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var. Allusa, Hulst. 

 5 i . Irene, Behr. 



var. Virgilia, Hy. Edw. 

 var. Volumnia, Hy. Edw. 

 var. Veleria, Hy. Edw. 



52. Parta, Guenee. 



var. Perplexa, Strecker. 

 var. Petulans, Hulst. 



53. Coccinata, Grote. 



var. Sinuosa, Grote. 



54. Circe, Strecker. 



55. Aholibah, Strecker. 



56. Chiricahua, Poling. 



57. Violenta, Hy. Edw. 



58. Verilliana, Grote. 



var. Ophelia, Hy. Edw. 

 var. Votiva, Hulst. 



59. Ultronia, Hubner. 



var. Ceiia, Hy. Edw. 

 var. Mopsa, Hy. Edw. 

 var. Adriana, Hy. Edw. 

 var. Herodias, Strecker. 



60. Ilia, Cramer. 



var. Zoe, Behr. 

 var. Uxor, Guenee. 

 var. Osculata, Hulst. 



61. Innubens, Guenee. 



var. Flavidalis, Grote. 

 var. Hinda, French, 

 var. Scintillans, Grote. 



ON LABELING INSECTS. 



There is a great lack of uniformity in labeling insects ; owing to 

 which it is often impossible to distinguish the name of the locality from 

 that of the collector ; and with reference to the date of capture, it is im- 

 possible to discover what is meant (when the day of capture is less than 

 the 13th), on account of some collectors placing the day of the month 

 first, and others the month. 



For instance, a specimen taken on May 10, 1901, would by some be 

 labeled 10, 5, 1901, and by others (chiefly amongst Americans) 5, 10, 

 1 90 1. On passing from one collection to another, the recipient would 

 be undecided as to whether the figures referred to May 10 or Oct. 5. 



Again, now that exchange abroad is much more common than 

 formerly, it is insufficient to give simply the village or wood in which the 

 insect is taken. 



The province or county should also be given, in full if possible, unless 

 the name of the country be also added, when both the latter may be 

 abbreviated; as for example: "Bradford, Yorks., Eng.," or "Shovel Mount, 

 Burnet Co., Tex." 



It must be remembered that there are counties of Middlesex, Surrey 

 and Cornwall in Jamaica ; that there are similar instances everywhere, 

 and hosts of towns with well-known English names in the United States, 

 in Canada and other colonies ; so that specimens so ambiguously labeled 



