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Reinnrks on tin' .^njiioiitjtinj nf fin' Afl(if< of fin' Hpfprncern 

 SphiinjiJa ninf Nocfiutfd, puhl'i^tlnnf ns a [iDrfioii of flic 

 refoiltx of tin' t'ondtje of the " Fr'npiti' Xorani" Xort'.nilitw, 

 187+ ; />// 11. H. 8TRf:TCH, of Saii Fancisco, ( 'alifornia. 



Tilt' present pa|)ei' is inteiuleil to 141 ve tlie result of the com- 

 parison of Plates 79 to 107 inclusive, (excei)t figures 1-6 on 

 Plate 82), with the collection of the British Musenm, and the 

 catalogues of the same jniblished from 185-41866. These plates 

 contain the grou])S usually classed hy Entomologists l)etween 

 .Sphinx and Noctua, and are contained in parts 1-7, 31, 32. and 

 35, of the Museum catalogues. The plates according to the' foot- 

 notes were edited between the years 1868-1873, while the cover 

 to the Atlas sets ftn'th that they were published collectively in 

 November, 1874. It is not intended to follow the synonymy 

 further than to indicate the identity of the species figured with 

 the specimens existing in the British Museum, leaving for a 

 future catalogue of these families, which I have in pre])aration, 

 the question whether Mr. Walker's determinations have in all 

 places been correct ; as well as the (piestion of generic distribu- 

 tion in which the Museum catalogue is notoriously defective. 



Where there can be no doubt of the })riority of names, that 

 which should have ])recedence is indicated in more prominent 

 ty})e than the synonym. 



A prom})t notice of this jiublication becoiues ne(;cssary from 

 the fact that a not inconsideralile luimber of s])e(;ies have been 

 previously described by the late F. Walker, Esq., from types in 

 the British Musi^um cabinets. As these were all ])ublished 

 before 1866, theii- names must stand exce])t in cases of erroueous 

 determination. it is greatly to l)e regretted that there is no 

 letter-press accom])anyiug the Atlas. Indeed, so far as the jilates 

 alluded to are concei-ned, there are not even localities attache(l 

 to the species figured, or any mention of the place of deposit of 

 the types. The latter is an important omission wIkmi we i'ememl)er 



