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primaries paler, the orbicular and reniform filled with rather shiny 

 whitish and the latter smaller and much more constricted centrally, 

 being almost divided into two equal triangular spots; beyond the 

 t. p. line is a faint silvery band in costal portion of wing and a 

 broader bluish patch between the bend and inner margin; the 

 fringes are smoky in basal half, whitish outwardly. The second- 

 aries are paler than in elegantalis with only faint, smoky suffusion 

 outwardly and an obsolescent postmedian line. Expanse 20 mm, 



Habitat.- — Palmerlee, Ariz.; Tuscon, Ariz. Three cf 's,- 3 9 's. 

 Types, Coll. Barnes. 



Pyrausta orphisalis Wlk. 



Our note regarding the type says that it is close to generosa 

 G. & R., so that it may very well equal ochosalis Dyar as sug- 

 gested by Dr. Dyar; in our list we kept the liame separate for want 

 of further verification, believing that a name wrongly sunk in the 

 synonymy is more likely to be overlooked than a synonym wrongly 

 standing as a species. 



Cornifrons pulveralis, Warr. 



Our note, after studying the type of this species and that of 

 simalis Grt. side by side, says that the former is more even gray 

 on primaries, with a less oblique t. a. line and with the secondaries 

 paler; we are not at all sure that Dr. Dyar is correct in regarding 

 the two as simply forms of one species; his action without further 

 evidence than a study of Warren's description might at least be 

 characterized as premature. 



Macrotheca interalbicalis Rag. 



Our identification of this species as figured by us in Contr. 

 I, No. 5, PI. Ill, fig. 9. has been confirmed by a comparison of 

 specimens with Ragonot's type in Paris; it would seem, there- 

 fore, that vulnifica Dyar (1917, Ins. Menst. V ,83) will fall as a 

 synonym. Ragonot's figures of both this species and haccalis 

 'are distinctly poor; it is very probable that vicarilis Dyar will 

 become a synonym of this latter species ; the reference is, however, 

 not absolutely certain but should be kept in mind. 



