. Garden and forest; a journal of horticulture, landscape art and forestry. g out from the departmentof any infested specimens in future. The fact that this insect has appeared in dry plants fromthe comparatively arid western regions may furnish a clueto its original habit. It is presumable that it normally feedson the dead or dried plants of Mexico and adjacent arid re-gions, and that it has simply adapted itself to the somewhatsimilar conditions prevailing in herbaria. This is the first true Geometrid, so far as I know, recordedas feeding on dry and dead vegetation. In the Pyralidina anumber
. Garden and forest; a journal of horticulture, landscape art and forestry. g out from the departmentof any infested specimens in future. The fact that this insect has appeared in dry plants fromthe comparatively arid western regions may furnish a clueto its original habit. It is presumable that it normally feedson the dead or dried plants of Mexico and adjacent arid re-gions, and that it has simply adapted itself to the somewhatsimilar conditions prevailing in herbaria. This is the first true Geometrid, so far as I know, recordedas feeding on dry and dead vegetation. In the Pyralidina anumber of species are known to be not only truly carnivorous,feeding on other insects, but also to feed upon grass and re-jectamenta as well as dead leaves. Some Tineina are alsoknown to have similar habits, while in the Deltoid group ofthe Noctuids several genera are known to feed on dead leaves. The illustrations, which have been prepared for Insect Life,are used by permission of the Honorable Edwin Willits, As-sistant Secretary of Agriculture. Washington, D. C. L. V. Fig. 85.—Carfihoxera ptelearia, n. , larva in natural position ; b, cocoon ondry leaf; c, moth, with egg at itslower right-hand corner. All enlarged. New or Little-known Plants. New Orchids. Catasetum Naso, Lindl.—The female flower of this singu-lar species has now appeared in the Kew collection on aplant which has produced males only in former years. Itis about the size of those of the other sex, the color lightgreen, with a narrow purple margin to the lip.—GardenersChronicle, August 29th, p. 242. L^lia-Cattleya x Nysa, Hort.—A hybrid raised in thecollection of Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, of Chelsea, be- tween Cattleya gigas and Lcelia crispa. The flower is palelilac, with the front of the lip deep crimson. It was ex-hibited at a meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society onAugust 25th last.—Gardeners Chronicle, August 29th, p. 254. Neobenthamia gracilis, Rolfe.—A very interesting newgenus of
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