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allowed not more than once in twelve hours, in some instances I could 

 not spare the time to allow satisfaction. Sometimes the nymph would 

 settle down as if permanently, the peristalsis movements of the ali- 

 mentary tract ceasing after the first ten (more or less) minutes. If 

 deprived of food after three or four days for a period of about three 

 days, the nymphs died through sheer weakness, being unable to ob- 

 tain food try as they may. They did not always feed on normal 

 blood as witness the absence of redness at times when the abdomen 

 was perceptibly enlarging. 



I also made the following preliminary experiment to show the length 

 of life of the new-born nymph without food. Four nymphs hatch- 

 ing at 6 p. m., March 3ist, 1910, were confined separately in glass 

 vials, containing a small piece of cloth for them to rest upon. The 

 vials were stopped with cotton and were kept in a warm laboratory. 

 Three of them died at about 3 p. m., April 2nd ; at this time, the fourth 

 was still alive but obviously weak; it reacted to food but was unable 

 to take it. It died on the following morning. Thus, life continued 

 without food not longer than about thirty-six hours, showing the great 

 dependence of the young louse upon its host. 



Thecla clytie, leda and ines (Lepid.). 



By J. R. HASKINS, Los Angeles, Calif., and F. GRINNELL, JR., 



Pasadena, Calif. 



Messrs. Barnes and McDunnough, in their article in the 

 February, 1912, number of the NEWS, exhibit too bad form 

 in their personalities concerning the Pacific Coast Lepidop- 

 terists to permit of an adequate reply, except by indulging 

 in the same vein. We do feel, however, that we may with 

 propriety discuss several of the points covered by their stric- 

 tures. 



Concerning Mr. W. H. Edwards, no Lepidopterist needs to 

 be told that his work is far ahead of anything else that has 

 been done in America. But Mr. Edwards, as we all know, 

 made many mistakes, like everyone else. Many of these have 

 been corrected by himself and others, and many more will be 

 discovered as the little known species are more closely studied. 

 One has only to turn to a Catalogue of Lepidoptera and note 

 the numerous synonyms by Edwards to appreciate our point. 



As for descriptions, we believe that they should be so 



