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suppresses the name as a synonym of carinata Germ. As a matter 

 of fact, in the series of carinata in the Horn collection the name label 

 is attached to a specimen of torquata bearing the locality label 

 "Bengtn Co., Vt." The type of torquata came from Santa Fe, 

 New Mexico (not from Kansas as Malloch says), and while I have 

 seen scores of specimens from New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and 

 California, I have as yet to see an example from anywhere east 

 of the type locality. Mr. Malloch has specimens from western 

 Kansas which he believes to be the true torquata. If he is correct in 

 his identification, this must I think, be the eastern limit of its 

 range ; but I strongly suspect his specimens are representatives of 

 an unnamed species which is associated with torquata in collections 

 and which will be described in the present article. 



The accuracy of the "Vt." label on the Horn specimen may, 

 therefore, be most serioilsly questioned, the more so, since this is 

 only one of a number of species ranging from the seashore to the 

 western deserts, which bear the impossible label "Bengtn Co., 

 Vt." These all come from the same collector, who undoubtedly 

 mixed material from various sources, and then, perhaps long after, 

 carelessly attached the same locality label to the whole bunch. It, 

 therefore, behooves students of distribution to look with a very 

 critical eye on this particular label before accepting it as genuine. 



If, as all the available evidence seems to indicate, torquata does 

 not occur east of the Rocky Mountains or vicinity, then it cannot 

 be the carinata of Germar, which was described from Kentucky at 

 so early a date that even accidental importation from the western 

 plains or mountains is out of the question. Unfortunately Ger- 

 mar's description of carinata is too short and indefinite to be of 

 much service, but it fits as well as any other the carinata of the 

 Le Conte collection, which is also (and probably in consequence) 

 the carinata at least in part of the most reliable modern collections, 

 and of numerous bibliographical references. In the absence of 

 any definite contradictory evidence this species should continue to 

 bear the name carinata. It is not at all similar to torquata, but is 

 closely related to chalyhea and ignita; it is the ulmi of Woods. 



In the Horn Collection specimens of this species are included 

 both with torquata in his carinata series and with his ignita series. 

 The former association is difficult to understand, as they do not 

 at all closely resemble one another, but it explains two confusing 



