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I took two male specimens at Tsuruga in Juh'-, 1886, and my 

 native collector a female example at Ningpo, in the same month 

 of that year. 



HUFNAGEL'S TYPES. 



By J. W. TuTT, F.E.S. 



Probably of the objections which were raised to the 

 * Entomologist ' list of Lepidoptera, none was more serious than 

 the fact that some of the names used were not able to be traced 

 by even the most scientific lepidopterists in this countr3\ To 

 those who had previously used Staudinger's Catalogue, these 

 names, the synonymy of which was so objectionable, and which 

 had apparently been transcribed direct from his Catalogue, did 

 not come as such a striking innovation, as to those whose know- 

 ledge of nomenclature did not extend beyond the limits of one of 

 our ordinary " Exchange Lists." Only last year a really good 

 lepidopterist, who knew more of synonymy than I did, asked me 

 why I used Hufnagel's names, and whether I had ever seen the 

 " Magazine" that was supposed to contain them. I was obliged 

 to confess that neither the " British INluseum Library " nor our 

 " Entomological Societies' Libraries " gave me any help, and 

 that, so far as I knew, a copy did not exist in Britain. However, 

 as it was absolutely necessary in getting out my " Variety " 

 papers for the ' Entomologist ' to know what the types were like, 

 I wrote to Dr. Staudinger for help ; but the attempt was, as many 

 of my friends prophesied, a failure. However, I obtained the 

 assistance of my kind correspondent Herr Hofi'manu, of Hanover ; 

 and he, with the aid of a Berlin naturalist, was able to get me 

 copies of the description from the library there. The descriptions 

 are — like all those of the same age — poor, but equally good (or 

 bad) with others, the acceptance of which is not questioned. The 

 following are the first three : — 



(1) 6--J. P. 308. " Phal(£)iamonoghjpha. DerTreiber." Description: — 

 " Theils blaulicb, theils hell theils duiikel grau, mit einem lateinischen W 

 an dem hintern Rande." Locahty: — "in deu Fugen der Zauue u. 

 Baume." Time of appearance : — " Junius und Julius." Size of moth : — • 

 " Von der zwoten grosse." Common or rare : — " Setten." 



(2) 96. P. 414. "P. matura. Die Gianzmotte." Description: — 

 " Braungrau mit weissen u. blassgelben Zeichnuugen, die meistens braun 

 gerandet sind. Die Unterfliigel blassgelb mit einen breiten brauueu 

 Kande." Locabty : — "Auf den Blaltern der Eicheu." Time of appear- 

 ance: — "Julius." Size of moth: — " Von der zwoteu grosse." Common 

 or rare : — " Sehr setten." 



[o) 97, P. 416. " P. cursoria. Der Rothbart." Description : — 

 " Gelblichgrau mit 2 braunen ausgeschweiften u. ausgezackten u. 2 grauen 

 geschlangetten Ruerstreifen." Locality : — " In den Fugen der Zaune." 



