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Macaria cequiferaria Walk., List Lep. Het Br. Mus., xxiii, 880, 1861, 

 (plate 10, fig. 21). — "Male. Cinereous. Antennae serrated, pubescent. Hind 

 tibiae incrassated; spurs short. Wings thickly brown-speckled, slightly pur- 

 plish-tinged, pale luteous on the under side; interior, middle and exterior 

 lines pale brown, nearly straight and parallel, darker and more distinct on the 

 costa of the fore wings, accompanied by a few black points, which are most 

 distinct on the exterior line; discal point and marginal lunules black. Fore 

 wings acute; exterior border hardly excavated in front. Hind wings with 

 the exterior border distinctly angular. Length of the body 6 lines; of the 

 wings 14 lines. East Florida." 



This is a good species, and new to me. I examined the type in the British 

 Museum. Macaria postrema Walk., List xxiii, 887, 1861, is a rubbed S. 

 cequiferaria !! !. 



Macaria transitaria Walk., List Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xxiii, 886, 1861. — 

 "Male. Brownish-cinereous. Head and fore part of the thorax ochraceous. 

 Antennas pubescent, minutely c'renulated. Wings minutely black-specked, 

 very slightly purplish-tinged; interior and exterior lines blackish, diffuse, 

 indistinct; a dull ochraceous submarginal band; under side paler. Fore 

 wings somewhat rounded at the tips; costa straight, with pale points; exte- 

 rior border very slightly excavated in front; tips pale cinereous. Hind wings 

 with the exterior border slightly angular in the middle. Length of the body 

 5£ lines; of the wings 14 lines. Nearly allied to M. Uturata. East Florida." 



At the time I visited the British Museum, I regarded this as the type of 

 a species distinct from any of the others. It is very near the European S. 

 Uturata. 



Macaria inextricata Walk., List Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xxiii, 889, 1861. — 

 "Female. Pale fawn-colour, luteous beneath. Head and fore border of the 

 thorax dull ochraceous. Wings brown-speckled, entire, with an exterior 

 oblique hardly undulating brown line; a brown submarginal spot opposite 

 the middle of this line ; discal point dark brown, most apparent on the under 

 side. Fore wings acute ; exterior border straight, rather oblique. Hind 

 wings luteous; exterior border convex. Length of the body 3 lines; of 

 the wings 10 lines. East Florida." 



This seems to be a good species. 



