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copy of But. N. A., vol. I, before me, it is stated on p. 74, Ar- 

 gynnis iv, line 15, "But the species is so superb that I have 

 not hesitated to redraw the plate." 



It would be interesting to those who possess copies of this 

 magnificent work on North American Butterflies, if the Amer- 

 ican Entomological Society, who published the first volume, 

 and who, as Dr. Skinner tells us, still possessses the zmthdrazvn 

 plates, would say how they were withdrawn and whether they 

 succeeded in getting them all back, or whether in some libraries 

 exist copies with the original plates and text — others with the 

 revised ones and perhaps a few with both. It seems not unlikely 

 that at the time the few subscribers to Vol. I thoroughly under- 

 stood the circumstances, but it certainly detracts from the 

 present value of the work to find that alterations have been 

 made without any notation, to say nothing of the paradox of re- 

 ferring, in an article seemingly published in 1868, to specimens 

 that were not born until 1871. Mr. Edwards himself seems 

 to have forgotten the substitution of a later text and plate for 

 the original, as in his Revised Catalogue,^ p. 26, he refers to 

 Butterflies of N. A., Vol. I, p. 73, pi. 23, 1868, instead of 1873 ! 



Fortunately this question of dates does not affect the stand- 

 ing of the specific name, for the original description of A. no- 

 komis$ appeared in 1862. That the type specimen should have 

 disappeared is regrettable. 



Dr. Skinner asks for information re exact locality and dates, 

 and the pair before us are labelled as having been taken at Rock- 

 ville, So. Utah, in August. The collector's name is not stated, 

 but the specimens came from the collection of C. E. Worthing- 

 ton, of Chicago, Illinois. In looking at the map of Utah for 

 Kanab, the place referred to by Dr. Skinner as being the ship- 

 ping point, whence came Mr. Neumoegen's material, it may be 

 seen that Rockville is only a few miles away, both places being 

 close to the Arizona boundary. A single 2 , which has been in 

 my own collection for some 20 years, is labelled "Arizona," and 

 came from Mr. H. Peck and not improbably was received by 

 him from Mr. Neumoegen. 



8 Revised Catalogue of the Diurnal Lepid. of Am. north of Mexico, 

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