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out exactly what is original and what is copied from older writers. 

 No new species are described and no new facts of importance are 

 given in the text, so that our interest is confined to a determination 

 of the species represented, and which are frequently nnnamed or 

 incorrectly named in the text. With regard to the apologetic state- 

 ment as to the coloring, we think that a great uniformity has in 

 reality been secured and that by the simplest means, viz., that of 

 painting a variegated insect of a single color, as for instance Scoli- 

 opteryx Ubatrix, Plate 45, fig. 3. The copies from Drury and Abbot 

 and Smith are generally grossly and inaccurately colored, the thorax 

 and abdomen of Catocala epione, for instance, being represented of 

 a brilliant blue. The defects are, however, too general to merit de- 

 tailed attention, and are merely mentioned so that the issuance of a 

 fresh volume on the Entomology of the State may be fully excused. 

 The error of position, by which the original subjects are generally 

 rej)resented with their wings deflexed, is a main defect of the illus- 

 trations of the moths, while the text combines glaring faults of 

 classification with instances of correct description which sufficiently 

 show its compilatory character. The moths represented on the 

 Plates are as follows : 



Plate 6. " Attacus prometheus, figs. 1 to 4." 



The figure of the cocoon is uncharacteristic, otherwise the species, 

 Callosamia promethea (Drury), is recognizably given. 



Plate 6. "Loxotaenia rosaceana, figs. 8 to 11." 

 The species intended is perhaps Tortrix rosaceana (Harris). 



Plate 36. "Uryocampa pellucida, figs. 1, 3, a, c," and "Phalaena 

 quercaria, figs. 2, 4, b, d," are copies from Abbot and Smith's work 

 on the Insects of Georgia. 



Plate 37. "Phalaena (Orgyia) leucostigma, figs. 1, a, b, c, f," and 

 " Phalaena neustria, figs. 2, 4, d, g," and " Phalaena albifrons, figs. 

 3, 5, e, h," are copies from Abbot and Smith. 



Plate 38. " Sphinx octomaculatus, figs. 2, a, b," copied from Abbot 

 and Smith. 



Plate 39. '"'Attacus luna, figs. 1, a. b," and " Saturhia maia, figs. 

 2, 3, c, d, e," are bad coi3ie3 from Abbot and Smith, the latter cred- 

 ited to the original in the text, p. 232. 



