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Genus Mieza, Walk. 

 Walk., Cat. Brit. Mus., II., 527, 1854 ; Encemia, ZelL, Verhl. 

 Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien., XXII., 562, 1872 ; XXV., 345, 1875. 



Synopsis of Species. 

 Head white on the vertex. 



Fore wings white on basal two-thirds of inner margin, with distinct, 



round, dark brown spots subfervens. 



Fore wings thickly and uniformly sprinkled with brown streaks, the 



round dots small and obscure psammitis. 



Head red on vertex igninix. 



M. subfervens, \N3\k., Cat. Brit. Mus., II., 528, i854;Zell., Verb. 

 Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien., XXII., 563, 1872 ; Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc, II., 152, 

 1874. 



M. psammitis, Zell., Verb. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien., XXII. , 562, 1872. 

 M. igninix. Walk., Cat. Brit. Mus., II., 527, 1854 ; Grote, Bull. Buff. 

 Soc, II., 152, 1874; crassinervella,Zt\\.,Ntx\\. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien., 

 XXII., 563, 1872; Packard, Amer. Nat., IV., 229, 1870, pi. 2, fig. i (as 

 Eustixia ptipula) ; Slosson, Journ. N. Y. Fnt. Soc, IV., 86, 1896; Dyar, 

 Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, IV., 87, 1896. 



Genus Atteva, Walk. 

 AValk., Cat. Brit. Mus., II., 526, 1854 ; Wals.,Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 

 1897, 112 (full refs. and synon.). 



A. anrea. Fitch, 3rd. Rept. Ins. N. Y., 168, 1856 ; Pack., Proc. Ent. 

 Soc. Phil, III., 106, 1864; Stretch, Zyg. Bomb. N. A., 159, 1872 \compta, 

 Clem., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 251, 1862 ; Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. 

 Phil., IV., 319, 1865 ; v., 231, 1865 ; Riley, istRept. Ins. Mo., 151, 1868; 

 Zell., Stett. Ent. Zeit., XXXIl., 178, 1S71 : Wals., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 

 1897, 112. 



The larva feeds on Ailanthus. 



Lord Walsingham refers punctella, aurea and gemmata to one 

 species, but they certainly seem distinct. 



A. gemmata, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc, I., 93, 1873; Wals., Proc Zool. 

 Soc. Lond., 1897, 113 \fioridana, Neum., Can. Ent., XXIII., 123, 1891 ; 

 Dyar, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, V., 48, 1897. 

 The larva feeds on Simaruba. 



Genus Trichostibas, Zell. 

 Zell., Stett. Ent. Zeit., 1863, 150 ; Hor. Ent. Soc Ross., XIII., 227, 

 1877 ; Wals., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1S97, 114. 



