Through the kindness of Dr. Henry Skinner of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and Prof. Samuel Henshaw of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge, Mass, I was given every opportunity to examine and sketch the many valuable types of species of this genus.

Dr. James Fletcher has sent me a number of Canadian species for examination, for which privilege I return thanks.

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