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that reference was followed by Smith. I refer sobria to 

 convalescens. The type is a female, and agrees with the male 

 type of purgata Walk, in maculation, though not in colour. 



Antographa Hbn. The first twenty specifes^here listed have mid 

 and hind tibia spined, and are referred to Syngrapha by 

 Hampson. Ou has all the tibia spined, a character which 

 was somewhat overlooked b>' Hampson, or he would have 

 placed it, with pedalis, in Rachiplusia. I agree with the 

 authors of the new list in considering pedalis Grt. an abbera- 

 tion of oil. 



Russea Hy. Edw. which Hampson followed Ottolengui in re- 

 ferring as a variety of calif ornica, the present authors treat as 

 a variety of pseudogamma, which I cannot believe to be 

 correct. Microgamma Hbn. makes its first appearance in our 

 lists, the only North American records, so far as I know, 

 being from Alberta. In Europe it occurs in Austria, North- 

 eastern Germany, Scandinavia, Lapland, Finland and Russia. 

 Sansoni Dod is placed between pasiphcea and metallica. I 

 consider its nearest ally to be rubidus. Its yellow underwings, 

 however, dissociate it somewhat from others of the genus 

 having smooth tibiae. 



Drasteria Hbn. Capiticola Walk. (3327), misspelt capticola, ap- 

 pears to the writer to be a synonym of graphica Hbn., and 

 not distinct as listed. 



Syneda On. The nearest ally of petricola Walk. (3331) is atJiabasca 

 Neum. (3336), and I am by no means assured that they are 

 not forms of one species. 



Pheosia dimidiata H.-S. This is one of the familiar names which 

 is included in a list of those omitted as not referring to North 

 American species. It has long stood as prior to rimosa Pack., 

 but the merest glance at Herrich-Schaffer's figure leads one 

 to wonder who was responsible for the mis-identification. 

 According to the British Museum collection the name refers 

 to a South American species described latterly as Rhuda 

 endymion Schaus., from Rio Janiero. 



