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speak of the objection to increasing the use (as section-names) of such 

 extraordinary appellations. The plural termination, I should think, ought 

 always to be Latinised. 



The same principle may, of course, be applied to other groups of in- 

 sects. Such genera as Agrotis, Pterostichus, Tipula, Bombus, etc., might 

 be well sectionised. 



PRELIMINARY CAT.\LOGUE OF THE ARCTIID.'E OF TEM- 

 PERATE NORTH AMERICA. WITH NOTES. 



BY JOHN B. SMITH, NEW BRUN.SWICK, N. J. 

 (Continued from page j6S, Volume xxii.) 



E. elegaiis Str. 



1873 — Stretch, Zyg. & Bomb., 1S9, pi. 8, f 6, Eiichaetcs. 



1875 — Butler, Cist. Ent., II., 37, Euc/iaetes. 



1876 — Stretch, Wheeler's Rept. Surv., west 100 mer.. \.. 797. pi. 

 40, ff 5 and 6, Euchaetes. 



1882 — Grt., Can. Ent., XIV., 196, Euchaetes. * • 



Habitat — California, Owens Valley. 

 E. imtnaculata Graef 



1867 — Graef, Ent. Amer., III., 42, Euchaetes. 



Habitat — Florida. 

 E. inopinatus Hy. Edw. 



1882 — Edw., Papilio, II., 13, Euchaetes. 



Habitat — Florida. 

 E. niurina Stretch. 



•885 — Stretch, Enl. Amer., I., 106, Euchaetes. 



1887 — Graef., Ent. Amer, III., 142, Euchaetes. 



Habitat — Arizona, Texas. 

 E. oregonensis Stretch. 



1873 — Stretch, Zyg. & Bomb., 187, pi. 8, f. 7, Euchaetes. 



1874 — Lint.*, Ent. Cont, III., 145, Euchaetes. 



Habitat — Oregon, Texas, New York. 

 E. per lev is Grt. 



1882 — Grt., Can. Ent., XIV., 196, Euchaetes. 



1882 — Grt, Papilio, II , 131. Euchaetes. 



. Habitat — Arizona. 



