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In our Synonymical Catalogue (1865) the species is entered as 

 follows : 



Euproserpinus Grote & Robinson. 



16. phaeton. 



Proserpinus Phaeton Boisduval MSS. 



Euproserpinus Phaeton Grote & Robinson (1865). 

 Habitat — Western District ! 



In the descriptional part (p. 30). we say : " We are indebted to Mr. 

 J. W. Weidemeyer for the information respecting this singular little 

 species, which, we believe, has not been hitherto described, while an 

 excellent figure, shown us by Mr. S. Calverley, enables us to present the 

 present description and to fix the species. It appears that Dr. Boisduval 

 has etiquetted a specimen in his cabinet as Proserpinus Phaeton." 



So that both in the Catalogue itself and in the description we give 

 Dr. Boisduval credit for the name Proserpinus Phaeton. What more it 

 was possible for us to do I cannot see. There is not the faintest desire 

 on our part to avoid giving the fullest credit to all parties known to us to 

 have anything to do with the species. Mr. Calverley's figure came pro- 

 bably from Dr. Behr or Mr. Hy. Edwards with the name Phaeton. This 

 figure was engraved for a hitherto unfinished work on the Sphingidae. Of 

 this work I have an incomplete copy; the last plate is numbered xxvi. 

 The plates are headed : " North American Lepidoptera.'' The first two 

 plates have in the lower left-hand corner : " Published by J. W. Weide- 

 meyer and S. Calverley, New York." Plate iii. ei sea. have the name of 

 Mr. W. H. Edwards added. I believe the plates were lithographed and 

 colored by Chas. Walo between 1863 and 1868 ; possibly these dates are 

 not strictly accurate. To the last plates I contributed originals. Two 

 of the plates (Nos. 18 and 19) were executed in England; W. West, 

 imp. ; E. W. Robinson, delt. On plate 19, fig. 1, is a figure of Lapara 

 (not Lipara) bombycoides Walk., which I have long ago shown the reasons 

 for believing to be Ellema harrisii or a closely allied species. On plate 

 13, fig. 5, " Proserpinus Phaeton " is figured. In 1868, three years after- 

 wards, we redescribed this species from a specimen loaned us by Dr. 

 Boisduval. The specimen was not labeled to my recollection, and as we 

 were under the impression that Dr. Boisduval knew our Synonymical 

 Catalogue, there could be no question as to the name. We were much 

 puzzled afterwards by Dr. Boisduval disowning the name phaeton, describ- 



