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len exclusively from Compositae, while Hcterosants collects 

 pollen from a variety of flowers. 



Epimelissodes A slim. This genus was based on the state- 

 ments that the first and second cubital cells were subequal and 

 the maxillary palps three-jointed. In Trans. Acad. Sci., St. 

 Louis, 10:53, I have pointed out that the second cubital cell 

 is often smaller than the first and the maxillary palps four- 

 jointed. However, I would retain the genus for the three 

 species whose males fall together in my table, Trans. Am. 

 Ent. Soc., 31 'j6g. These are E. atripcs, obliqua and illinoen- 

 sis. 



Zaodontomerus Ashm. The genus was defined as having 

 the maxillary palps four-jointed and the hind femora of the 

 males with a large tooth beneath. In Trans. Acad. Sci., St. 

 Louis, 10:54, I referred C. calcarata to Ccratina because, while 

 it had the toothed femora, it had six-jointed maxillary palps. 

 But I think it is better to refer it to Zaodontomerus without 

 regard to the joints of the palps. 



The females of C. dnpla and Z. calcaratus have never been 

 identified. I certainly have females of both which I cannot 

 distinguish. 



In a copy of his paper sent me, Ashmead made a marginal 

 note that o had been omitted from the printed Zadontomerus. 

 It seems to me that it was correct to elide the o. 



Sarogaster nom. nov. This is substituted for Gnathodon, 

 which is preoccupied in Mollusca. The type is 5. gcorgicits 

 (Mcgachilc georgica Cress.). 



Genuine Entomological Enthusiasm. 



Various numbers of the Entomologist (London) during the year 1917 

 contain "Notes on some of the Lepidoptera of the British Line in 

 France," by Capt. H. D. Smart, Royal Army Medical Corps, wherein 

 the author remarks : "From the nature of my occupation, serious col- 

 lecting has been impossible, and the insects taken or observed are th" 

 result of day-time rambles. Collecting by night and by the rearing of 

 larvae have both been impossible. Often I have had no net. and the 

 difficulty of using a net in trenches needs experience for its proper 

 appreciation." (Jan., 1917). In a later installment is a reference to 

 "the time when a shrapnel bullet put an end to my continental activi- 

 ties." (Oct., 1917). In spite of all the difficulties and d:uigrrs, Capt. 

 Smart has noted many species of almost all groups of Lepidoptera. 



