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above. In the series from Fort Klamath, Oregon, some show 

 this character and some do not. I restrict the name battoides 

 to the specimens having this fulvous. This form is well figured 

 in Dr. W. J. Holland's Butterfly Book, Plate 32, fig. 11. Glau- 

 con I have restricted to the variety having two sub-marginal 

 fulvous spots near anal angle of upperside of secondaries and 

 having on the underside of the primaries the two spots next 

 inner angle suffused with fulvous. Having fulvous markings 

 on the underside of the primaries is an unusual condition judg- 

 ing from the material at hand. 



It will be noted that the types of glaucon came from Nevada, 

 whereas Mr. Edwards in his Catalogue of 1884 credits it to 

 Colorado only. The Utah specimens are somewhat lighter in 

 color than those from California, Nevada or Oregon, and there 

 is more of a tendency for the marginal border of the second- 

 aries above to break into spots. Some specimens from Havilah, 

 California, and Las Vegas, Nevada, have a more brilliant lus- 

 ter (Morpho-like) and are quite small. 



I would like very much to have additional specimens of any 

 of these forms from any locality and I will also be pleased to 

 name specimens. The student can make his own deductions 

 from the original descriptions presented ; my own studies and 

 conclusions are here given for what they may be worth. 



Intensiv Agriculture. — The letter-heds used by the Iowa State Col- 

 lege of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Department of Zoology, in- 

 cluding the Oflfis of the State Entomologist, bear the legend "Spelling 

 authorized by the Simplified Spelling Board used in this offis." Strange 

 to relate, the agricultural and mechanic arts, the cultivation of agri- 

 cultural zoology, and the regulation of the insects of the State, go on 

 just the same — indeed a little better. Because scientific simplification 

 applied to one department of life is sure to promote simplification in 

 other departments of life. Spelling in accordance with reason will thus 

 lead to the reduction of insect pests, and therefore increase the crops. 

 If you do not believe this, state the opposit case, and tell us whether 

 you believe that. Agriculturists have always tended toward simplicity 

 of spelling, and here is a financial reason to confirm their views. — 

 Simplified Spelling Bulletin, Marcli, 191 1. 



