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imen of Aspasia, the other the type of pjira, a description of 

 which was already written. I desired thus to get Mr. Grote's un- 

 prejudiced opinion, and learn whether the former was his y^r/;:t?«d^, 

 and the latter his seviirclicta. Mr. Grote actually sent the former 

 back labelled '' Walshii,'' and the latter '' Faust ina." Is it pos- 

 sible he had never ''studied the literature upon the subject? Is 

 it possible he did not know he had written a description of Art- 

 Z071CE, to which he could refer? Is it possible that he did not 

 know Mr. Strecker had written a description of Faustina, diXxd had 

 given a colored figure of it so excellent that the merest beginner 

 could have known /wr^ was not Faiistina} Is it possible that he 

 did not know he had the type of semirelicta in his cabinet, and 

 was he ignorant of the "literature upon that subject" also? 

 These facts throw some "light" upon Mr. Grote's claim that Mr. 

 Strecker's Aspasia is his Arizonce and that my piira is his semi- 

 relicta. 



It is said I turned the sequence of the species upside down. 

 I did, and gave as a reason for it that the yellow under winged 

 species seem to follow more naturally after Leiicanitis and Par- 

 thenoSj^Knd the dark under winged species glide more naturally 

 into SpintJierops. Can any one give a reason for the contrary 

 arrangement except that Dr. Morris began it? 



Mr. Grote's article and argument are largely made up of 

 personalities. Upon these I have nothing to say. American 

 lepidopterology has been disgraced in the eyes of the world, in 

 the past, by such things. I will not be a willing party to the 

 continuance of the disgrace. It is something for thought that 

 my friend, Mr. Grote, has almost without exception had a part in 

 all personal disputes, and has generally been plaintiff in those in 

 which he has had part. It is certainly time the method was 

 abated. 



NOTE BY THE PUBLICATIOiN COMMITTEE. 



It is a subject of great regret to us that anything like personalities should have crept 

 into the columns of " Papilio," but Mr. Grote's article having been printed during the ab- 

 sence of the editor from this city, it appeared to be only " fair play" to allow Mr. Hulst the 

 opportunity of reply. As far as this journal is concerned, the matter will end here, and no 

 further personal remarks will again be permitted in its pages. 



A NEW VARIETY OF CATOCALA. 



By G. H. French, Carbondale, 111. 



Catocala Robinsoni. Grote. 



Var. Curvata. n. var. 



In this form the ground color is a little brighter gray and the 

 markings are a little more distinct than in the usual form. The 

 distinctive features are a prominent black basal dash extending 

 from the base of the primaries beyond the t. a. line, and a curved 

 shade of the same from the costa at the place of the beginning 

 of the median shade to the outer margin below the apex. I have 

 several specimens of Robinsoni in which there is a faint trace of 



