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of mounted specimens in their collections. We have 

 Wallace, Bates, Edwards, Scudder, Behr and others 

 on the Lepidoptera. These all pursued Natural His- 

 tory for the true love of it, and they came to know 

 and love their collections through much study of 

 every specimen. It is not what we have that counts, 

 but it is what we do with what we have that counts. 

 Thus their collections have come to be called by some 

 "sentimental junk." 



But I would rather look at a box or drawer of this 

 "sentimental junk" with each specimen representing 

 much study and published notes, than an equal num- 

 ber of exquisitely prepared specimens with no inspiring 

 sentiment attached to them. He who puts more energy 

 into an activity or study than he gets out of it, is he 

 who gets most out of it that is worth while — mental 

 and spiritual satisfaction. 



It is better to have a few specimens and to know 

 something about their structure and life than to have 

 a large unstudied collection. The work of Henry 

 Bird of Rye, N. Y., on the Papaipemas is an inspira- 

 tion and is a good example to follow. A. S. Pack- 

 ard was a type of a true naturalist and anyone study- 

 ing his two books, "Guide to the Study of Insects and 

 "Text Book of Entomology," should not go far astray 

 in his studies. Let's have and encourage more of the 

 spirit of the older naturalists in our work — work for 

 the love of the work. 



Some New North American Butterflies 



By George A. Ehrmann, Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Parnassius polus sp. Nov. 

 In size and general appearances, this species comes 

 nearest to P. sedakovii Men., and it will form an ad- 

 ditional member of this group of our small-sized Par- 

 nassidae of North America. I have arranged my 

 cabinet as follows : 

 P. nanus Neum-, Bor. Columbia. 

 P. sedokorii Men., Chimney Gulch, Colo- 

 P. polus Ehrm-, Ashcroft, Pidkin Co., Colo. 



