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ieuuis eKCciti tluiL iliere is;isliy;liily increased breudtli to tlic termiiud 

 border iit the apices than iii other examples of $ tenuis, a character 

 which lias been overstated by Mr. Strccker at j\ in. Mr. Lintuer 

 measures $ ftwiosa at yV ^'^m ? '^^ tV- ^^ i^ ^^^^^^ barely possible 

 that a species is to be separated from //. tenuis in which the mar- 

 ginal bands (5 ? ) of the fore Avings are slightly broader, but without 

 other distinguishing features. 



Taking into consideration, however, the misapprehension of spe- 

 cific character in this group displayed by Mr. Strecker in his de- 

 scription we should not be warranted in considering fumosa as dis- 

 tinct specifically from tenuis. The three Northern species, from 

 the Atlantic District, may be separated as follows : 



Terminal band of primaries even on its inner edge tenuis. 



interspaceally roundedly exserted on its inner edge.diffinis. 

 interspaceally dentate on its inner edge mai'giualis* 



My specimen of H. marginalis figured by me Plate 1, fig. 10 of 

 Vol. 1 of the Bulletin, is, I find, a male, and not a female, as 1 seem 

 to have erroneously considered it. A second male has been received 

 from Ohio ; no female is known to me, unless a specimen in Mr. 

 Strecker's possession is that sex.* Of axillaris I have two ? si^eci- 

 mens from Texas. In these the band is very broad, the dentations 

 prominent; the anal tuft is entirely black. A male received from 

 Nebraska (Mr. Dodge) might be considered as belonging to this spe- 

 cies, though the anal tuft is yellow medially. The band is a little 

 narrower than in the female but broader than in the ^ marginalis. 

 The discovery of both sexes of marginalis and a comparison of a 

 series of specimens is needed to clearly show the distinctions between 

 the two latter forms which seem to differ principally by the greatest 

 width of the band and robustness of the body, together with the 

 greater length of the dentations in axillaris, in which the color of 

 the wings appears to be a more reddish brown. 



Lepisesia Tictoria Grote. 



S . — Antennae slender and rather long, notably swollen at tliu tips, with ter- 

 minal spinule, blackish above, reddish beneath. Thorax above rusty or oli- 

 vaceous yellowish ; beneath, with the legs, whitish and olivaceous. Abdomen 



* Since the reading of tliis paper 1 have receiveil a ? marginalis from Mr. J. W. Byrkit of 

 ludiauapolis. 



