270 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



NOTES ON TAYLOR^S TYPES OF GEOMETRID^. 



BY WM. BARNES, M.D., AND J. H. MCDUNNOUGH, PH.D., DECATUR, ILL. 



Recently Dr. Barnes lias acquired by purchase the whole of the Taylor 

 collection of Geometridse including the types and cotypes of about 65 

 species described as new. Most of these types have the type-label 

 attached but in some few instances the author, probably due to the poor 

 condition of his health, has neglected to affix more than a small written 

 label with the name of the species on one of the specimens, even when the 

 original description states that several specimens were present. As how- 

 ever in the original descriptions he has been very careful to give full detail 

 regarding localities and dates we have in nearly every case been able to 

 recognize these other specimens and have considered ourselves justified 

 in affixing '-type" or "cotype" labels as the case might be. In order to 

 account for the fact that these labels are not in Taylor's handwriting, and 

 to give workers on the Geometridœ accurate knowledge concerning these 

 types, we ])ublish in the present article a full list of the Taylor types con- 

 tained in the Barnes collection together with such notes on the same as are 

 necessary. 



Rachcla puUhraria. — One d^ with type label in Taylor's handwriting 

 attached, dated Oct. nth, '06, but without locality label. According to 

 the original description the locality is Tacku River, B. C. 



EupitJiecia i?isig?iificata. — One cf? type label attached, labelled 

 *'W. 15.4.04". A second specimen from Regina was apparently included 

 under this name but to us appears to be different. 



Eiipiihecia sublifieata. — One specimen with hand-printed type label 

 attached, labelled "W. 18.4.04". Four other specimens from Wellington, 

 B. C. (2); Vancouver, B. C; and Field, B. C. (Dod),are contained in the 

 series but are not cotypes. 



Eupithecia obumbrata. — Two 9 types with printed labels "Type" 

 and "Type 2", from Gold Stream, B. C. "10.5.03." Four other specimens 

 taken early in May and labelled "Vancouver Is., G. W, Taylor" are also 

 present in the series. 



Eupithecia modesfa. — The original description calls for both cf and 



9 types; the cf however only bears the label "J", modesta!' in Taylor's 



handwriting in addition to the locality label "Vane, 6.6.05". We have 



affixed to this a type label. The 9 type with printed label is almost 



totally destroyed, portions of the wings being pinned under the label. 



September, 1912 



