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an example of Argynnis hanningtoni, a species described by H. 

 J. Elwes in foregoing paper p. 558, from Mt. Kilimanjaro, East 

 Africa, I find it is closely allied to the Chilian Argynnis lathonioi- 

 des and modesta, and that its position in the general collection 

 would doubtless be between those species and Argynnis lathonia, 

 the only European species to which it has any affinity. 



Recently in "Science" there appeared a few lines on the no- 

 menclature question, in which Prof. G. H. French upholds the 

 useing of a capital in commencing the specific name of an insect. 

 There is nothing particularly new in this course. Herbst and 

 Jablonsky adopted it in " Natursyst. der Insecten," 1783-1804; 

 Hubner, in " Verz. bek. Schmett." 1816: Boisduval, in "Spec. 

 Gen. Lep." 1836; Horsfield, in " Descrip. Cat. Lep." 1828-29; 

 Hewitson, in " Exot. Butt." 1856-76; Trimen, in " Rhop. Afr. 

 Austr." 1862; the Felders in their various works, also Moschler, 

 Staudinger in his great classical work, the "Cat. Lep. Eur. 

 Faun." 



From childhood I never dreamed of doing otherwise, and 

 always adhered to it in my writings when the "Lep. Rhop.- 

 Het." and " Syn. Cat. Macrolep." were published. I was ad- 

 versely criticised on this point with few exceptions by the Amer- 

 ican lepidopterists, but later others have pursued the same course, 

 and it is becoming now as general in this country as it has long 

 been in Europe. 



ELEMENTARY ENTOMOLOGY. 



LEPIDOPTERA-HETEROCERA (Moths). 



By Prof. John B. Smith, New Brunswick, N. J. 



The Liparidae or Dasychirae, as they are called in Mr. Grote's 

 lists contain divergent material, our American forms considered. 

 Orgyia and Lagoa have venation of entirely different types and 

 must be separated into distinct families. Lagoa is very much 

 more nearly related to the Limacodidae than to Orgyia. Exclud- 

 ing Lagoa, and perhaps Carai?ta, which I have not at hand for 

 examination at present, the Liparidae contain broad winged forms 

 with retracted head, short palpi, rudimentary tongue and broadly 

 pectinated male antennae. In the primaries there is one, in the 



