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garden. They took to it with comparative readiness, and much to my de- 

 Hght I succeeded in bringing a goodly number through the winter. I 

 hibernated them in an area window below the surface of the ground, but 

 without any special care. Towards the end of April, as soon as the young 

 leaves began to unfold, I took them out of winter quarters and fed them 

 again on the Tartarian honeysuckle. The first specimens began to pupate 

 about the end of June, and in July I had the pleasure of seeing the perfect 

 butterflies. A. M. Bethune. 



Port Hope, August 28, 1891. 



HALISIDOTA TRIGONA. 



Sir, — When describing this sj^ecies in Kansas Transactions I gave 

 the differences which I observed between Herrich-Schaeffer's figure of the 

 Brazihan species, specuiaris, and my material. Mr. Dyar's note was 

 therefore not warranted and, had he seen the Kansas Transactions, he 

 probably would not have published it. In reply to Mr. Smith's note, I 

 would state, that I have not seen the British Museum material. I do not 

 know whether this is correctly determined, but I should rely on Mr. 

 Butler's comparisons, as he most certainly knows Herrich-Schreffer's 

 work. The type oi specularis came, I presume, from Boisduval, and will 

 in this case be accessible to study. The matter will probably be settled 

 by the bringing together of fresh material from the south-west and by 

 breeding the North American species. In the meantime trigona must 

 stand as the first description of a North American species belonging to 

 the specularis group, which seems to belong, more particularly, to South 

 America. A. R. Grote. 



LIMENITIS LORQUINI. 



Sir, — Please correct my statement, p. 174, that "the second 

 brood of larvae (q{ L. lorqtiini) probably hibernate in the second stage," 

 etc., to the following : — " Part of the first brood, and the entire second 

 brood, pass the winter in the second larval stage in hibernacula formed 

 of the basal part of a leaf spun together at the top." 



H. G. Dyar, Yosemite, Cal. 



