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The American Species of Callimorpha. 

 By Geo. D. Hulst. 



We have received from its author a very interesting and valuable 

 paper, published in the Proceedings of the United States Nat'l Museum, 

 entitled "The North American Species of Callimorpha, by J. B, Smith.' 



At about the time this was published, a paper appeared in the Can 

 Entomologist, Vol. XIX, Nil io, entitled "The North American Calli- 

 morphas, by H. H. Lyman, M. A.", and in the same periodical, Vol. 

 XIX, No. 12, Mr. Smith has made a statement based upon the article 

 of Mr. Lyman. 



Both authors have given much study to the subject and the examin- 

 ation of Mr. Smith into the bibliography and structure of the species 

 seems to be exhaustive. Both had abundant material at hand, and from 

 different sections of the country. Mr. Lyman had the additional ad- 

 vantage of an examination of the British Museum collection. We might 

 expect much to interest and instruct and we are not disappointed. 



The conclusions of these two gentlemen very nearly agree, but the) 

 differ very widely from the ideas which have prevailed in the past, and 

 which are probably now held by the majority of Entomologists. 



Mr. Grote in his Catalogue, 1882, gives the current opinion in 

 grouping all our forms of Callimorpha under 3 species. Mr. Smith makes 

 9 species, Mr. Lyman 8 ! 



The Doctors indeed do not agree with each other in conclusion, 

 but they agree that all the rest of us have been very far away from the 

 truth. Their disagreement is on the right of Veslalis, Pack., to be called 

 a good species. An examination of Dr. Packard's type will probably 

 bring agreement on this point between them. The species as Mr. Smith 

 finally tabulates them, are : 1, Clymene, Brown, (interrupto-marginata. 

 Beau.) ; 2, Colona. Hb. , (Clymene, Esp. , preoccupied) ; 3, laciata, Smith : 

 4, Lecontei, Bd. ; var. militaris, Harr. ; 5, contigua, Walk.; 6, suffusa, 

 Smith ; 7, confusa, Lyman ; 8, fulvicosla, Clem. ; 9, ves/alis. Pack. 



We are glad the octosyllabic inttrrupto-marginaia is to drop from 

 our lists and labels, The conclusions of these gentlemen both oi abilitv, 

 and practically verifying each other we receive, but with a sort of Gallileo 

 consciousness we shake our heads, and say, "there are not so many 

 species after all. " 



We call attention to the fact that our correspondent C. H. T. To\v.\- 

 SEND has followed in the footsteps of many other good Entomologists, 

 and has gone to Washington, D. C. His address is no longer Constantine. 

 Mich., but War Dep't, Adj. Gen. Office, Washington, D. C. 



