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17. Arg. Triclaris, Hiib. Slow in flight, but difficult to take, as it 

 flies over boggy and marshy places in the valleys amongst the snow-caps. 



18. Arg. Leto, Beh. $ only observed ; lively in flight and easily 

 distinguished from its dark brown and yellow colors. 



NOTES ON CALLIMORPHA. 



BY JOHN B. SMITH, WASHINGTON, D. C. 



In the early spring of 1887, while arranging the National Museum 

 collection of Arctiidce, I tried to make out the varieties of Callimoj-pha 

 lecojitei listed in our catalogues, and soon came to the conclusion that 

 we had to do with more species than were generally accepted. I investi- 

 gated the literature of the subject and prepared a paper, the results of 

 which were first communicated to the Entomological Society of Washing- 

 ton at their March meeting (see Entom. Americ, iii., p. 20). At this 

 time I had concluded to describe three new species, viz., /aetata, siiffusa 

 and confiisa, and prepared the descriptions for Ent. Am , sending the 

 MSS. of the monograph to the Proceedings of the National Museum. 

 For reasons hereinafter stated, I finally identified my confiisa with lecontei- 

 Bd., and withdrew my description of that species, changing also the name 

 in the proof of the monograph. 



The descriptions of lactata and suffusa appeared in Ent. Am., iii., 25, 

 and I refer on p. 26 to the monograph of the genus for the Proc. U. S. N, 

 Museum. 



In August, at the meeting of the Ent. Club, A. A. A. S., I read from 

 advance sheets of my paper the substance of my conclusions, and tried 

 to convince the gentlemen present of their correctness — I grieve to say, 

 with very little success, as a reference to the report of the meeting in Ent. 

 Am., iii., 103, will show. Mr. Lyman;- to whose paper I will presently 

 refer, had evidently not seen this when his MSS. went to the printer. 



Prof. Riley, and Messrs. Hulst and Graef vigorously opposed my views, 

 and one emphatic gentleman (not in open meeting, however,) pronounced 

 them profane adjectived nonsense. Mr. Edwards wrote me I was all 

 wrong, and Mr. Butler, whose reputation as a lumper is none of the best, 

 considered six species an abundance, and they not very good ones either. 

 My paper appeared Sept. i6th, and was distributed to correspondents 



