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NOTES ON LEPIDOPTERA. 



By W. J. Holland, LL.D., F.Z.S., &c. 



The species named Lyccena fuhginosa by Mr. W. H. Edwards and 

 as such listed in his Catalogue of the Butterflies of North America, pub- 

 lished as an Appendix to the First Volume of the Butterflies of North 

 America, has been in the Catalogue annexed to Volume II transferred 

 to the genus Thecla. This is a palpable error, as an examination of the 

 types reveals. I called the attention of Dr. Skinner to this fact long 

 ago, and recently upon the occasion of a short visit paid me by Mr. 

 Beutenmuller, I likewise called his attention to it. The fact seems to 

 be worthy of publication. Edwards was right in his original location of 

 the species. The upper side is of a uniform grayish brown and the 

 mai kings of the underside as well as the form of the wings are of a truly 

 lycsenine character. 



Entomologists have been puzzled for many years past by their fail- 

 ure to discover anywhere within the limits of the United States speci- 

 mens of the species named Pamphila omaha by Mr. W. H. Edwards. 

 The original description, which appeared in the Proceedings of the 

 Entomological Society of Philadelphia, Vol. II, p. 21, stated that the 

 type came from " Pike's Peak" and was contained in the collection of 

 Mr. Newman, of Philadelphia, the well known collector, of whom the 

 writer cherishes pleasant memories. In a letter recently received from 

 Mr. Edwards he tells me that the specimens were collected by Mr. 

 William Wood. Wood, I am informed, was a taxidermist, who also 

 traded in a small way in insects, and had a lot of miscellaneous stuff in 

 his shop coming from all sorts of places. He was not at all careful, 

 so I am told, and but little dependence could be placed upon his lo- 

 cality labels, which were as likely to be incorrect as correct. 



After Mr. Edwards had written his original description of P. omaha 

 he returned the types to their owner. If I am not mistaken they are 

 •contained at present in the collection of the American Entomological 

 Society of Philadelphia. At all events, two specimens labelled Pamphila 

 omaha Edwards, are to be found there, corresponding perfectly with 

 the description given by Edwards. They are mounted on common 

 pins, not insect pins. 



In the Edwards Collection there is a single specimen of Pamphila 

 oma ha, marked "P. omaha, —mingo, Edw., Kanawha Co., W. Va." 

 Mr. Edward writes me that so far as he is able to recall the facts this 

 specimen, which is the original type of his Pamphila mingo, was taken, 



