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A reference, however, to my list will show that all of M. Provancher's 

 new Vancouver species are there included, and it appears most probable, 

 therefore, that he had my specimens from Mr. Brodie and wrote his 

 descriptions from them. He acknowledges in the paper referred to that 

 the insects were sent him by Mr. Brodie. 



From what I know of M. Provancher, I feel sure that if he had been 

 informed by Mr. Brodie that the specimens were not his own, but mine, he 

 would have mentioned in his paper the name of the collector as well as 

 the locality in which they were to be found. 



Now, while I care but little about my name appearing as the captor 

 of new species, I hold that such action as Mr. Brodie's results in a 

 positive injury to science. First, because had I known that I possessed 

 a number of new species, I should most certainly have placed them where 

 they would have received greater care and have been of greater use than in 

 my cabinet, viz., in the collection of some public museum. Secondly, had 

 I been communicated with, I would have submitted to the describer a 

 series of each species, for I have a series of all but one, and in some cases 

 I have both males and females, and everyone will admit that a description 

 made from a series is of much greater value than one made from a not- 

 over good single specimen. 



Of course it is just possible that the insects described were collected 

 by some one else. If this is so, the coincidence is an extraordinary one. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



A RARE SPHINX ADDED TO THE CANADIAN LIST. 



Dear Sir : I wish to record as an addition to the Canadian fauna, 

 the exquisite little Sphinx moth, FterogoJi Clarkice Boisd., a perfect male of 

 which has been generously presented to me by my friend, the Rev. G. W. 

 Taylor. This little gem is well figured at No. 5, Plate xiii., of Strecker's 

 Lepidoptera. The specimen in question was taken at Victoria, Vancouver 

 Island, about May 15, 1884, while hovering over the flowers of a lilac 

 bush in company with Hemaris rubens H Edw. and Papilios Rutulus v. 

 Arizoniensis W. H. E., and Euryttiedofi. The coloration of this species 

 is very beautiful. The general hue of the primaries is olivaceous, but 



