382 THK CANAIilAN KNToMoUtOlbT. 



'* The new name is intended to apply to that species identified and 

 labelled as st\'fi0sa by Mr. (Iroie, and has no type specimen." 



Dyar admittd the name intiominata to his catalogue of 1902, but 

 retained both the other names, but I have recently ascertained that what 

 he had under the name signosa Walk., was not that species. 



Hampson described and illustrated three species under these names 

 in his Volume VI, the illustrations being Nos. 7, 13, 14 on plate CI I, but 

 the illustrations in that work are not always satisfactory, and in some cases 

 are quite misleading, and for closely-allied species where the markings are 

 not very distinct, I think that the three-colour photographic process gives 

 better results. 



My examination of these types at the Hritish Museum in July last 

 would seem to confirm the fact that Grote did misidentify the species 

 afterwards named intiominata by Smith, as what Hampson has adopted as 

 the type of Smith's species is a specimen from the Grote collection bearing 

 a written label on blue paper, with the name " Si^s^nosa Walk.," but it also 

 established the fact that Smith was in error in saying that pettiUa Grbte 

 was the same as signosa Walk. 



Grotc's error was doubtless due to his not having any specimens for 

 comparison, as stated above, but Smiili had the two types before him. 

 Whether he failed to notice the differences between them or considered 

 them merely varietal, I do not know. 



Signosa Walk., is a more evenly brown species, without the lighter 

 shades oi petuicay but it is much nearer \.o petulca than to intiominata. 



There are three specimens of signosa. The type is labelled : 



U. 8. America. 



K. Doubleday. 



46-1 10. 

 The second : U. S. America. 



Grote collection. 



82-54. 

 The third : Grote collection. 



82-54. 



Schenectady, N. V , 



Sept. 29, 1S75. 



Lintncr collection. 



Heinina (in., is a species which has been jiractically lost on this 

 continent, various other species having been misidcntificd with it. I have 



