10 JOHN B. SMITH. 



to me as the species is at present. We also find under genus 25, 

 Chalia rileyi Heyl., also from Texas, and equally unknown to me. 

 Fsijche is genus 32, and under this our four species form just one-fifth 

 of tiie whole. PlaUecetictDi is genus 33, with gloveri as type, and one 

 other species. For Eutheca mora Grt., accidentally omitted from my 

 list, Saplnella, genus 45, is proposed, Mr. Grote's name being preoc- 

 cupied, and the same fate befalls Psevdopsyche Hy. Edw., for which 

 we get CEdonia Kirby. The genera Lacosoma Grt., and PerojjJwra 

 Harris, are referred to the Drepanulidie by Mr. Kirby; perhaps 

 incorrectly. 



Family XIX is the Limacodidse, with 106 genera. Not till we 

 get to genus 33 do we strike a familiar name, and then we find Li- 

 macodes beutenmulleri Hy. Edw., under Semyra Wlk. Genus Pho- 

 hetrum Pack., or Phohetron Hiib., as under the rules it should be 

 written, contains pitheclum, hyalinum, nigricans and tetradactylus ; all, 

 save the first, long since placed in the synonymy. Genus 10, Adoneta, 

 contains our species only. Under Eulimacodes we find scapha Harr. 

 Nochelia and Empretia are genera 52 and 53, respectively, each with 

 the single type species only. Under Sihine H.-S. we find referred 

 with a ? the Limacodes ephippiatus of the Harris correspondence. 

 This is obviously Evi2:>retia stimtdea, and very well characterized ; but 

 I have no memorandum that it has ever been definitely referred into 

 the synonymy. Parasa is genus 67, and contains 54 species, only 

 two of them from our fauna. Varina ornata, which follows next 

 after, has been removed from this family by Mr. Dyar, whose recent 

 papers on this family Mr. Kirby has used in the appendix to sup- 

 plement his text. Euclea and Moiwleuca are genera 69 and 70, re- 

 spectively. Under Euclea we find viridiclava Walk., from Massa- 

 chusetts — a name unfamiliar to our lists. Referring to Walker's 

 description we find that no locality was there given, except a ?, and 

 perhaps the Massachusetts locality by Mr. Kirby is an error. Isa 

 Pack, is said to be })reoccupied, and Sosioxa Kirby is propo.sed to 

 replace it. Next after this comes Tortricidia, in which flavula and 

 pallida are given specific rank, and to which the undetermined Li- 

 macodes f err igera Wlk. is added. Kronea is genus 82, and contains 

 oui- species only. Our species of Limacodes appear under Ap)oda 

 Haw., and Limacodes is made a synonym and not used for any ag- 

 gregation of species. Whether under such conditions we can use the 

 family terra Liraacodidse, there being no genus Limacodes, is perhaps 

 a question. Personally, I would regret the change, as I regret the 



