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drawings for this paper, and I owe him a debt of gratitude 

 for his assistance. 



The records of crocataria so far as I can find them are 

 given below for what they are worth. Packard in his Mono- 

 graph, Plate IX, Fig. 52 gives an idea of some of the speci- 

 mens of crocataria. Others seem to lack the strigations al- 

 most entirely. Whether this be the true crocataria may be 

 a matter for conjecture as no locality is given so far as I 

 can see. 



Holland in the "Moth Book, Plate XLIV, figure 39, male 

 and figure 40, female, published in 1903, really gives the best 

 idea of eastern crocataria. This form is not especially typi- 

 cal as the transverse spots should have pale centers but I 

 think this should be disregarded and all considered typcal 

 crocataria whether having pale centered spots or not. 



This Atlantic state species will now become the genotype 

 of Xanthotype Warren. 



On W. H. Edwards^ Types of Catocala 



By Wm. Beutenmuller, New York. 



While preparing my monograph of North American 

 catocala I made an effort to locate and consult all the 

 types of the species in collections, but could find no 

 trace of those described by W. H. Edwards- These 

 were supposed to be with the American Entomolog- 

 ical Society, but I could not find them there nor in any 

 other collection. I consequently wrote to W. H. Ed- 

 wards shortly before his death asking for information 

 on the matter and he informed me that all his catocala 

 went to Mr. Julius Meyer, Brooklyn, N. Y. After 

 Mr. Meyer's death his collection was bought by the 

 Kny-Scheerer Co., New York, and Dr. G. Lagai 

 writes me that the catocala part of the same was sold 

 to Hon- Walter Rothschild, Tring, London, England. 

 If Edwards' types are still extant the same will prob- 

 ably be found in the Rothschild collection. They are 

 as follows : C. marmorata, californica, tristis, walshi, 

 nebulosa, serena, similis, gracilis, minuta, var. parvula. 



