194 THE entomologist's kecokd. 



genera Enjnnia (Caycharodnn) and Hesperia (sensi'i lato), that an insect 

 erroneously recorded by me in the Ent. liecord, vol. xvii., p. 150, as 

 Carchar<i(li(s lavaterae is a new species closely related to, but distinct 

 from, Eri/nnia staKderi, Rev., whicb was described and figured in the 

 last fascicule of vol. ii. of the Bulletin of the Lepidnpterolonical Society 

 of Geneva. The new species, to which Dr. Reverdin has given the 

 specific name of rhainseti, Rev., will be described and figured in the next 

 number of the above-mentioned Hnlletin. Further, I maj' add that 

 specimens of what I took to be Krj/nnia {(.^archarodns) altheae from the 

 Cedars of Lebanon (August) and the Constantinople district (May, June 

 and Aiigu:^t) prove, after examination of the genitalia, to be the newly 

 described H. nrienfalis, Rev., which was first described from Greek 

 specimens. Dr. Reverdin informs me that, as far as he is able to, 

 judge from the small amount of material I have been able to send him, 

 there is a distinct seasonal dift'erence between the first and second 

 broods of this insect. 



The Hesperia resembling a "very heavily spotted p/ilouiidis,'' to 

 which I have referred \n the Knt. Record, vol. xvii., p. 150, and vol. 

 xviii., pp. 48, 307, 308, and which occurs sparingly in the desert East 

 of the Nile near Cairo, has been examined by Dr. Reverdin and proves 

 to be a new species, which will also be described by Dr. Reverdin and 

 and figured by ^M. Culot in the next number of the Geneva JUdletin, and 

 to which the former h;is given the name of aiiunophis. Finally 1 may 

 note that the examination of the genitalia of Constantinople specimens 

 of H. aiiioricanits, sent by me to Dr. Reverdin for examination, prove 

 to be in some cases H. annoricanns, in others H. pert<ica, which Dr. 

 Reverdin described in the last number of the Btdletin as being possibly 

 a new species, possibly a form of //. annoricajiiis. Dr. Reverdin writes, 

 " lesaniioricanus ont les uns la valve d'arjuoricantis typique et d'autres 

 celle de per.^ica, mais malheureusement ces deux categories ne repon- 

 dent pas aux deux formes a bord abdominal gris ou blanc et il y 

 a un melange sans correspondance. Cela me rend encore plus perplexe 

 que jamais sur la valeurde cette forme particuliere de la valve et je ne 

 sais plus du tout si persica est ou non une forme d'arnioricanns." 



May 1 terminate by thanking Dr. Reverdin for the invaluable 

 assistance he has given me and many another entomologist in the study 

 of this difficult group of butterflies, and by expressing the hope that he 

 may long continue to elucidate the relationships of the puzzling 

 " skippers." 



Notes on the Synonymy of Boisduval's N. American species of 



Lycaenldae. 



By J. McDUNNOQGH, Ph.D. 

 Mr. Bethune-Baker has asked me to contribute a paper dealing 

 with the sj'nonymy of certain species of Li/caenidae, described from 

 California by Boisduval in two papers appeanng in Ann. Soc. Knt. 

 Fr., (2), X., 1852, and Ann. Soc. Ent. Bel;/., xii., 1869. M. Charles 

 Oberthiir, in one of the most recent numbers of his Etudes de Lepi- 

 dopteroloiiie co)nparee, has published excellent figures of the actual type 

 specimens still in existence in his wonderful collection ; these types I 

 had the privilege of examining whilst ou a recent visit to Europe and 

 can vouch for the accuracy of the reproduction. Thanks to M. Oberthiir, 



