298 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGlSt. 



original type specimen of subgot/iica ! Its authenticity is vouched for by 

 Mr. Butler in the following letter to the writer: — 



" Mr. Waterhouse suggested to me that as Stephens purchased part 

 of Haworth's collection, it was possible that the original type might be in 

 Stephens's collection now. I thought it hardly probable, for the very 

 reasons urged by yourself ; but there it is, or at any rate a specimen 

 labelled in Haworth's style and in his writing. 



" All of Haworth's types are ticketed in the same way (note the 

 peculiar triangular label and the printing of the name in the picture on 

 the plate). Of course, italic writing is much alike whoever does it, but I 

 should do it differently from Haworth [here Mr. Butler gives his style]. 

 Old Smith, in his labels, differed again [a sample of Smith's style is here 

 given]. In Haworth's label the s and d are the most distinctive features. 

 I have no doubt that the Stephensian specimen is Haworth's type. 



".The type of subgothica has a strongly pectinated antenna (see the 

 picture), but examined through a lens this antenna is clearly seen to be 

 glued on to the right eye. It does not belong to the specimen, which is 

 undoubtedly identical with A. tricosa, Lintner. 



" Stephens's figure cannot have been made from Haworth's type ; 

 indeed, it is stated to have been drawn from a specimen in the possession 

 of Mr. Raddon. Collectors were easily gulled in the days of Stephens, 

 and doubtless anybody who cared to pay for Haworth's species to 

 complete his ' British ' collection could get something quite near enough 

 to represent it. Stephens's figure is evidently taken from a specimen of 

 the same species as Feltia diicens. Walk. (All recognize this as equal to 

 the subgothica of American writers.) 



" We have a whole drawerful of Haworth's types, and in every 

 instance the labels are cut in the same peculiar way (see figure) ; also in 

 every label on which the letters s and b exist they are formed precisely in 

 the same manner. There is, therefore, not the least doubt that the 

 specimen in Stephens's collection is the type and that A. tricosa, Lint., 

 must be called subgothica, Haw." 



As Dr. Lintner, the author of tricosa, has kindly given me a type 

 specimen of his species, I am able to present, in the upper half of the 

 plate, a picture of it, twice natural size, for comparison with the picture of 

 Haworth's type of subgothica. Both Dr. Lintner and Prof Smith agree 

 that the photographs represent insects of the same species. I think a 

 careful study of Guenee's descriptions, and especially of his figure of 



