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them. If this is not science, it is entomology. If I distin- 

 guish between what I infer and what I know, I know that P. 

 affinis Rob. and the hypothetical /'. zizhe Rob. are the same, 

 and that P. modest us Rob., Tr. Am. Ent. Soc., 22, 116, includes 

 two species. 



Prosopis affinis Sm. 



/'. affinis Smith, B. M. Cat. Hym., i, 24, 1853, ? 



P. affinis Rob., Can Ent., 28, 136, 1896, $tf. 



P. ziziff Cockerell, Entomologist, Aug., 1898, J\ 



With the exception of the last name, which is erroneous, 

 Mr. Lovell's synonym}- is the same as Dalla Torre's. I have 

 not described any species under the name P. :/:vW\ and have 

 never used that name. In a paper in Bot. Gaz., 25, 234, 236, 

 1898, which Mr. L,ovell lias seen and largely rewritten, I use 

 the name P. affinis Sm. Cockerell uses the name P. zizitc be- 

 cause he is more doubtful about mv determination ; but as long- 



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as I distinguish the species by a character mentioned in Smith's 

 description, I feel bound to use his name. 



Prosopis modesta Say. 



Hyhrus modesta Say, Host. Jour., i, 392, 1837 ; Lee. Edit., 2, 771, 9, 



P. affim's Smith, B. M. Cat. Hym., i, 24, 1853, 



P. affinis Cresson, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 12, 270, 1869, 9<j\ 



P. affinis Prov., Faun. Ent. Can. Hym., 727, 1882, $^. 



P. modestus Cresson, Synopsis, 291, 1887. 



P. modesta Rob., Can. Ent., 28, 136, 1896, 9^. 



The P. affinis Rob., used in Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 22, 116, 

 stands for the forms with spotted tegulae, and, if cited at all, 

 should be cited as a synonym of P. affinis Sm., as I use that 

 name. 



Prosopis pygmaea Cress. 



Hylaus modestus Say., Bost Jour., i, 392, 1837, $. 

 P. pygmcms Rob., Can. Ent., 28, 137, 1896, y. 



MR. G. WESLEY BROWNING, of Salt Lake City, took the first prize for 

 a water-color picture entitled " Under the Willows," which was shown at 

 the annual exhibition of the Utah Art Institute. Mr. Browning says : 

 " Next Summer is likely to find me in the country at every opportunity, 

 but I shall always have a box and net handy." He is preparing a list of 

 the butterflies of Salt Lake City and vicinity which will be published in 

 the NEWS. 



