396 Mr. A. G. Butler's descriptions of 



completed, and I was compelled to add tlie species at once 

 in an Appendix ; in hastily copying down such, names as 

 Sphinx jasmini and Sphinx jasminearum in juxtaposition 

 one is very likely to write both names alike, and subse- 

 quently when going through the press the duplicate name 

 would naturally be erased. 



I cannot quite comprehend Mr. Kirby's meaning with 

 regard to the synonymy of Calliomma pluto ; unless it be 

 that the species described by Fabricius is not the insect 

 figured by Ci'amer, but the Oreus thorates of Hubner, 

 which appears from the description in the Genera Insecto- 

 rum, to be the true state of the case. Mr. Kirby says, on 

 the authority of specimens of Acosmeryx Mishini in Herr 

 Maassen's Collection, that Enyo cinnamomea of Herrich- 

 Schaffer is probably an over-coloured figure of this species 

 and should take priority. Whilst giving Mr. Kirby 

 credit for referring Herrich-Schaffer's species to its true 

 genus, I much regret that he relies upon the authority of 

 Herr Maassen, who, although he has favorred me with a 

 letter in which he informs me that I am " an ass," is, I 

 think, on that account, none the better qualified to deter- 

 mine the allied species of Lepidoptera. A. Miskini is not 

 only half as large again in both sexes as A. cinnamomea, 

 but has an entirely different pattern on the wings, and is 

 the dullest of all the species of the genus ; the wings are 

 also much broader and less produced. If Herrich-Schaf- 

 fer's figure loere intended for Murray's species, I would 

 simply ignore it, as being below the average of the Ento- 

 mological drawings used to paper toys and boxes of sweets ; 

 but, knowing how excellent the other illustrations of this 

 author are, I have not a shadow of a doubt that the species 

 represented is abundantly distinct. 



I can say nothing respecting the A. daiilis of Boisduval 

 as I have not seen the type. 



Otus versicolor, Harris. 



The name Otus being preoccupied, Mr. Grote proposes 

 to adopt Boisduval's generic name Every x. 



The names in Delegorgue's Voyage being, with one 

 exception, unaccompanied by description, can take no 

 precedence over Walker's. 



ChcBrocampa hutus, H.-S., is allied to C lucasii and 

 perfectly distinct from my C. punctivenata. 



Mr. Kirby gives Sphinx porcus, Retz., as a synonym of 



