. year 1882 three different lists or catalogues of Lepidoptera ha 
80 General Notes. (January, 
Dr. Gray’s REVISION OF THE SPECIES OF ECHINOSPERMUM.—In ~ 
the recently received ‘‘ Contributions to North American Botany” — 
by Dr. Gray in Vol. xvir of the Proc. of Am. Acad. of Arts and © 
Sciences, the following corrections are made in the disposition — 
of the species of Echinospermum, as given in Gray’s Synoptical — 
Flora of N. A., pp. 188 and 189. ia 
E. virginicum Lehm. 
Æ. pinetorum Greene; a new species trom New Mexico. 
E. deflexum Lehm, 
E. ursinum Greene ; a new species from New Mexico. a 
£, floribundum Lehm ; “ the synonym Æ. subdecurrens Parry is to be suppressed, asit ; 
belongs to the next.” 
E. diffusum Lehm; this is not the Æ. diffusum of the Synoptical Flora. (See be: 
low). 
E. ciliatum Gray; this is the the Cynoglossum ciliatum Dougl. of the Syn. Flora. H 
also includes C. howerdi Gray. : : 
Æ. californicum Gray; this includes the large flowered specimens which in the Syn. 
| “Flora were described under Æ. diffusum. The true Æ. diffusum is the small- — 
flowered species, specimens of which were mixed e with those of Æ. californi- — 
cum. 
The remaining species were unchanged. 
ENTOMOLOGY .! 
New Lists oF NORTH AMERICAN LeEpipopTrERA.—During the 
been published. The first, issued in January, is “ A check-list of 
the Macrolepidoptera of America, north of Mexico,” published 
by the Brooklyn Entomological Society. In the preface the 
eric combination being given. The list has proved very useful 
lepidopterists, and will be followed, we hope, with suppleme! 
rom time to time, or, what were better, new ‘and impro 
editions. Jae ts 
The second publication we would call attention to, is somet! 
more than a list. It is very properly called “ A Syponymical 
alogue of the described Tortricidae of America, north of Mexict 
by C. H. Fernald, A.M., professor of natural history in the M 
State College. It was issued by the American Entomolo 
i Thi: ent is edited by Professor C. V. RILEY, Washington, D.C.,to 
Marani CER wa etc., should be sent. es p 
