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A. montivaga. — One specimen taken. 



A. Edwardsii. — Only one specimen taken. 



A. liliana. — Only one specimen taken. Mr. W. H. Edwards says 

 that the A. coronis and A. nevadensis taken in Utah are larger than 

 ordinary. To my mind the A. coronis taken in Utah are unlike those 

 taken in Colorado, both as to size and colour, but I have seen very few 

 of the Colorado specimens. 



In my collection are a number of Argynnis which seem to be 

 unnamed. 



For identification of specimens I am indebted to Prof. G. H. 

 French, Dr. Henry Skinner, and Mr. W. H. Edwards. 



My studies of this group lead me to believe that it sadly needs 

 revision ; that when it is studied carefully by someone who has facilities 

 for comparing all the species and varieties described, many so-called 

 species will prove to be synonymous; that when all the species have 

 been bred and the stages studied, some surprising truths will be unearthed. 



With a collection containing thirty-five species (?) and several 

 varieties (?), I am willing, for the present at least, to say " don't know " 

 to many things concerning the genus. I am anxious to find out some- 

 thing and contribute my mite towards unravelling the remarkable tangle. 



LUNA EGGS— A CORRECTION. 

 Mr. Dyar kindly points out that the eggs mentioned by me on page 

 79 of the March number are not those oi Actias Luna, as stated, but are 

 those of Telea Polyphemus. He adds that " Luna eggs are quite 

 different, being almost entirely black, and laid in little clusters on the 

 twig, not on the leaf" Not having bred these moths from the egg, I had 

 to rely on such descriptions as were at hand. Rogers [Can. Ent., VIL, 

 199] describes the eggs of Luna as "dark brown or chocolate colour, 

 flattened at the sides, smooth, and about .05 of an inch in length ; the 

 sides were of a lighter shade." Saunders [Sixth Ann. Report, 41] says of 

 Polyphemus : " The egg is about one-tenth of an inch in diameter, 

 convex above and below, with the convex portions whitish and the nearly 

 cylindrical sides brown." Minot [Can. Ent., II., 27] also describes Luna 

 eggs as very dark sepia, although some were almost entirely white. My 

 eggs appeared to me to answer better to the description of those of Luna, 

 and as the difference in method of attachment to food-plant was not 

 given, I came to the conclusion that they were those of Luna, as the 

 moth is usually abundant in the grove of hickories where the eggs were 

 obtained, W. Hague Harrington. 



