THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 93 



NOTE ON GABRIOLA DYARI, TAYLOR. 



BY GEO. W. TAYLOR, WELLINGTON, B. C. 



This species was described by me^ from a male specimen only, and 

 no females have yet been discovered. 



Dr. Dyar, after examining the Hulst collection, expressed the opinion^ 

 that the single type oi Nacophora inmiina, Hulst, in that collection was 

 conspecific with the male Dyari, and that therefore my species would fall. 



Lately^ Mr. Grossbeck has expressed the same opinion. 



A short time ago, however, I had the pleasure of seeing the type 

 specimen of N. jn'uiima myself, and noted some differences ; and subse- 

 quently on going through the fine collection in the U. S. National Museum, 

 I was pleased to find two male specimens which agreed exactly with my 

 note of minima, and showed clearly the validity of G. Dyari. 



This species will therefore stand, and Hulst's species, which is not a 

 Nacophora (as it lacks the tongue that should be present in that genus), 

 must be known as Gabriola minima. 



The two males just mentioned are labelled respectively " Arangie, 

 Idaho," and '* Glenwood Springs, Colo., Aug. 1-7," agreeing in locality 

 with G. minima. 



G. 7ninima may be distinguished from G. Dya?'i by the very straight 

 intradiscal line, that line in Dyari being well rounded out. The 

 prevailing tint in Dyari is a warm brown, while in miiiima it is dull gray, 

 and the white blotch at the anal angle of the fore wing, so conspicuous in 

 Dyari, is absent. 



A REPLY' TO DR. DYAR. 



BY EVELYN GROESBEECK MITCHELL, WASHINGTON, D. C. 



I have been deeply gratified at the many favourable reviews and com- 

 ments which my work, '• Mosquito Life," has received. In Dr. Dyar's 

 reviewj he not only seems unable to say anything against it, but, on the 

 other hand, to so admire it. that he has become possessed of the strange 

 idea that he is actually the author of some portion of it, since he says that 

 he has to turn to the title page to ascertain whether or not it is his own. 

 This, as well as other deplorable notions, he has seen fit to set forth in 

 print. I shall endeavour to dissipate these vagaries in the order in which 

 he has expressed them : 



1. Can. Ent., XXXVI, 255. 



2. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., VI, 226, 



3. Ent. News, XVI II, 151. 

 March, 1908 



