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p. 118, 1909. I have only two poor specimens left in my collec- 

 tion. On several occasions I have made special trips to the locality 

 at about the time for its appearance, but have not been fortunate 

 enough to meet with the species again. It is the size of alticola 

 and devergens, in color and maculation not unlike orophUa, except 

 as to the sign, which much resembles that of californka. It is 

 very distinct from anything else North American. 



410. Syngrapha alticola Walk. — Walker's type from the 

 Canadian Rockies (Lord Derby) is in the British Museum, and 

 my specimens agree with it. They are labelled Laggan, July 17th, 

 1904, and Wilcox Pass, Rockies, Alta., July 26th to Aug. 13th, 

 1907, Mrs. Nicholl. It flies at low altitudes (5,000 ft.), but I do 

 not know how high it goes. Sir George Hampson, in Can. Ent. 

 XL. 106, March, 1908, records more of Mrs. NichoU's captures on 

 Mt. Assiniboine, Brobokton and Brazeau Creeks, Alta., and Kick- 

 ing Horse Pass, B.C., and states that the species is quite distinct 

 from European devergens Hbn. I have two specimens of the latter 

 from the Swiss Alps, and have examined others, and believe his 

 statement to be correct, though they are very close allies. Dever- 

 gens has been recorded from Labrador, but I have not the literature 

 by which to investigate either the record or the correct spelling of 

 the name. Holland's figure of devergens is parilis. 



411. S. ignea Grt. — I have seen neither description nor type 

 of this species. Smith's Catalogue states that the type should be 

 at Philadelphia, and Grote makes the same assertion in his 1895 

 list. Smith's reference of ignea to alticola is after Grote, who ad- 

 mitted that he had never seen Walker's type, and many have mis- 

 taken his species. My ignea is the same as that of the British 

 M,useum from the Grote collection, and the same as Holland's 

 figure of hohenivarthi, misspelt, as elsewhere, hochenwarthi. The latter 

 stands as distinct in all our lists. I have specimens from Alberta, 

 Colorado, Utah, and several European localities, and am unable 

 to recognize two species. Divergens Fabr. is given as a synonym 

 by Smith and Grote, but the name is attributed to Hiibner by 

 Staudinger. I am unable to discover whether the latter name has 

 any connection with devergens. 



