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OBERTHUR'S "firuDES," Vol. XVII. An Appreciation and Some 

 Notes. It has been our pleasure recently to receive from M. Charles 

 Oberthtir, of Rennes, France, a copy of Volume XVII of his magnificent 

 "'fitudes de Lepidopterologie Comparee." 



At the request of Dr. Barnes, M. Oberthtir has again favored Ameri- 

 can lepidopterists with figures of a considerable number of the types, 

 now in his possession, of obscure species of Boisduval and Guenee. \Ve 

 scarcely need mention the beauty of these figures. Anyone who is fami- 

 liar with the incomparable work of M. Culot in former volumes of the 

 "fitudcs" will realize the excellent quality of the present figures. It is 

 greatly to be regretted that in our own country the economic tendencies 

 make it impossible to produce such works, but this only enhances our 

 appreciation of M. OberthiAr's publication. When we consider the re- 

 markable quality of these illustrations, we do not wonder that our learn- 

 ed contemporary repeatedly insists : "pas dc bonne figure, fas de iwin 

 salable." As it is, we should hesitate to apply the principle to some 

 works with which we are familiar. 



We feel that only a small number of North American Lepidopterists 

 have access to the "fitudes," hence we have carefully examined the fig- 

 ures published for our benefit, and append a few notes on some of them. 

 If the figure merely verifies our present treatment of a species we do 

 not mention it. 



PI. DIV. ff. 4202, 4203. Bnmhy.r fscndoncnstria Bdv., $ and 9 . 

 Neither of these figures agrees well with the series which stands as 

 californica Pack. (f>s,-iidmicitstrhi) in coll. Barnes, but the superficial 

 appearance of most Malacosoma species is so poor a basis for identi- 

 fication that this can lie taken only as an indication that Boisduval's 

 species may possibly take the place of one of those described more 

 recently from California. 



PI. DV, ff. 4211, 4212. Lycaena pscudaniioltis Bdv. The 9, fig. 4212, 

 corresponds very well to what we have been calling pscudargiolus from 

 Pennsylvania, but our males are as heavily marked below as the females. 

 The I, figure 4211, very closely resembles our series of the form <;;</<- 

 tula Fletcher, described from Manitoba and Assiniboia. This resem- 

 blance suggests that our knowledge of the forms of this variable species 

 is by no means stable yet. It will be interesting to sec specimens from 

 the southeast, whence Boisduval's types probably came. 



PI. DVI, f. 4227. Macai-'m injini:i<<i duenee, described from Cayenne. 

 This figure is not at all like the species which we have been calling 

 infiiinih', nor does our series agree with Guenec's description. Appar- 

 ent! v this name must be superseded by <jnphi>sari(i On., tin- type ot 

 which is figured on the same plate, fig. 4230. \Ye have been unable to 

 find any North American species which compares well witli the figure 

 of injiiiidtii. 



PI. DVI, f. 4231. Tcpliriini sabiiltiria (.in. is unknown to us. It 

 appears to be correctly placed in the "Check List." 



