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it does not differ as far as I can see. The species may be known by the 

 discolorous purplish fuscous head and thorax, the dark color extending on 

 the shoulders of the fore wings. It has been collected in Texas by 

 Belfrage in March and July. The primaries are more pointed in orgiae 

 and this species is more faintly colored when compared with its con- 

 geners. 



The species may be thus catalogued : 



Eroiyla Hiibn. 

 sulphuralis Linn. Europe. 



Spragtieia Grote. 



onagrus Guen., 2, 205. Florida. 



Type leo Gucn., 2, 205. Alabama. 



plumbifimbriata Grote, C. E., ix., 68. Texas, 

 dama Gucn., 2, 205. Alabama, Texas, 

 guttata Grote, C. E., vii., 225. Texas, 

 tortricina Zeller, Beitr., i., 15. Texas. 



apicella Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, iv., 21. Alabama, 

 Texas. 



truneatula Zeller, Beitr.. i., 3. 



Fruva Grote. 

 Type fasciatella Grote, C. E., vii., 225. Texas. 



obsoleta Grote, C. E., ix., 69. Illinois, Texas. 



Xanthoptera Guen. 

 Type nigrofimbria Guen., 2, 241. N. Y., Ala., Texas. 



semiflava Guen., 2, 241. Texas. 



Exyra Grote. 



Type semicrocea Guen., 2, 241. Georgia. 



Ridingsii Riley, Trans. St. Louis Acad., hi., 240. Georgia. 



nigrocaput Morrison, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. II., 17, 153. 

 fax Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 295. Georgia. 

 Rolandiana Grote. Psyche, ii., 38. Mass. 



