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From a in the collection of Dr. Barnes, I am able to give 

 the structure of that sex in Stergammat&a Hulst, which was 

 described from the 9 only (Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xxiii, 368, 

 1896). 



Stergammataea $ \ Antennae ciliate, filiform ; thorax and ab- 

 domen not tufted ; hind tibiae with all spurs, swollen, and with 

 hair pencil ; fore wings without fovea below, slightly angulate ; 

 hind wings without fovea, outer edge wavy. 



From a $ in the collection of Mrs. Slosson I am able to give 

 the structure of that sex in Spodolepis Hulst, described from 

 the only 9 (Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xxiii, 347, 1896). 



Spodolepis $ : Antennae slender, slight!}- flattened, subden- 

 tate, very shortly pubescent ; thorax and abdomen as in 9 ; 

 hind tibiae somewhat swollen, without hair pencil, with all 

 spurs ; fore wings with fovea below ; hind wings without fovea. 



At the present time it seems to be acknowledged that what- 

 ever our personal opinions upon the subject of the names of 

 the Tentamen of Hubner, it will save trouble and give uni- 

 formity if they are adopted. So in spite of my personal con- 

 viction, I yield to the opinions of others, and intend hereafter 

 to use them. I find the date is uncertain, but there seems to 

 be a fair agreement that it be written 1806. Having formerly 

 regarded the date as 1810, one of the names, Cyclophora, could 

 not be used for the genus known later as Ephyra or ZOJWSODUI, 

 as it was preoccupied. But with the date 1806, Cydophora 

 Hubn. has priority. 



I find after an examination of British Entomology by Curtis, 

 he gave the types of all the genera under which he described 

 species. I very unfortunately did not note this fact, and so 

 the species I gave as types of a number of these are incorrect. 

 The type of Speranza Curt, is sylvaria Curt. ; that of Boannia 

 Is consonaria Ha., by which Curtis probably meant crepusculatia 

 Hubn. ; that of Acidalia as a Geometer is arcrsata L,. ; that of 

 Electra is rnptata Hubn. ; that of Mclanippc Dup. is aldicmil- 

 liata L,. ; that of Aspilatcs is gilvaria L,. ; that of Ephyra is 

 pnnctaria L. ; that of Thcra Steph. is variata Schif. ; that of 

 Hyria is auroria Bork. ; that of Phibalapteryx Steph. is linco- 

 lata Hubn. that of Siona is dcalbata L. ; that of Eubolia is 



