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Ichneumonidae Part III, Tribes Pirnplides and Bassides, 148 pp., 

 1914. (British Museum Publication). Smith & Vosler Callie- 

 phialtes in California, 368, iii, 195-211. Strand, E. Ueber das nest 

 einer neotropischen wespe, Polybia occidentalis, 369, iii, 171-3. 

 Swenk, M. H. Studies of N. Am. bees, 478, xiv, 1-36. 



ETUDES DE LEPIDOPTEROLOGIE COMPARES. By Charles Oberthur, Vol. 9, 

 part 2, Rennes, France, May, 1914. Mr. Oberthur has again made a 

 splendid contribution to the study of the American butterflies which 

 will clear up a number of species not properly understood here. He 

 was awarded the Cuvier prize of the French Academy of Sciences, for 



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his Etudes d'Entomologie and Etudes de Lepidopteres Comparee, a well 

 deserved honor. The first thirty-three pages of part two are taken up 

 by a review of the South American species of Apatura, illustrated by 

 nine plates and many colored figures. The Lepidoptera of the Thi- 

 betan region are also mentioned and certain species are figured. 

 Nearly all of these are species described by Mr. Oberthiir. A new 

 species of Castnia from Uruguay is described and figured. Then fol- 

 lows what concerns us most, the continuation of the beautiful figures 

 of the Californian butterflies described by Doctor Boisduval. This 

 section comprises fourteen pages of notes on the species, seven plates 

 and forty-one colored figures. These will necessitate a number of 

 changes in the synonymy and also the standing of the species in our 

 American catalogues. The difficulty now is to understand the exact 

 status of the species described by Doctor Behr. Unfortunately his 

 types were destroyed when the earthquake and fire destroyed the 

 building of the San Francisco Academy of Sciences. Fortunately Mr. 

 W. H. Edwards figured a number of Doctor Behr's species, which he 

 doubtless received from that author. We could also accept the speci- 

 mens mentioned by Strecker as the types. In his Lep. Rhop. Het. 

 Suppl. 3, he says he possesses the types of Argynnis coronis, rupestris 

 montivaga and monticola, all described by Behr. At the present time 

 these might be considered cotypes or possibly only metatypes. 



The principal changes will likely be as follows : 



Arg. callipc. This is as understood by American students. 



Arg. serene. This has been misunderstood, and what Mr. Edwards 

 figured as serene is quite another insect. Purpurascens Hy. Edws. is 

 quite close, if not the same. 



Arg. mormonia. Eurynome and its numerous varieties will prob- 

 ably have to be considered varieties of mormonia. 



Arg. juba. Liliana Hy. Edws. is a synonym. This is one of the 

 surprises shown by these figures. 



Arg. hydaspc. Rhodopc Edwards and sakuntala Skinner are very 

 close to this. 



