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prove that we are in error, and in that case the only species it 

 could be referred to is abacta. Dr. Taylor and Mr. Grossbeck 

 were the first to suggest the relationship between albifasciata 

 Pack, and reflata Grote, as pointed out on page 78 of my paper. 

 Dr. McDunnough, on p. 12 of his "Revision," associates bana- 

 vahrata Strecker with nubilofasciata Pack., which is better than 

 Dr. Dyar's reference to californiata Pack. A year or so ago I 

 ran across a sketch of the type, made by Mr. Grossbeck, and this 

 showed it to be nubilofasciata by the outer terminal bands on the 

 primaries. If this sketch was made from the type, and I have every 

 reason to believe it was, then banavahrata will fall under 7iubi- 

 lofasciata. I shall restrict. the type of nubilofasciata Pack, to the 

 male in the Packard collection, as the female is badly rubbed and 

 is possibly not the same species. The male type of mibilofasciata 

 has a reddish shade to the central or mesial space. 



In regard to H. manzanita Taylor I think this species, or a 

 form of it, occurs in California, as Dr. McDunnough states, though 

 sparingly. I have recently seen three or four rubbed specimens 

 from there. 



I have little to add to Dr. McDunnough's remarks (p. 17) 

 on H. frigidata -Walker and transfigurata Swett, except that I be- 

 lieve the labels, in some unaccountable way, were mixed on a speci- 

 men from New Brighton, Pa. I do not remember having seen trans- 

 figurata from Mr. Merrick, but I had several frigidata which I 

 sent to Mr. Prout to be compared with Walker's type. Mr. 

 Prout stated that they were the same as frigidata. It must have 

 been one of these females, upon which I accidentally put a wrong 

 label, as I knew both species at the time and would not have con- 

 fused them. Hydriomena transfigurata is a rare species and is 

 of a rather uniform, pale green colour. H. niveifasciata Swett 

 seems to be correctly placed as a form of irata. 



Dr. McDunnough's most startling discovery was concerning 

 the types of H. chiricahuaia Swett (p. 29); viz., that they were 

 not conspecific. I distinctly remember that they were alike in 

 markings, and the fact that he noted the same, goes to pro^•e the 

 value of genital characters in closely allied species. Future work 

 on this group should be based on very large series from all localities, 

 and on field notes. 



