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On reference to Guen6e, it appears that that author gives these as dis- 

 tinct species without doubt or hesitation, and that he occupies nearly 

 two pages in elaborately describing their differences. From the line 

 quoted, as well as from the context, it would appear that the names 

 are synonymous, but that Guenee has not adopted the earlier one : it 

 is evident that Mr. Stephens overlooked the second species and the 

 long diagnosis, an oversight which, in common with the rest, it is 

 now unfortunately too late to remedy. It is scarcely necessary to say 

 that the pages of the ' Zoologist ' are closed for ever against a conti- 

 nuation of the discussion of which this paper forms a part. I have not 

 the slightest idea that any will be attempted, but I think it desirable to 

 give this early decision on the subject, lest any of my correspondents 

 should incline to controvert the statements of one no longer able to 

 defend or explain them. Mr. James Francis Stephens died at his 

 residence, Eltham Cottage, Foxley Road, Brixton, on Wednesday 

 morning, the 21st of December, in the sixty-first year of his age, after 

 a short but very severe illness. He was a Fellow of the Linnean and 

 Zoological Societies, and a Member of the Entomological Society 

 and Entomological Club : he was also the author of a large portion 

 of Shaw's ' British Zoology,' of the well-known i Illustrations of Bri- 

 tish Entomology,' of a ' Systematic Catalogue of British Insects,' 

 a ' Manual of British Lepidoptera,' ' A List of the Specimens of Lepi- 

 doptera in the British Museum,' Parts I. and II. (the third part still 

 in the press), and various minor papers scattered through our periodi- 

 cals, but chiefly in the c Zoologist.' He will however be most favora- 

 bly known to the large circle of British entomologists who enjoyed 

 his acquaintance, by the unbounded and long-continued liberality 

 with which his enormous collections and extensive entomological li- 

 brary were placed at their disposal, and by the untiring courtesy and 

 attention with which he imparted his great knowledge of Entomology, 

 and assisted every seeker for information in the extensive science in 

 which he had become so proficient. This trait in the character of 

 the departed entomologist, is worthy of our warmest admiration 

 and gratitude, and must be lastingly impressed upon the memory of 

 all who, during the last thirty years, had occasion to seek instruction 

 at his hands. — Edward Newman.} 



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