MACROGLOSSA ERATO. b..is„uvai.. 



Lep. Cal., (Ann. Soc. Ent. Bel. XII), p. li.'), (ISflSj. 

 IluUer, Trans. Zool. Hoc. Lond., IX, p. .i29, (18771. 



Euproserpinus Phaeton, Grote & Bob., Proc. Km. Sue. I'liil., \', p. 178, ( 18(v)), Trans. Am. Km. Sue, II, p. 181, (18(58). Hy. 

 Edicds., Proc. Cal. Auad. Sc, (1875). 



(PLATE XIV, FIG. 1.) 



Tlii.-i rare little spcrii's liaviiit;' l)ccii (U'.-;cril)L'd at U'ii<itli by Dr. BoisdiiNal, and also iiy Gnitc <t II., as I 

 give a fiii'iiro of the upper •■surfaee I may he spared from iiauseatino- the student l)v further repetition except to 

 add tliat tiio under side of primaries is white liordered witli fu.scons at outer niaruiu, and secondaries p;de veilow 

 with black border outwardly. 



It occurs in Los Angelo.s County and probably in other parts of ^Southern California. I am indebted for 

 the pcssession of the original of the accompanying figure, which was taken by the late G. li. Crotch, to the 

 enduring goodness of the great .savan, Dr. H. Hagen. 



The name Phaeton adopted by Grotc cannot for a moment lie entertained as hi.s original de.seription in Proc. Ent. Soc, Y, 178, 

 was made from a picture and not from any real insect, for particulars of wliicli piratical aUempl see foot-note on page 113 of this work. 



Several years later when Grote accompanied his patron Kobinson on a visit to Europe ihey received the species from Dr. Bois- 

 duval and on tlieir return home gave from said example their re-description, which however wa.s not in time to supersede that of 

 Boisduval published in Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, (XII, p. Go). To these circumstances Dr. Boisdnval alludes in the Le|). Met. (Suites a 

 Buftbn), p. o(!3, ( 1874), where he says that at the desire of MM. Grote A Robinson he presented them witli this rarity as well as many 

 other Heterocerous Lep., as they were anxious to have them to illustrate some articles on the Le]). Het. of the United States, and he 

 further adds that he cannot understand why they substituted the name of Phaeton for his name o{ Erato.'-' 



On the appearance of the above Grote delivered himself in the Canadian Ent. (VIII, p. 28, 1876), along with other equally 

 savory and modest matter, of the following: " Euproserpinus phaeton G. & R. Dr. Boisduval (Suites a Bufibn, 1874, oao) says as to the 

 species which he calls Macrogbssa phaeton, rpiotiug (irote and Robinson's original description, that he does not know by what chance we 

 changed the name of this species from era/o to pAarton. This remark is based on a misunderstanding." He then goes on to say that 

 when he and his colleague first described this species from a picture and from information received from Mr. S. Calverly, who also 

 stated that the species wiis described in MSS. by Dr. Boisduval as Proserpinus phaeton, that ''we preserved Dr. Boisduval's name, giving 

 him in our paper credit I'or the species." 



Would the reader like to know how Grote gave Dr. Boisduval credit for the species ? By referring to the description in question 

 he will see this line: " It appears th.at Dr. Boisduval has etiquetted a specimen in his cabinet as Proserphms Phaeton;" that is the way 

 he gave him credit for the species. Wasn't it a noble way? Who will dare doubt after this that nobility of soul still finds an abiding 

 place in the human breast? Further on in tlie same article Grote states that Dr. Boisduval lent him and his colleague an example 

 from which for the first time they made their description from the real insect, (in Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 1878), adding that "at about 

 the same time Dr. Boi.sduval published the species under the name of cra^o." Thus goes on this Sir Arrogantissimus from foul to 

 fouler, bewraying himself with the filth of his own conceit; for of a verity, hath it not been most truly said by the world-renowned 

 Sancho Panza that the higher a monkey climbs the more he exposes himself to shame and ridicule. 



PTEROGON TERLOOII. Hy. Edwards. 



(Proserpinus T.) Proc. Cal. Acad. Sc, (1875). 



(PLATE XIV, FIG. 2, g'.) 



Fully described in the work above cited. The figure on j)late XIV was drawn from one of the two orig- 

 inal types loaned for the purpose by my very dear friend, Dr. H. Behr, in whose coll. are the only two examples 

 so far known to science. The under side of j)rimaries is greenish yellow shaded broadly in the middle with 

 dull red. Secondaries also greenish yellow with a taint median liand of a shade darker. It is closely allied to 

 the Eur. P. Proserpina, Pall. {Oeno'therae, Schiii'.). De.scriljed from two d taken at Mazatlau, Mex., by the 

 late Baron Terloot, to whom the species was dedicated by its author. 



SMERINTHUS IMPERATOR. Nov. Sp. 



(PLATE XIV, FIG. 3, $.) 



Female. Expands 4J inches. 



Head above yellow fawn colour, thorax violaceous grey, not dark ; abdomen yellowish fawn shaded, some- 



*Nous avons prete cette rarete a MM. Grote et Robin.son, ainsi que plusieiirs autres Lepidopteres hetertjceres pour qu'ils puissant, 

 selon leur desir, les lairc figurer dans un ouvrage qu'ils ont entrepris sur les Lepidopteres Heteroceres des Etat.s-Unis d'Amerique. 

 Nous ne savons pas par quel hasard ces mes.sieurs ont change notre nom iV Erato pour lui substituer celiii de Phaeton. 



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