Geometridae 
and appears on the wing most abundantly in the late summer and 
early fall. 
Genus XANTHOTYPE Warren 
(i) Xanthotype crocataria Fabricius, Plate XLIV, Fig. 39, 
S . (The Crocus Geometer.) 
Syn. citrina Hiibner. 
Form caelaria Hulst, Plate XL 1 V, Fig. 40, '$ . 
Quite a common species in the Appalachian subregion. The 
insect shows great variability in the amount of the dark spots 
and cloudings upon the upper side of the wings. 
Genus PLAGODIS Hiibner 
(1) Plagodis serinaria Herrich-Schaeffer, Plate XLIV, Fig. 
33 > < 3 * 
Syn. subprivata Walker; floscularia Grote. 
A common species of the Appalachian subregion, particularly 
abundant among the Alleghany Mountains. 
(2) Plagodis keutzingi Grote, Plate XLIV, Fig. 36 , : $ . 
Syn. keutzingaria Packard. 
The habitat of this species is identical with that of the 
preceding. 
(3) Plagodis emargataria Guenee, Plate XLIV, Fig. 32, ? . 
Syn. arrogaria Hulst. 
The range of the moth is throughout the northern portions of 
the Atlantic subregion. 
Genus HYPERITIS Guenee 
(1) Hyperitis amicaria Herrich-Schaeffer, Plate XLIV, Fig. 
38, 6. 
Syn. nyssaria Guenee; exsimaria Guenee; insinuaria Guenee; laticincta 
Walker; subsinuaria Guenee; neoninaria Walker; neonaria Packard; cesionaria 
Walker. 
A very variable species, which has a wide distribution 
throughout the eastern portions of our territory. 
Genus AN IA Stephens 
(1) Ania limbata Haworth, Plate XLIV, Fig. 37, $. 
Syn. vestitaria Herrich-Schseffer; resistaria Herrich-Schseffer; Jilimentaria 
Guenee. 
By no means rare in the eastern portions of our territory. 
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