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corresponding with eiiher plate or description of inequalinta, now bearing 

 the name of Philopsia nivigerala, so called by Dr. Hulst. I have not 

 found any specimens of the latter taken outside California. Certainly it 

 could not have been captuied on Long Island, nor at St. Martin's Falls, 

 Hudson's Bay Terr., whence Walker's type came. If I am correct in this 

 (and only by comparison with Walker's type can this be proven) then our , 

 California species has never been named or described. If I am mistaken^ 

 then what I call ijiequaliaia remains a good species in the genus 

 Lobophora, Curtis. 



Through the kindness of Dr. Wm. Barnes, who sent me his material 

 in this group, I have been enabled to reach these premises and others. 

 Among it were specimens of T. 7?iontanaia, var. magnoHatoidaia, Dyar, 

 so labelled, I think by him, from Arrowhead Lake, Man. In describing 

 it (Proc. U. S. Nat. Museum, Vol. XXVII., p. 889) he says : "It differs 

 from the eastern ino7itaiiata in the much darker colours, etc." Disasso- 

 ciated from the eastern form, which belongs to another genus, and placed 

 with its real relatives from Colorado and California, these contrasts 

 vanish, and, in my opinion, it does not represent even a geographical race. 

 Specimens from Palo Alto, Cal, are darker in colour and the lines more 

 distinct, but in this family such forms appear in every group, and if named 

 at all, should represent a fixed variation, constant in some locality, due to 

 climate or habitat. With these also were specimens of Talledega 

 tabulenta, so labelled from Cartwright, Man. His type came from Alert 

 Island, Alaska. These may constitute a good species, but I cannot 

 separate them from our eastern Lobophora, of which I have 18 males and 

 6 females before me. In any event they belong to the genus Lobophora, 

 the males having hair pencil on hind tibia. There is also a single 9 from 

 Victoria, B. C., which may be the Alaskan species. The Hulst type is in 

 such poor condition its markings cannot be compared, but a male speci- 

 men is necessary to help settle that point. I would be glad to receive 

 from collectors in Manitoba and B. C. any of this group in both sexes for 

 further study, and I will not confiscate their material without consent. I 

 hope they will second my endeavours to straighten out these complexities, 

 and this is my excuse for presenting some theories now, instead of definite 

 findings later. 



It is not impossible that Walker's type of nivigerata may be con- 

 specific with the Alaskan, Manitoban or British Columbian species. Who 

 can tell ? 



(To be continued.) 



