94 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



species which Mr. Pearsall named exhumata, but now tells us should be 

 called inornata, Hulst (the perlineata of the figures in Packard's Mono- 

 graph), belong to the other group (discocellulars simple), as typified by the 

 European testaceata — to which, moreover, the said " exhumata " bears an 

 extremely close superficial resemblance. Would it not be better to group 

 the species after this stable character than after the secondary sexual one 

 of the male antenna;? 



I may add here that I think Meyrick was wrong in sinking Hydrelia 

 to Euchceca, the whole habitus of the latter (unrepresented in America) 

 suggests that it is sui generis, though I have not leisure to work out its 

 character exhaustively, and only mention that vein 5 of hind wings is 

 usually much nearer to 6 than to 4, cell very short, etc. 



The species 3329 to 3336 in Dyar's List should, it seems to me, be 

 distributed as follows : 



Venusia, Curtis. 



Section I. — $ antennte bipectinate. 



3329. cambrica, Curtis. . 

 Section II. — £ antennae unipectinate. 



3330. duoderimlineata, Packard. 

 Section III. — & antennne shortly ciliated. 



3331. comptaria, Walker (not of Hulst?). 



3331. (1) Pearsalli, Dyar (priec. var. ?). 

 Trichodezia, Warren. 



3332. albovittata, Guence. 



3333. Cali/omiata, Packard. 

 (3334 goes to Eupithecia.) 



Hydrelia, Hubner. 



3335- iucata, Guenee. 



3335- (0 perlineata, Auct. (Packard pro parte), = inornata, Hulst, 



(fide Pearsall) = exhumata, Pearsall. 

 3336. albifera, Walker. 



The value of this character lies largely in the ease with which it can 

 be observed, even by those who are not well accustomed to close study of 

 structure ; and I would point out that if, as has been suggested (though to 

 me it seems well-nigh unthinkable), confusion ever really arises between 

 worn specimens of comptaria and " inoruata," it can instantly be set at 

 rest in this way. 



