REVISION MALACOSOMA HUBNER IN NORTH AMERICA 285 



series of specimens from which californicum was described are in the 

 American Museum of Natural History. 



There are two different catalogs of Henry Edwards' specimens in 

 the American Museum of Natural History. One is his original catalog 

 in which he apparently made most of the entries. This catalog is 

 referred to as "Henry Edwards' personal catalog" in the following 

 discussion, and it seems to be quite accurate. The second catalog is one 

 that was prepared by somebody after his collection was obtained by the 

 museum. It contains a second set of identification numbers, and at 

 least as far as the Malacoso?na entries are concerned, it is full of errors of 

 various sorts. This catalog is referred to as the "AMNH catalog of 

 Henry Edwards' collection" in the following discussion. 



In Henry Edwards' personal catalog at the AMNH the following 

 entry appears: 



There is no date on this page, but the catalog is not arranged in chrono- 

 logical order since there are various pages dated as early as 1839 which 

 follow this page. The fact that the specimens are identified as Clisio- 

 campa californica Pack, indicates that the entry was made after 1864, 

 and the comments under "remarks" indicate that it was made after 

 1868-69, since Boisduval described fruietorum in 1868-69. (Edwards' 

 remarks are incorrect since frutetorum is actually a synonym of M. 

 americanum. The other two species which Boisduval described at the 

 same time, pseudoneustria and drupacearum, are both synonyms of M. 

 californicum.) The fact that the entries were made after 1868 does not 

 mean the specimens were not collected at an earlier time, since many 

 of his entries in the catalog bearing higher catalog numbers than "101" 

 have dates as early as 1838. 



Even if Packard designated a type(s) in 1864 there does not appear 

 to be a specimen of californicum in existence bearing a label in his 

 handwriting. Therefore, it must be assumed that the type(s) is lost, 

 destroyed, or unrecognizable because it was not labeled. 



