;;2S ^\■. J-. Oistant: Dr. U. M. Ucutrr un llic gcim.s Vallrrinla. 



l»rn\('(l, l>_v in(lc|)('ii(l('iit trstiiiKMiy, tliat \'(illcri()l(( milv i)0ssesse(l t\V(» 

 oct'lli wliilc Lr/)/n/)//s is kiKtwn Itv tlirco. ('(iloiir \v;is Iciit to tliis 

 (^x|)lanati(»n l)_v tlic stianL:v ninissidii dt lidtli llciiter aii<l Hergrotli 

 IVdni inakinti" aiiv rcrcrciicc (d thc dccili in tlicir (IcsciMptiuns. 



Dr. I\('iit('r iidw adiiiits tliat \'(illcri()lii onlv possesses twn 

 occili, Itiit sliifts liis tirdiiiid and accuscs nie df liaviiiji" madc an 

 artiticial disliiu-tioii Ijotwccn tlicso suhfaniilics hy tlir miinl)er ol' tlic 

 dcelli. Tliat distinctioii is not my own; 1 am imdcr tlio iniprcssidii 

 tliat IJoiitci' lias iiscd it liiinscH' biit caniidt rcinciiihci' tlic rcfcrcnci'. 

 tliniioli lic call casily cdntradict mc il' I am iiiaccuratc in my siiiMiiisc. 

 ]^)iit 1 call yivc str(m.L;'cr cvidcncc dl' tlicsc cliaractcrs haviii.u' Imm'ii 

 uscd by dtlicf ('ntdindl(»iiis(s. Kdwanl Saiiiidcrs is well known to 

 liciitcr: lic dcdicatcd tlic liftli part df liis ;>H<'m. (lymii. Kiird])ac« 

 Id liiiii, and Sau nd eis in liis »Heui. Het. uf the JJrit. Islds« (a 

 Work wliicli Reuter ddiihtless possesses) writes (p. 172) uuder tlie 

 Fani. Stihliddc »ocelli placed Itetwoen the eyes, two in numlter in 

 the SaliliiKi, three in the LpjiIoiiIiki«.. This was publislicd in ls<)2: 

 it is theret'ore stränge that I sliould he considered. and that hy au 

 authurity dii tlie lilnim-hohi, as the author of the distiuction in l!)Ot. 

 Otlicr writers liave (»t course foUovved the sanie discriniiuativc piocess. 

 Jt is therefore evident, apart tVdiii all attempts to ohscurc tlie poinl, 

 that it' \ve adiiiit tliis classilicatiou, as was ddiic 1(» tlie tiiiie I wi'dte, 

 that i was right in placing- VnJloiola in the Siihliiiac, and tliat 

 i> eilt er and Hergrdth were in eri^or. 



Dr. Heiiter states that lic lias cxaniincd ;dl the sp(M'ies wliicli 

 in liis \iew helong to Lcptojiiis and linds tlic nunilicr of tlic dcclli 

 a \('ry variable quautity. Tliis is a iidt une.\|)ectc(l t'act and pdints 

 to tlie repiiriMuent of gcni'ric revision, but in comiuoii fairncss lic 

 iinisl rcuiciiibcr that he did not know tliis wlieii lic iiiadc bis cliarge, 

 Ilial iic and r>(M'o"rotli liad tdtally dvcrldokcij tlie dccIli in tlicir 

 dcscriptidiis, aiid that tlici-cforc bis personal strictiircs rccdil iipdii 

 hiiusclf and prdve bis dwii error. 



1 dd iidt rc|»ly td otlicr stricliii'i's. Hc writes tlial I liavc di\idc<l 

 ili\isidiis df ('tii)si(ln(' dii a single charactcr wliicb lic bas rcfntc(| 

 in bis Die Klassilikatitni der TapsideiK'. I liavc dclincd a dctailcd 

 cxainiiiatifiii df this polcmic tilt I again dcal wich tlie faiiiil\. 

 thoiitiii K'irkaldy wlio says lic bas stuilicil it. rcinarks. : it is a 

 remarkablc piccc df wdrk . bnt that. iiiaiiy df tlic cbaractcis uscd 

 are vcry subtile. ,nid rciiddi' tlic study df this diJticiiK L;rdiip cvcn 

 h.irder j. 



