THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGI.ST. 13 



ON SAMIA GLOVERI AND COLUMBIA. 



• BY DR. H. HAGEN, CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 



The type ^ specimen of Sa»iia Gloveri having been presented by 

 Mr. Strecker to the collection in the museum of which I have charge, I 

 have most carefully compared it with the type $ specimen of S. Columbia. 

 I am bound to state that I cannot find d^wy difference except the rosy color 

 of Gloz'eri, and there are no characters which I consider of value to 

 separate the two species. I freely admit that the examination, however 

 carefully made, of only two specimens, both of which are old and in poor 

 condition, is scarcely sufficient to determine this point, but I wish to draw 

 the attention of students who may have a larger amount of material for 

 comparison, to the facts stated, with the hope that the true relationship 

 of these insects may be determined. ' 



The suggestion that S. Gloveri is perhaps produced by the different 

 conditions surrounding it in the country in which it is found (a salt 

 deformity) is very easily made, but I should object to such a conclusion 

 until we are placed in possession of fuller information regarding the early 

 stages of both species. It would be very interesting and important to 

 know with certainty whether any other Lepidoptera from Utah and 

 Arizona present similar differences in color, among the same or related 

 western and eastern species. 



TINEINA. 



BY V. T. CHAMBERS, COVINGTON, KY. 



Errata.— Ante p. 19, tenth line from top, for " Drura " read Denver. 

 Ante p. 136, eighteenth line from bottom, for '" Philonome Staintonella " 

 read P. Clemensella. 



Laverna grisscella Cham. 



This proves on comparison of specimens to be identical with L..Murt- 

 feldtella Cham. 



