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THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGlSt. 



I referred, in my Check List, PacJmobia to Agrotis (1875), but in defer- 

 ence to European writers have lately left it near Taeniocanipa. 



The synonymy of the species adopted by the author is largely that 

 previously adopted by myself It must be held in mind that, in those 

 years, material had not largely accumulated, and that my descriptions 

 were often drawn up from single examples. I am not surprised that cer- 

 tain forms should be now found connected which I was warranted in 

 separating at the time. Indeed I have myself expressed the opinion. In, 

 some cases, as A. janualis, where it is not done, I think the varietal term 

 should have been kept by Prof Smith ; colour is also a character, and 

 my var. atropurpurea of tessellata is called a " pure synonym," although 

 based upon a difference in shading which is acknowledged to exist. It is 

 probable that here and there some references have been made which will 

 need correction. Among these is Agrotis clodiana, which I think will 

 prove different from Vancouver ens is Grt., while my figure in the Illustrated 

 Essay does not merit, I feel sure, Prof Smith's criticism upon it. But I 

 may pass over this, as well as other points, to notice a it'N which should 

 not be passed over. That Mr. Morrison sent me specimens not in accord 

 with his types, I have already stated. To this fact differences in my 

 determinations may in part be due. Mr. Morrison sent me specimens of 

 Fachnobia carnea from Mt. Washington labelled scropulana " type." I 

 did not know Wockei, except from Moeschler's figure (which Prof Smith 

 says is really scropulana), nor did Mr. Morrison. But I had specimens 

 from Mr. Moeschler labelled Pachnobia carfiea from Labrador which 

 were evidently the same as Mr. Morrison's " types," or so-called types, of 

 scropulana. I exhibited the specimens before the American Association 

 as well as the examples of opipara Morr. and islandica Moesch., which 

 latter were also the same species. I am the first to suggest that islatidica 

 Moeschl. is not the same as islandica Stdgr., and, in consequence, to pro- 

 pose to call the American (Labrador and Mt. Washington) species opipara 

 Morr. This view is taken now by Prof Smith, who has adopted many 

 of my views, but I am brought in by him for an incorrect identification of 

 islandica which I never committed. It is I who corrected both Moeschler 

 and Packard for improper identifications of islandica as an American 

 species. The identification of these Labrador and Mount Washington 

 species is interesting, as illustrating further the theory advocated in my paper 

 on " The White Mountain Butterfly " of geographical distribution in the 

 North American Lepidoptera. With regard to the erroneous determina- 



