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and slightly less so in Philophyllia. The eighteen genera are 

 as follows: Elimaea (Oriental region), Aniara (Neotropical), 

 Hyperophora (Neotropical), ALgimia (Mexico and Central 

 America), Ancylecha (Malay region), Phyglea (Malay region), 

 Sympaestria (Malay region), Terpnistria (S. Africa), Plagio- 

 pleura (Neotropical), Hyperphrona (Neotropical), Prosagoga 

 (Neotropical), Pycnopalpa Neotropical), Syntechnia (Neotrop- 

 ical), Philophyllia (Neotropical), Ischyra (Neotropical), Posi- 

 dippus (Neotropical), Weissenbornia (Africa), Pyrgophylax 

 (Oriental). 



The wide distribution of this tendency, together with the 

 facts already related, would seem to suggest the retention here 

 and there of an originally common character, rather than the 

 parallel development of something new. It seems just possi- 

 ble that Scudder's Cymatomera macidata may be Palaeorehnia ; 

 the reference to Cymatomera was wholly provisional. The 

 species was founded on fragments of the base of a tegmen, and 

 perhaps cannot be certainly recognized. 



Two New Species of Eupithecia Curtis. 



RICHARD F. PEARSALL. 



Of the eastern Eupithecia it seems desirable that the types 

 of closely allied species should be retained where they may be 

 accessible for comparison and study in their home region. I 

 venture therefore to offer descriptions of some which I think 

 should be classed as new : 



Eupithecia conformata n. sp. 



Expanse 14-16 mm. Palpi long, not very stout, soiled white with a few 

 dark gray scales above. Vertex and front grayish white" or white with 

 two spots of dark gray below antennae, and a border line of same above 

 clypeus. Antennas dark gray annulate. Thorax, pale gray darker in 

 front, whitish centrally and on posterior region. Abdomen above pale 

 gray and brownish scales mixed, whitish at base, on second segment a 

 lunule of brownish scales often absent, tufts not prominent, dark gray, 

 anal segment paler. All wings above, clear pale gray, submarginally 

 darker. Forewings narrow somewhat extended at apex, with three 

 square costal blotches black, the beginning of cross lines, which consist 



