336 J. P. Kirtland on a New Species of Libythea. 
It is thus seen that the best managed lights of Europe are un- 
der the management and direction of boards with proper officers 
to assist them in their duties. That this service should be 
deemed sufficiently honorable in France, Scotland, &c., to be 
performed gratuitously, is not so much to be wondered at, when 
we recollect the high standard of excellence it has reached 
through the instrumentality of the philanthropic individuals con- 
stituting those light-house boards. - P 
In concluding this part of their report, the board consider it 
their duty to urge upon Congress the necessity for a change In 
the present management of our light-house establishment. 
In investigating the subjects confided to them, they have en- 
deavored to reach the truth from observation and research. That 
they have not done injustice to any one they feel perfectly con- 
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Arr. XXIX.—Description of a New Species of Libythea and of 
Macroglossa ; by J. P. Kintianp. 
LisyrHEA BACHMANIIL. 
betes Character.—Inferior palpi projecting, in the form of 
a beak. 
fore wings—the superior and in- 
terior spot oblong and irregular, 
the exterior, the smallest and 
oval, the inferior, quadrangular, 
An ochery-yellow band is situated on the humerus and a second 
upon the posterior margin, but does not reach the tip of the 
