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must be attached to an/iolus and not to horaldns. Now I must say 

 that I wholly dissent from this opinion. It is contrary to every rule I 

 know. 



Dr. Chapman's treatise on the group is a masterly piece of work 

 and most valuable, but at present I am not convinced that haraldns 

 and ari/ioliis are congeneric. Unfortunately I only possess a single 

 specimen of Iiaraldiis and I have failed as yet to be able to get more. 

 I want a series, inasmuch as the male armature of the one specimen I 

 have, leaves me with a strong element of doubt as to their generic 

 oneness — hence my reason for having hitherto used Celastriua to 

 denote the an/ioliis section. I think, however, I ought not to have 

 done it as it is incumbent on me perhaps to disprove my good friend's 

 able statement of the case rather than refuse to accept his reasoning 

 without any objection being given. I would, therefore, temporarily 

 accept the genus Lycaenopsis for Cyaniris, Auct., and would sink Tutt's 

 Celastriua to it. 



I give these more or less detailed conclusions in response to a 

 request from our Editorial Secretary. 1 cannot say that my investi- 

 gations are nearly completed as yet, but except where I have mentioned 

 special cases in the foregoing notes, my views are not likely to be 

 materially changed, at least in so far as the Pala^arctic fauna is con- 

 cerned. 



As I have already stated there is no sequence of genera in these 

 notes, that is a matter that must be left for a larger work than is here 

 practicable. 



For easy reference I will briefly tabulate the genera grouping the 

 species together, without, however, giving a detailed list, which would 

 be out of place here. 



I shall place under : — 



Stryiiwn, Hb. — w-albiini, Enoch, pnini, L., and all their allies, titiis, 

 and most of the usual pattern hairstreaks of North America. 



Neohfcaena, de N. — sinensis, Alph., tem/stroenii, Ersch., rJn/nnnus, 

 Ev. ■ 



Biiralis, L. — betulae, L., and its allies, qiiercfis, L., and its allies, 

 sniarai/dina, Brem., and diona, Hew., with their allies. 



Chactoprocta, de N. — odata, Hew. (type), attilia, Brem., enthea, 

 Jans., and butleri, Fenton. 



Toinares, Rambur. — balliis, D., and all the species hitherto placed 

 under Thestor. 



Heodes, Dalman. — viryaiireae, and all the coppers except caspiiis. 



Hijrcanana, B-B. — caspius, Ld. 



Cii/aritis, B. — I propose no change with this genus. 



Lanipides., Hb. — aelianus,F., and its allies together (temporarily at 

 least) with boeticiis, L. 



Syntarucas, Butler. — telicanus, Lang. 



Tarucus, Moore. — theophrastns, balcanica, etc. 



A^.anns, Moore. — ubaldus, Cram, [tiiebana, Stgr.), jesoiis, eleusis, 

 Demaison. 



Cyclyrins, Butler. — webbianiis, Brulle. 



C'/iilades, Moore. — laias, Cram., pldala, Gr-Gr., yalba, Ld., trochilus, 

 Frr. 



