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It may not have come from North America at ail ! 
Many insects have been described as coming from North America, 
but when taken out and examined, the original label on the pin shows 
that they came from South America or some other part of the world. 
The older European entomologists had a very vague idea of this country, 
and even the modern European entomologists will sometimes make 
honest statements about this country enough to make one gasp as though 
he were in a vacuum. 
Some authors have described their insects as coming from ‘‘Georgia 
in Florida’ and Martyn in his Psyche in 1797 described a large number 
of well known Macros from *‘ New Georgia.” 
The British Museum now contains three very important collections 
of Pyralids, viz: those of Walker, Zeller and Grote. All this material 
offers a golden opportunity to some of the Museum employees to make 
a complete revision of all the described species, both generic and specific, 
for they are at present in almost hopeless condition. If some one would 
take up the work and do it exhaustively, taking Lord Walsingham’s 
paper on the North American Anaphorine or Meyrick’s ;aper on the 
Australian Pyralids as models, a grand work would be accomplished, 
one that would cast that of Lederer’s entirely into the shade. 
The study of all these types shows what utter confusion our Pyralids 
are in, and I wish to forewarn our entomologists, that a large percentage 
of our names now in use will have to go into synonomy, Nearly all the 
names that I have myself given to our Pyralids will appear only among 
the tail-feathers, but I shall not feel lonely as I have most excellent com- 
pany. What we have known as Lurycreon rantalis will have to struggle 
along under thirteen different names, and szm7al’s Guenée will take pre- 
cedence over all the others. This variable species must have delighted 
Walker's heart, for he gave it no le-s than seven different specific names. 
Ten years ago 1 made myself familiar with the North American Tor- 
tricidee in the foreign museums and have now done the same on the Py- 
ralids and Crambids while Lord Walsingham has made us acquaintad 
with the Tineids and Feather-wings, and Mons. Ragonot is slowly at 
work on the Phycids. It now remains for some one to go over the same 
ground and discover all existing types of the Noctuids and Geometers 
and get the bottom facts on these families. We shall all bid God speed 
to Messrs. Smith and Hulst when they go on the mission. 
In economic entomology I gained not asingle idea. Europeans will 
have to come to this country to learn the most valuable things in this im- 
portant branch. While in Berlin I went to the Zoological Gardens and 
observed that acommon Bombycid moth (Ocnerta dispar) Linn. was 
exceedingly abundant, flying about among the shade trees on the 
