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Wekiva nodosella Hulst ; Chipeta perlepidella Hulst ; 

 Hypsotropha luteicostella Ragonot ; Calera puncti- 

 lirnbella Ragonot. 



I am of the opinion that these four names should be united, as 

 one species, to Peoria approximella Walker. The markings 

 are identical in all. The differences on which these five genera 

 rest are : whether the palpi are porrect or ascending; whether 

 there are 6 or 7 veins in the hind wings and 9 or 10 in the fore 

 wings. The palpi are movable and assume various angles after 

 death. The under side of the second joint is straight, the upper 

 side widened, giving the appearance of a slight downward curve. 

 Ragonot's figure of Hypsotropha hiteicostella shows the second 

 joint distinctly curved upward, and this may be distinct if the 

 figure is correct. I have no specimens referred to it. Calera 

 punctilimbella Rag. differs only in having 6 veins in the hind 

 wings. This is a case of variation, I think, as I have specimens 

 of approximella with the stalk of veins 3 and 4 of various 

 lengths, some closely approaching coalescence. Hulst's type of 

 Wekiva nodosella has now no palpi. It does not otherwise dif 

 fer from approximella. The type of Chipeta perlepidella is 

 supposed to differ in having but 9 veins in the fore wings. I 

 could not find more than this number ; but the tips of both wings 

 are so broken in the type that there is no certainty ; there may 

 really have been ten. The genus and species are due either to 

 an error or a case of variation, I believe. 



NOTES ON A FEW ARADIDiE OCCURRING NORTH OF THE 

 MEXICAN BOUNDARY. 



By OTTO HEIDEMANN. 



Calisius pallipes Stal. 



C<tlistns pallipes Stal, Rio Hem., i, p. 67, 1858, 



Biscayne Bay, Florida, May 9, 1887 (collection Heidemann), 

 one 9 specimen received several years ago from Mr. E. A. 

 Schwarz. It is of a very light brownish color, showing no 

 fuscous spots on the scutellum. Probably the insect was not 

 mature when captured. The species was originally described by 

 Stal from Rio Janeiro, Brazil. Dr. G. C Champion adds 

 another species from Panama, Central America. 



Pictinus aurivillii Bergroth. 



Pictttiutcinctipes, var. Bergroth, Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, p. 6b, 1886. 

 Pictitius inirtvillii Bergroth, Revue d'Entom, vi, p. 247, 1887. 



