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rounded, without dorsal setuhu. Costa extending nearly to middle of wing, 

 noticeably thickened from near base to apex, the setuhe rather close, not much 

 longer than diameter of costa, first section slightly longer than 2+3, third about 

 half as long as second; fourth vein arcuate, ending well in front of apex of wing; 

 all thin veins evanescent at apices. 



Length 2.25 mm. 



Type. — Cobden, 111., May 9, 1918. One specimen. 



This species differs from the only described North American one, orphne- 

 philoides Malloch, in being yellow instead of black, in the armature of the frons, 

 and the much shorter costal vein. 



A BUTTERFLY NEW TO KANSAS. 



BY HORACE GUNTHROP, WASHBURN COLLEGE, TOPEKA, KANS. 



The capture of a specimen of Eresai texana Edwards in the city of Topeka 

 by Prof. W, A. Harshbarger on October 24, 1918, adds a new species to the list 

 of Kansas butterflies. The specimen, a female, was caught on a hedge on West 

 Sixth St., near the city limits. 



According to Holland*, this species ranges from Texas into Mexico, so its 

 presence as far north as Kansas must be looked upon as accidental rather than 

 as an extension of its normal range. It is probable that the chrvsalis was 

 carried here upon some shipment of goods on the railroad, or by some other 

 human agency. 



PISCATORIAL ENTOMOLOGY. 



Entomologists not familiar with the classification of insects more 

 or less current among fly fishermen, may be interested in a brief review of 

 the subject based chiefly on an American book. The classification rests 

 essentially upon the works of various English fly- fishermen but has been 

 applied to American insects, worked out and illustrated in the book to which 

 we refer, namely, "American Trout-Stream Insects," by Louis Rhead (1916). 



The names for insects orders which differ most from those in ordinary use 

 among entomologists are: drakes for the may-flies, browns for the stone-flies, 

 duns for the caddis- flies, and spinners for the crane-flies. The nomenclature 

 of species is more or less fanciful, for instance: brown buzz, nobby spinner, 

 yellow sally, black dose. However, names of this sort cannot be entirely 

 ignored by entomologists for among them are some genuine vernacular terms, 

 \iz.. redbug for Aphodius fimetarins in the Catskill region of New York. Since 

 common names for insects are so rare, yet desirable, all those actually in use 

 should be noted. 



Fishermen are not to be severely criticized for inventing a classification 



and nomenclature especially adapted to their special needs, but it should rest 



upon accurate observation, and reasons urged for adopting it should be the 



real and perhaps justifiable ones, honestly stated, not unfounded allegations 



regarding the lack or unreliability of scientific system. 



*W. J. Holland. The Butterfly Bock. New York, 1904. 

 November, 1919 



