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so nearly normal and perfect as to leave no doubt of its identity. 

 The record is quite in keeping with others made in this region. 



O. HELLIANTHI Wlsm. One $ , South Fork Kaslo Creek, British Co- 

 lumbia, August 10, 1903. This may be the same specimen listed 

 with doubt by Dr. Dyar (Proc. U. S. N. M., xxvii, 924, 1904). 



O. BALANOTES Meyrick. Mr. F. H. Benjamin sent specimens to the 

 museum at Decatur which were reared at Landon, Mississippi, 

 Aug. 7, 1921, from larvae boring in the stems of "Myreca" 

 (Myrlcaf). No doubt either Mr. Benjamin or Mr. L. E. Miles, 

 who reared the specimens, will be able to furnish an account of the 

 life history later. 



Mr. Mey rick's remarks on synonymy are as follows : 



"Platyftilia crcnulata is a synonym of brachymorpha Meyr. 

 (Africa, S. Asia, Ceylon, Hawaii) ; quite certain, your figure 

 is very characteristic. 



"PlatyptUia inannarodactyla Dyar is a synonym of fnsci- 

 cornis Zell., common in South America and Hawaii ; I have 

 many specimens from Hawaii, Peru, etc., and there is no ques- 

 tion about it. Also I note that one of Walsingham's figures of 

 cosnwdactyla (Pter. Cal. Oreg., pi. ii, 4) (not the other two) 

 is certainly this species, the different position of the scaletuft 

 of hindwings and other characteristics being accurately given. 



"Ptcrophorus (Oidaematoplwrus} linns is a synonym of 

 licnigianns Zell. (Europe, Africa, India, Ceylon, S. America) ; 

 I am very familiar with this species, which is common in 

 India and Africa, and there is no doubt about it. 



"Orneodes (Alncita] montana is in my opinion ... a syno- 

 nym of hiirbneri Wall. (Europe, throughout Africa, and 

 Kashmir)." Mr. Meyrick also adds a discussion of the char- 

 acters which lead him to the last conclusion. 



Quite in keeping with the writer's private views, Mr. Mey- 

 rick expresses the belief that PlatyptUia shastac and frac/ilis 

 Wlsm. are synonyms of albida Wlsm. It may be added that 

 Mr. Meyrick's knowledge of marmarodactyla Dyar and mon- 

 tana Ckll. is based in part upon authentic specimens sent from 

 the museum at Decatur, part of the material used in the prep- 

 aration of the Revision. The remaining synonymies are ap- 

 parently deduced In mi the descriptions and figures included in 

 the Revision. 



