ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 



AMD 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION 



ACAomv or MA-nntAi. tcmicn, philadblphia. 



Vol. XXVI. DBCBMBBR. 1915. No. 10. 



CONTEWTS: 



Woo4-TlM CabM Vutecy o< Proto. 



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Ca)««t-8t«dlM <w Com* ftku Ode- 



Mtt-VllilcaM.) 4M 



P lfci iv GraMlMppcra to CoMa 



RloKOrlb.) 4«7 



Cfi MUH -S— w Noftli Amrrkaa D(p- 



i«fa frooiilM SeMlm«M— IJl ...441 

 •-Tw t i ny a k li U i AmmI Mm<- 

 t«ilb«ApivfcMi AMOctoUoaof 



^ OnhoaiOTa 

 to tM Vktalnr el Mkal. 



narti^to MaKk.j«isHfwt II) 49 



Ras— Tto _ _ . _. 



V«M «f ^ It i i Dirt III (Hym) 4H 



McDMMoacb— SrwMymkal Notes 



(LapLW 471 



BdMerial-Th* Piaaadal SutnaolSci- 



ijvmnmh 47» 



raraaka of Bellun obliqoa 



G.aadR.(Lap.. Dip.) 473 



Wdaa— Cbrtliylas panctaliaainot 



ZtaHa.ta Nawivficy (Col.) 473 



The EatoaMtoKkai Society ol Anterica: 



ABaowwHMBt of tke Ntotk Anooal 



MlaaioloMTcal Utefatnrc 475 



" ■ Coleoptcfa Illaa- 



The Cuban Variety of Protoparce rustica Fabricius 



(Lep.). 

 By William C. Wood, New York. 



(Wkk PlaiaXIX) 



The multiplicatkm of mere varietal names is usually unde- 

 sirable, although in somes cases, such as Junonia coenia var. 

 ncijra. or Pirris monuste var. phUrIa — simple color varieties — 

 a name may be a convenience. 



Local variations would, however, seem better entitled to 

 ive names. This is true especially when the points of 

 _ ice are constant ; when they arc present in all the indi- 

 viduals from a particular region ; and. above all, when they are 

 not found in individuals from any other locality. 



For many years I have realized that specimens of Proto- 

 parce rustica from the island of Cuba look diflferent from the 

 usual type. Such perceptions are often more or less instinctive 

 and unreasoned. Merely as an example, take the case of two 

 other species of Protoparce — pellema and scutala. They arc so 

 similar in pattern and coloring that it would be very hard to 

 ''^ itiatc them by a written description, yet there is little 

 V in sq>aratinp them once they are known. 



Protoparce rustica Fabr. is found throughout the Nearctic 



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