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the National Museum are from i)oiiUs nortli of New Jersey. I'he insect 

 is with us decidedly rare, and only isolated specimens occur. I have 

 never in any collection here seen the banded forms which Mr. Fyles 

 describes, and the indications are all that the insect is rather boreal 

 than otherwise, and would hardly be expected to extend south into 

 Georgia, except possibly as a very rare si)ecies. It becomes extremely 

 doubtful, therefore, whether, in a general collection such as that made by 

 Mr. Milne, three banded specimens of antigone, so different in size, 

 would be represented. On the other hand, c2i>iea is common in the 

 South, and the banded form is almost as frequent at some seasons as is 

 the white. In all the specimens of antigone seen by me there is very 

 little variation in size, and they are indeed remarkably uniform. I have 

 six examples, ranging from New York to South Dakota, and between the 

 extremes there is no difference of four lines, while the smallest specimen 

 exceeds considerably the sixteen lines mentioned by Mr. Walker. 



Oi cunea I have a large series, part of them bred, part captured, and 

 among them specimens that attain twenty lines in expanse. On the 

 other hand, I have some that are only half that size. Nearly all the 

 Northern specimens run small ; the Southern specimens, on the other 

 hand, mostly run large. 



It is also worth noting that there is considerable variation in wing 

 form in the specimens of cunea, the width varying from 5 to 8 mm. in 

 almost the same wing length. So vve have in cunea a variable species 

 that is known to extend well into Georgia, whose range of size equals 

 that given by Mr. Walker, which is common, and of which three speci- 

 mens might easily be picked up in general collecting. 



We have, on the other hand, antigo?ie, which is generally rare, 

 which, even in the latitude of New Jersey, is taken very infrequently, in 

 single specimens only, and in immaculate or almost immaculate forms, 

 which becomes more common northwardly, and of which we have no 

 records of captures in the South. Four lines, or one-third of an inch, is 

 a considerable range of variation. None of my examples exceed and 

 only one equals the twenty lines given by Walker, and none are less 

 than full 17 lines. It seems to me, aside from the statements made by 

 Mr. Butler, that the probabilities are against Walker having had three 

 specimens of banded antigone before him, while it would be an easy 

 matter for him to get that number of specimens of large, banded cunea. 

 I cannot, under the circumstances, feel, therefore, that the case is 

 entirely proved, and that vve have any real justification for changing the 

 synonymy as it now stands in the lists. 



