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it be objected that nomenclature ought not to be disturbed, and things 

 ought not to be upset, it might be in order to suggest that Lord Walsing- 

 ham and Mr. C. Hartley Durrant, both good Englishmen, have been the 

 greatest disturbing factors of the decade so far as reinstating Hubner's 

 names is concerned. A great part of Mr. Heath's scolding in the second 

 paragraph, therefore, applies to them more perfectly than to any Ameri- 

 can entomologist. Finally, it may be noted that in Staudinger and 

 Rebel's catalogue., just issued, Enpithecia is replaced by Tephroc/ystis, 

 Hbn., and Cliloroclystis, Hbn. Dr. Hulst was, therefore, neither 

 arbitrary nor singular in using the term. 



I am greatly afraid that, unless he wishes to remain solitary, Mr. 

 Heath must give up Eupit/iecia, though there is no canon of nomencla- 

 ture that opposes his hold on " pugs." 



American entomologists and American naturalists generally are 

 accused of being narrow, and confining their ideas " to their own little 

 collections," etc., and this charge is just about as well based as the 

 other. The truth is there are no broader students, literally and other- 

 wise, to be found anywhere than in America ; which is not saying that 

 we do not have the other kind as well. But specialists are needed as yet 

 where so much material remains undescribed, and the would-be mono- 

 grapher of a world-wide fauna finds himself very frequently compelled to 

 limit his ambition by the wealth of new local material coming in to him. 



There are many of the newer entomological recruits who do not 

 realize the difficulties with which the earlier students had to contend. 

 Before i860, almost all American Lepidoptera were described in foreign 

 publications, from Linne to Guene'e and Walker. So, of necessity, the 

 American student became familiar with the general world classification to 

 that date. For years afterward everything was compared with European 

 species, and, so far as possible, American forms were identified with 

 those of other countries. Students like Zeller, Speyer, Moeschler and 

 Staudinger co-operated, and the charge that American work was done 

 without regard to what has been done elsewhere is simply absurd. 



Of course, as in all countries, the work of special students was more 

 or less confined to the local fauna. The fact that in so many countries 

 work was simultaneously done has resulted in duplicating descriptions of 

 similiar structural combinations under different generic names. It is the 

 work of the student now, to collate and systematize, as Sir George F. 

 Hampson is doing with the British Museum material at command. This 



