84 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



A Lais " seems to me very near Atlaiitis "; and in the list, p. 546, 

 he says ^'' Lais (Atlantis van?)," not being able to determine whether it 

 is a species or a var. He never, in text or list, refers to the plate of Za«, 

 in Butt. N. A., vol. 3, which, as well as the description, testifies to a 

 species that cannot be confounded with Atlantis. 



"There occur, however, in Nevada, forms which are described as 

 Laura and Macaria, of which I have authentic specimens from Mr. H. 

 Edwards, and which, by their under sides, seem to be Coronis.^'' Then, 

 in same connection, speaking of Chitone, as before quoted, he goes on : 

 " None of these names can, in my opinion, be retained, except as syno- 

 nymns, though they are all kept up in Mr. Edwards' Catalogue as distinct 

 species." On this I remark that Mr. Henry Edwards is one of the few 

 experienced lepidopterists who are well acquainted with the American 

 Argynnides. He collected for several seasons in California and Nevada, 

 and knows more of the living butterflies than any other one man. In 

 doubtful cases I rely on his judgment above all persons. His collection 

 does not embrace, by a good deal, all the described species ; but, so far 

 as it goes, it is complete, and each species is represented in long suites. 

 This collection was undoubtedly the most important one Mr. Elwes 

 visited. " In going through Mr. Edwards' collection, I noted Columbia 

 as similar to Hcsperis " and on the strength of that casual glance one 

 May morning, down goes Hesperis as Atlantis pure and simple, and 

 Columbia as well but with a query, the usual confession of 

 ignorance of its position. It takes something more than " going through " 

 a collection in this fashion to make one's self acquainted with forty 

 species, and giving the right to pronounce on them. In the present 

 case, also, some deference might be thought due to Mr. Edwards' standing 

 and experience. But, I doubt very much whether Mr. Elwes saw 

 Macaria. So far as I know, it is not Nevadan, but is confined to the 

 Greenhorn Mountains and Kern River region in South California. 



" Whether Montivaga and its var. Egleis are really distinct from 

 Eurynome and its varieties, is hard to say," p. 574. Who said Egleis 

 was a var. of Montivaga ? I am confident the author of this paper never 

 saw Montivaga, unless under another name. It is neither Egleis nor Eury- 

 nome, but the same as A7-ge Strecker, which last is not Erifina at all, as 

 anyone can see by reading the two descriptions. Mr. Mead, who has a keen 

 eye for resemblances or differences, (alas, that he has gone over to the 



