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(bicolor] and simplicicollis must be placed in the same genus, and as 

 Erythetnis precedes Mesothemis in Hagen's work, Erythemis must be 

 the name of that genus. Consequently a very familiar dragonfly of the 

 United States must be styled Erythemis simplicicollis (Say). 



A different conclusion will be drawn by those who take the first species 

 enumerated under a new generic name as the type thereof. Furcata 

 Hagen is generically different from bicolor Erichs. and is a Cannacria 

 Kirby. To the " first species = type" school, simplicicollis will remain 

 a Mesothemis, and Cannacria will disappear as a synonym of Erythemis. 

 Present rules, however, would appear to favor the preceding view, which 

 is that which has been adopted for the ' Biologia.' 



3. I merely mention that in the ' Biologia' return has been made to 

 the original spelling sEshna, instead of the later ALschna. 



PHILIP P. CALVERT. 



CORRECTION TO THE LIST OF NEW ENGLAND ODONATA. In the 

 recently (October, 1905) published list of New England Odonata (Occa- 

 sional Papers, Boston Soc. Nat. Hist , vii, Fauna of New England .6. 

 List of the Odonata), I included Argia apicalis (Say) on the authority 

 of the late Prof. Harvey. Prof Harvey's record was published in the 

 NEWS, ii, p. 51. Mr. E. B. Williamson, who recently acquired part of 

 Prof. Harvey's collection, writes me as follows : " I see Arg. apicalis is 

 recorded from New England on Harvey's collecting. You will notice in 

 Harvey's record in ENT. NEWS that this specimen was taken same date 

 and place m putrida. A few days ago I started to list the Harvey collec- 

 tion . . . and I find a 9 Argia labelled by him apicalis, date as recorded 

 in ENT. NEWS, associated in box with 29 9, unlabelled. All three are 

 very adult specimens oipuirida. As you have probably noticed, the very 

 adult 9 9 of putrida become pearly-blue like apicalis and not a dense, 

 dingy-white pruinose like old males." Apicalis is consequently to be 

 stricken from the list, until, as is likely, it be found in New England. - 

 PHILIP P. CALVERT. 



RARE OHIO LEPIDOPTERA. I send a few records of rare captures 

 which may be of interest. On July 2nd, 1905, I took a fresh specimen of 

 Calephelis borealis, and on October 3rd a torn specimen of Catopsilia 

 eubitle, both new to this locality. While bush-beating for larvae on linden I 

 got a larva, which hatched out on August 3rd a fine tf of Thecla m-albnm. 

 Only once before has this been taken here. I saw in the NEWS that 

 Eros aurora had been taken in numbeis in the East. On September 

 lyth, around two rotten stumps, I took twenty-five fresh specimens, and 

 might have taken more if it had not set in to rain. I took several more 

 later. Previous to this I only had one specimen. 1 have been especially 

 interested in the Bombycidae and Geometrician, and the past season 

 reared quite a number of the larvce of those species. G. R. PILATE, 321 

 Forest Avenue, Dayton, Ohio. 



