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Utah and Arizona. We have a specimen from Utah which has been 

 compared with Strecker's type and marked exact; this agrees extremely 

 well with Dr. Skinner's description, especially with reference to the 

 sinuate subterminal black line above and dot at base of secondaries, 

 and the absence of silver markings below. We have other specimens 

 from the vicinity of Provo, Utah; Beaver Canon, Idaho, and Yellow- 

 stone Park, Wyoming. 



Kriemhild Stkr. is at present listed as a variety of epithore Bdv., but 

 in our estimation it should stand as a distinct species with laurenti 

 Skin, as a synonym. WM. BARNES, M.D., and J. McDuNNOUGH, Ph.D., 

 Decatur, 111. 



Strecker's kriemhild was described from a female according to the 

 description and was compared with epithore Bois. He mentions hav- 

 ing examples from the Rio Florida, Colorado, from Arizona, and a 

 female specimen mentioned on page 117 of his Catalogue as bellona, 

 var. b, Utah. In his list of types (Lep. Rhop.-Het. suppl. 3) he men- 

 tions under kriemhild two males from the Rio Florida, Colorado 

 (McCauley), one male, Utah; one female, Arizona. 



I wrote to Mr. W. J. Gerhard, Curator, Department of Entomology, 

 Field Museum, Chicago, in relation to the matter and his reply is as 

 follows: "On examining the material under the name Argynnis kriem- 

 hild in the Strecker collection I found three specimens all marked 

 original type and with the following data: One male, Utah (Johnson) ; 

 one female, Rio Florida, Colorado (McCauley) ; one female, Arizona 

 (Neumoegen). From this it is evident that the female from Utah, 

 which he mentions in his Catalogue, either has been lost, or the sex 

 of the specimen was originally wrongly determined. Although he 

 apparently discovered his error when he published the list of types 

 in his collection, nevertheless he makes a similar error when he calls 

 his Colorado specimen a male." 



I sent Mr. Gerhard a specimen of laurenti and he says : "I have 

 compared your specimen carefully with the three types of kriemhild 

 and have not been able to find the least difference among them. Your 

 specimen, which is just a little fresher than ours, agrees with the 

 types spot for spot, as well as in size and color. It looks very much as 

 though your name laurenti, or rather species, must be regarded as a 

 synonym of kriemhild." 



Mr. W. H. Edwards in his Catalogue'* (1884) put kriemhild as a 

 variety of epithore and it has so remained until the present time. 

 Synonyms are unfortunate, but sometimes good follows the evil as 

 we live and learn. This little study shows the necessity of a single 

 type and I propose for the type of kriemhild Strecker the male speci- 

 men from Utah (Johnson). HENRY SKINNER. 



