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Hiibner's figure, referred to by BoiscUival under Philodice, be- 

 longs to the $ of this species ; it does not seem to me to be 

 Pliilodice. 



Have you ever seen Hiibner's Exotic Lepidoptera? Your 

 ^Eijerla cucurbitce is his Mdittia satyrini/ormis, and ^Egeria ex- 

 itiosa is his Paranthrene pepsidiforme. Crocota rubicundaria 

 is Boisduval's Lithosia Iceta, my 148. Ctenucha semidiaphana 

 is Hiibner's Grlaucopis fulvicollis. Your Clostera he calls Ich- 

 tliyura inclusa (Stephens has figured and described it as British, 

 though he wants to persuade me his is a distinct species). 

 There is a butterfly figured under the name of Symplicedra 

 Alcandra, said to be from Florida, which I do not know. It 

 belongs to the Nymplialidae. 



The insect I took to be allied to Stephens' genus Thyridop- 

 teryx (and it is) is a true OiJceticus, the same genus as Guilding's 

 large species. His smaller one is nearer Psyche. I examined 

 a male of Guilding's 0. Kirbyi in Kirby's cabinet, now belonging 

 to the Entomological Society. In color, markings and form, it 

 comes close to Abbot's insect, but is larger, and the cocoon is of 

 a different form. I mentioned to you that I had seen a speci- 

 men from South Australia allied to Stephens' insect. From 

 what Gould tells . me I have no doubt there is a large species 

 there like 0. Kirbyi. I have hunted our old collections in vain 

 for Abbot's species. 



The last time I saw Stephens, about four weeks since, all 

 our conversation turned on the species of Lepidoptera supposed 

 to be common to both continents. Of these Cynthia Cardui 

 seems to be the one which offers the least real difference. We 

 cannot find any, but the American Antiopa and Atalanta are 

 known at once. I have had a good many Swiss specimens of 

 Antiopa pass through my hands lately (though I have given 

 most away now) ; all these I would at once have picked out 

 however they had been mixed with American specimens. 



Newman and I have had a great deal of discussion about 

 what are properly mosquitoes ; he maintaining them to be Sim- 



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