tarsi often inclined to be rufous. Lenglh, 6–7 mm.

Prof. Charles P. Loundsbury, Government Entomologist, of Cape Town, South Africa, has recently sent to Dr. L. O. Howard, U. S. Entomologist, a lot of bred parasitic Hymenoptera for names, among which were found three new species, which, at the reqnest of Dr. Howard, are characterized below:

Family LVII.—Platygasteridæ.

Genus Allotropa, Förster.

The larvæ of Phlyctœnia ferrugalis, Hbn., have been since 1897 the cause of some loss to roses in the large houses of Mr J. H. Dunlop, Toronto. References to this occurrence will be found in the Reports of the Entomologist and Botanist to the Dominion Experimental Farms for 1899 and 1900.

On the 12th November, 1900, a visit was paid to the above houses by Mr. Gibson, and specimens of the mature larvæ found feeding both on violets and chrysanthemums were secured, as also some larvæ in other stages of development. These all changed to pupæ and in due course the moths appeared, the pupal state lasting from 17 to 20 days.

Pulvinaria Hunteri, n. sp.—Old, dried and wrinkled female scales, cream-colour, more or less mottled with patches of red-brown, and the outer margin practically red-brown. Ovisac clear white, texture as in innumerabilis, and not so large. The size of the scale, cleared and spread under cover class, practically hemispherical, is from 6 to 7 mm, in diameter. The texture of the scale is quite thin and requires little boiling in caustic potash to make it very clear and colourless.

Two papers in the last (April) number of the Canadian Entomologist are of great interest to me, and both on the same general topic applied to very different species. Mr. Lyman makes an earnest effort to save Mr. Walker's name Spilosoma congrua, and gives all the facts relating to the name, its publication and subsequent history; upon which facts Mr. Lyman and Sir George Hampson reach opposite conclusions. I have no liking for Mr. Walker's species, but I think I would side with Mr. Lyman in this case, because, with all the examples before them, Messrs. Grote and Robinson separated out a good species with which a specimen of another, previously knolwn, was erroneously associated. By removing one example, a good species remained, to which the name given by the author could be correctly applied.

“This I suspect is the ♂ of integra; area similarly strigose, and abdomen also corresponds; tubercle matches also!”

Robertson thought this might be A. platyparia: but, he said, the description applied even better to Salicis, and nearly as well to mandibularis. It cannot well be salicis, as that has the abdomen impunctate; if it is the ♂ of integra, it cannot well be mandibularis; it may perhaps be platyparia.

Andrena frigida, Smith, 1853.

“♂ abdomen rugulose and punctured, clothed with long adpressed hairs; tubercle slightly emarginate (?); area dull granulose; ♀ ditto. (Very near fuscipes, perhaps identical with it.)” This agrees with what I had already identified from Smith's description. It seems to argree with the description of A. simillima, Sm., even better than with that of fuscipes, but I doubt its actual identity with either.