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line being less rigid ami .soincwhiit outwardly bent opposite the cell. No 

 specimens of purpiwifascia were accessible to nm on the occasion of my first 

 determination. The spots are variably white or yellow. The species may be 

 easily sei)arated on its structural characters. It is another instance of special 

 resemblance between the Californian and European faunae.] 



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PTEROSCTA Morr. 



Type : Pteroscia atrata Morr. 



atrata Morr., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., 156. 

 [Note. — I regard the genus as related to Ufeus Grate.] 



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*SEGETIA Boisd. 



\ fldicularia Morr., Proc. Bost. S. N. H., 145. New York. 

 (?) fabrefacta Morr., 1. c, 146. Eastern States to Alabama. 



* PYROPHILA Eubn. 



t glabella Morr., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., 153. 



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*GRAPHIPHORA Uubn. (ISOG). 



Type : Noctua gothica Linn. 



capsella {Grote), Proc. Acad. N. Sci. Phil., 1874, p. 201 {Taeniocampa). 



oviduca (Guen.), Noct. 1, 357 {Taeniocampa). 



+ styracis {Guen.), Noct. 1, 357 {Taeniocampa). 



f liibisci {Guen.), Noct. 1, 357 {Taeniocampa). 



*inccrta {Hiifn.); T/ie/i. «/ia Guen., Noct. 1, 354 ; instabilis Fitch, Tr&ns.'S.Y . 



Agr. Soc, 16, 343. 

 pacilica {Uarvey), Bull. Buff. Soc. N. S., 2, 120 (Calif.; an spec, praec.?). 

 t modiflca {Morr.), Proe. Bost. S. N. Hist., 150 {Taeniocampa). 

 t intractata {Morr.), 1. c, 160 {Taeniocampa). 

 tcoiillueiis {Morr.), 1. c, 159 {Taeniocampa). 

 \ eariiia {Morr.), 1. c, 158 {Taeniocampa). 



[Note. — This genus must replace " Taeniocampa " in the List.] 



PSEUDORTHOSIA Grote (1874). 



Type : Ps. variabilis Grote. 



variabilis Grote, Bull. Buff S. N. S., 2, 161 ; Proc. Acad. N. S. Phil., 1874, 207. 



California. 

 pectinata Grote, Proc. Acad. N. S. Phil., 1874, 207. Colorado Territory. 



BUL. BUF. SOC. NAT. SCI. (2S) JANUAnT, 1875. 



