THE ENTOMOLOGIST 



Vol. XXXIV.l NOVEMBEE. 1901. [No. 462. 



ON NAMES APPLIED TO CERTAIN SPECIES OF THE 

 PIERID GENUS CATASTICTA. 



By Arthur G. Butler, Ph.D., &c. 



In 1897 the late Dr. Otto Staudiiiger wrote to inform me that 

 he was meditating upon the publication of a Revision of the 

 genus Catasticta, and he asked me to let him have papers pub- 

 lished by me in which species of that genus were described. 



Although I cannot discover that the proposed Revision was 

 ever published, certain names proposed by Dr. Staudinger have 

 become well known amongst dealers, and specimens are being 

 sold broadcast, under these names, to the entomological public. 



It was an unfortunate fact that the late Dr. Staudinger, 

 whose care in the determination of Palgearctic Lepidoptera 

 earned him a world-wide reputation, was, unfortunately, by no 

 means so careful when dealing with exotic species. In the case 

 of Catasticta he has given manuscript names to several species 

 without taking the least trouble to ascertain whether or not his 

 supposed new species are identical with those long previously 

 described from the same localities. 



As it is most important that Staudinger's proposed names 

 should not be accepted without examination, and the species 

 described as new to science, I propose to state what they are (so 

 far as I have hitherto come in contact with them), and, if new, 

 I shall adopt his name and describe. 



I have met with the following in the Crowley collection : — 



1. Archonias PHILEMON, Staudinger ; from Bolivia. — This is 

 typical Catasticta colla, Doubleday, from Bolivia. 



2. Archonias cornelia, Staudinger ; from Bogota. — This is 

 typical Catasticta hebra, Lucas ; from Colombia. 



3. Archonias opposita, Staudinger, from Bolivia.— This is 

 typical Catasticta manco, Doubleday ; from Bolivia. 



ENTOM. — NOVEMBER, 1901. - JJ 



