ON THE ' ENTOMOLOGIST ' SYNONYMIC LIST. 



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HiLDEBRAND KaMSDEN. 



26, Upper Bedford Place, Paissell Square, W.C, 

 December 8, 1884. 



[We have referred the above communication to Mr. South, 

 and append the following from that gentleman. — Ed.]. 



Mr. Hildebrand Ramsden's remarks on my list offer me an 

 opportunity of saying a few words. Firstly, in extenuation and 

 explanation of an oversight in the matter of the two genera 

 Aporophyla and Calamia. Secondly, in reference to Mr. Rams- 

 den's observations on duplicate trivial names. Several gentle- 

 men had already (Mr. Jos. W. Harris as early as August 18th, 

 1884) called my attention to the fact that the genus Calamia and 

 the genus Aporophyla each occurred twice in my list. In my 

 MS. list I had pencilled in Calamia above lutosa, and Apo- 

 rophyla above lutulenta and nigra, thus indicating the genera 

 in which these species occurred in ' Staudinger's List.' On 



