SOME AMERICAN GEOMETRID MOTHS CAPPS 147 



Type. — In Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 



Type locality. — Alabama. 



Remarks. — Grote, commenting 10 on Packard's reference of expunc- 

 taria to filament aria without having seen the type of expurictaria, 

 expressed the belief that when the type of expunctaria was examined 

 it would be found to be a different species. Recently I have had 

 opportunity to examine Grote's type to dissect the genitalia. As 

 compared with filamentaria, Grote's type (unique) differs in the follow- 

 ing respects : Markings absent other than two transverse lines on the 

 fore wing and a single transverse line on the hind wing; harpe with 

 apex of ventral margin pointed, triangular-form; anellus with the 

 lateral arms straighter and dilated below bifurcation; vinculum 

 (ventrally) broader and less incised; aedeagus slenderer and smaller. 

 The differences in maculation and structure of filamentaria and ex- 

 punctaria substantiate Grote's contention regarding the distinctness 

 of his species, and it should be given full specific rank. 



NEMATOCAMPA BRUNNEOLINEATA (Hulst), new combination 



Eugonohapta hrunncolijieata Hulst, Journ. New York Bnt. Soc, vol. 5, No. 3, 



p. 218, 1901. 

 Miopia brunneolineata (Hulst) Barnes and McDunnough, Check list of the 



Lepidoptera of Boreal America, No. 4658, 1917. — McDunnough, Check list 



of the Lepidoptera of Canada and the United States of America (Part 1, 



Macrolepidoptera), No. 5151, 1938. 



Type. — In Rutgers College collection. 



Type locality. — Florida. 



Remarks. — Dyar 11 commenting on the type of brunneolineata 

 stated: "One type. I think it is a very badly rubbed specimen of 

 Ania limbaria Haw., that originally had but very little purple." 



On a recent visit to Rutgers I found the Hulst type to be in excellent 

 condition, with no effects of rubbing evident. Circumstances would 

 not permit dissection of the genitalia. Superficially brunneolineata 

 is very much like expunctaria, and in view of the proximity of their 

 type localities {brunneolineata, Florida; expunctaria, Alabama), 

 similarity of color, maculation, hind tibiae, etc., the two forms will 

 probably prove to be conspecific. Dissection of the genitalia of 

 brunneolineata (also a unique) will be necessary definitely to establish 

 their status. Pending dissection of the genitalia, superficial struc- 

 tures justify its removal from the group with which it has been 

 associated and assignment to the genus Nemutocampa Guenee. 



10 Can. Ent., vol. 14, p. 110, 1882. 



" Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, vol. 6, No. 4, p. 226, 1904. 



