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OF THE 



BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES. 



VOLUME I. 



I. Description of New North American IVIoths 



BY AUG. K. GROTE. 



In the present Article I announce the fact that new species of the 

 Lepidopterous Genera Hemaris, Leucania, Phasiane, Tortrix, Cou- 

 chylis, are discovered in our Fauna, and that two new genera, Mel- 

 lilla and Lomanaltes, occur within its limits. It has been objected 

 to such studies as these, that they are of the Closet and not of the 

 Field. Already one has been who made this distinction in his own 

 favor. Still, I think the student at his books and dead specimens is 

 the same whom we meet again, where grasses grow, collecting and 

 observing. So the Field is brought to the House with the Harvest, 

 and can be rightly spoken of from the Closet. It will at least profit 

 others little to be unable properly to tell what one has seen. It is 

 no excuse that we have been out of door when we are called upon 

 to speak. To some the form which the student uses, that he may be 

 well understood, may seem uninteresting, and his statement dry. 

 But from his record is gathered at last a Truth that every one may 

 enjoy. So, often, the seed is dry, but the plant is full of sap. Per- 

 haps it must be dry at first, to be properly green thereafter. This is 



BUIi. BUF. 80C. KAT. SCI. (1) APKIL, 1873. 



