60 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



student in my capacity, then large numbers of terms throughout Zoology 

 are liable to be overturned any moment by persons as ill-advised as Mr. 

 Morrison. I cite, for example, Mr. Allen's recently described Lolfco 

 Hartingii, determined specifically upon a figure. 



It is true that Mr. Morrison takes no regard as to the meaning of 

 generic terms, and hence has probably taken no cognizance of the 

 derivation of Eucoptocnemis, since he establishes himself a new genus 

 under the name Euiricopis (my term Tricopis with a common prefix), which 

 belies its designation in having the tibiae unarmed ! Mr. Morrison 

 incorrectly refers Eucoptoaicmis ji//i briar is to my genus Pleoncctopoda, where 

 it does not belong, just as he incorrectly refers Euto^ype Rdandi Grote, 

 under the synonym vernalis, to my genus Copipanohs, where it is equally 

 out of place. 



My List of the Noctuidae will amply attain the ends proposed if it 

 will continue to call forth corrections and additions, and so be of service 

 in perfecting a knowledge of its subject, the Noctuidae of N. America. 



A. R. Grote. 



Buffalo, N. Y. 



Dear vSjr, — 



I got a number of larvae of Papilio asterias in July, 1874, in Fulton 

 County, Ohio, three of which changed to pupae. One of the pupae I 

 poured chloroform over, and when it stopped moving, put a pin through 

 it. A few days after I looked at it, and found it had grown almost black 

 about the wing cases. I broke off the piece of the pupa skin that covers 

 the head, legs and antennae, and was surprised to see it move. The 

 wings would get dry sometimes, and I would put a drop of water on them 

 to keep them moist. At last the time came for hatching, and with my 

 help, the butterfly got out of the pupa case, but could not expand on 

 account of its wings being dry. Yours truly, 



A1.1.KN V. Moore. 



Fort Buford, D. T. 



