LEFI^^KIST 



Official Bulletin of the Boston Entomological Cluh. v ^ 



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RtJDOLF C. B. Bartsch Editor 



46 Guernsey St., Roslindale, Mass. 



Vol. I 



May 15, 1917 



No. 7 



nsii 



Editor's Owing to the lateness of our April 

 Corner number it was dated May 1st and the 

 twice a month services begins this 

 month. 



The check-list of the Lepidoptera of Boreal 

 America just published by Dr. Barnes and Dr. Mc- 

 Dunnough, fills a long felt want. It is quite com- 

 plete and up-to-date with all the new species and 

 forms described since the list by Dr. Dyar. Many 

 groups have been radically changed, but are in keep- 

 ing with the work of specialists in the various groups. 

 It ought to be a great help to Lepidopterists when 

 arranging their collections systematically, and to facil- 

 itate exchange amongst collectors, reference to this 

 list and numbers being all that is necessary. Every 

 Lepidopterist should own one of these lists. It can 

 be secured from Dr. William Barnes, Decatur, 

 Illinois, the price being $2.00. It is to be regretted 

 that the list does not include the reference to the de- 

 scriptions of the various species and forms as was 

 done in Dr. Dyar's list. This of course would 

 have made the volume more than twice as large and 

 the cost would have to be in proportion, so perhaps 

 it is better that it has been published in its present 

 form. 



