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. . . [see Rec, no. 716] that the so-called generic names proposed for 

 Lepidoptera by Hiibner are to be accepted as valid in modern nomenclature; 

 opposing these claims. Treats especially of Hiibner's Tentamen. [See 

 Rec, no. 1085.] 



* 1078. A: R. Grote. On genera and the law of priority, 

 p. 56-58. [May, 1876.] 



Upholds the advantage of applying distinct generic names to distinguish 

 groups showing slight differences of structure, over making generic names 

 have a wide signification, inasmuch as the former method allows a more 

 ready comparison of representative faunae. 



* 1079. Vincent Clementi. Entomological notes from 

 the county of Peterboro, Ont. p. 59-60. [May, 1876]. 



Times at which various Lepidoptera and Coleoptera v/ere caught; injur- 

 ies by Pieris rapae, Haltica striolata, Dorypliora 10-Uneata and Nematus 

 ventricosus, and means against them. 



* 1080. S: H. ScuL)D)'-R. The relationship of the early 

 spring blues, p. 01-66. [May, 1876]. 



Puts forward, to incite investigation, the hypothesis that there is but a 

 single species of Cyaniris in North America, which species is dimorphic 

 and polygoneutic ; seasons at which the several forms appear. 



* 1081. G: Norman. Captures of Noctuidae near Orillia, 

 in the province of Ontario, Canada, p. 67-72. [May, 1876.] 



Mentions in list and text 7 species to be added to his list of captures 

 at St. Catharines [see Rec, no 448], and 152 species captured near Orillia, 

 with dates and statement of abundance. [For descriptions of the new 

 species, see Rec, no. 345, 504, 509, 513, 514, 523, 524, 531, 838.] [" Palms" 

 are the flowers of Salix.] 

 , * 1082. W: Saunders. Notes on Catocalas. p. 72-75. 

 [May, 1876.] 



Describes larva and imago of Catacala cralaegl n. sp., and larva of the 

 closely allied C. polygama, besides three varieties of the latter larva. 



* 1083, C: P. Whitney. Notes on Lepidoptera. p. 75- 

 77. [May, 1876.] 



The sexes of Thyreus abbotii are not distinguished by the color of the 

 larvae [see Rec, no 1088]; describes Lerema loammi n. sp., from Florida. 



* 1084. Fk: B. Caulfield. On Platysamia Columbia 

 Smith, p. 77-80 [May], 95-98. [June, 1876.] 



Argues that P. Columbia is a distinct species, and not a hybrid nor a 

 variety [see Rec, no. 216]; notes on the cohabitation of distinct species. 

 [The name of the author is printed Caulfeild several times in v. 8 and 9, 

 but elsewhere it is Caulfield.] 



