IQOO] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 533 



Chrysotus barbatus 



Loew, Neue Beitr., viii, 48; Mon. N. A. Dipt., ii, 38 (both male 

 only, as Synarthnis barbatus] ; Neue Beitr., viii, 63 ; Mon. N. 

 A. Dipt., ii, 175 (both female, as Chrysotus validus}. 



Wheeler, Ent. News, vii, 154 (Xiphandrium americanum). 



Aldrich, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1896, 330 (Chrysotus apica/is). 



The synonymy of Xiphandrinm is on Wheeler's authority. 

 6. Diaphorus approximatus Aldrich, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1896, 321. 

 This is the same as our old friend D. spcctabilis L,oew. 



A Headlong Plunge into the Synonymy. 



HENRY SKINNER, M.D. 



See Plate XIV. 



In the April, 1900, NEWS, p. 415, I mentioned a Pierid 

 under the name Archonias lyceas, from the Huachuca Moun- 

 tains, Cochise Co., Arizona. This was a female, and was 

 figured on PI. II as No. 28. I first received a specimen for 

 identification from Mr. O. C. Poling of Quincy, Illinois, and 

 a little later another specimen from Dr. William Barnes. God- 

 man and Salvin, in the Biologia Centrali-Americana, described 

 Archonias lyceas in a brief comparative description, comparing 

 lyccas with the figured species dismorphites. The Arizona 

 specimen seemed to fit this description fairly well, although 

 as there was some doubt in my mind in regard to my identifica- 

 tion, I referred it to lyceas provisionally. . Dr. Barnes, coming to 

 the conclusion that my reference was incorrect, having received 

 from Dr. W. J. Holland a drawing of dismorphites and a 

 description of lyccas, sent me manuscript describing the Pierid 

 as a new species under the name of Archonias piincetonia, on 

 account of its orange and black colors being the same as those 

 of Princeton College. This was to have appeared in the NEWS 

 for last May. In the meantime Dr. Strecker succeeded in ob- 

 taining a specimen of the insect from Mr. Poling. At a meeting 

 of the Feldman Collecting Social, held in Philadelphia, April 

 i8th, I, in a moment of thoughtless entomological enthusiasm, 

 mentioned to Dr. Strecker the fact that Dr. Barnes had sent me 

 a description of the species for publication in the NEWS, and 

 that my reference was incorrect. I thought no harm could 

 come from this as Mr. Poling had absolutely refused to exchange 



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