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“red marginal lunules.” The fore wings are also very evidently different 
in tint and color of median spots, while from my recollection of Mr. 
Walker’s type, it was much nearer C. uzijuga than the present species 
seems to be. 
Nore 2.—In looking over my paper on this genus, in the Transactions 
of the American Entomological Society, I find that I have stated in refer- 
ence to C. zebulosa, that “‘ Mr. Edwards compares the secondaries of this 
species quite wrongly with C. cerogama.” In reality, Mr. Edwards no- 
where directly alludes to C. cerogama. I should have written that Mr. 
Edwards describes the secondaries in such a manner as to lead one to 
suppose that he intended a species resembling C. cerogama, and my idea 
is correctly expressed in my original description of C. ponderosa.~ I am 
sorry that in repeating my idea from memory, without referring to former 
papers, I should have used words not in literal accordance with the 
facts. 
NoTE 3.—The median band of the hind wings in C. parfais curved, 
and occasionally a few dark scales are visibie along the cross vein above. 
Darker specimens of C. paréa, exhibiting every peculiarity of the species, 
the apical streak, characters of the hind wings, etc., have occurred about 
Buffalo with the paler, more usual specimens,and seem to be Mr. Strecker’s 
“nov. ? var.” perplexa ; it seems to me that an assumption of bastardy is 
unnecessary to account for so slight a variation. Mr. Strecker’s statement 
that M. Guenee mistook C. relicta for C. fraxint must be based on an 
erroneous comprehension of my quotation of that author. So excellent 
an Entomologist as M. Guenee could not have made such an-error. 
Fraxini was doubtless sent him with an erroneous locality. M. Guenee 
always shows an appreciation of the slightest differences in separating 
European and American specimens throughout his great work, and here 
the difference is excessive. Occasionally we see Acherontia atropos incor- 
rectly referred to as occurring in America, nor can in this case any of our 
Sphingidee have been mistaken for it. Mr. Strecker criticises the coloring 
of subnata; this plate was published plain and drawn without being 
intended for coloring ; the few copies colored for private distribution are 
not properly the subject of public criticism. Mr. Strecker’s figures, 
however, are, and the coloring of the hind wings of azfinympha, fig. 7,and 
unijuga, fig. 9, is so bad that I should doubt his determinations were it 
not that he has taken his information from the collection of the American 
Entomological Society, which represents my identifications. 
