AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. i) 



American forms are s})arsely represented. The first genus credited 

 to the United States is number 9, Cingi/ia Wlk., with humeralh 

 Wlk., as sole species and type. This is one of those unfortunate 

 overlooked species that has never made its way into our lists ; what 

 it may be is unknown to me. In genus 22, Carama, we are repre- 

 sented by cretata Grt. So in genus 61, Artaxa, we are credited with 

 one species out of 61, and even this has a ? after the generic name, 

 as if to question its right here. As there seem to be no other species 

 known from the New World, perhaps the ? is justified. 



In Parogyia, genus 110, we make a better showing with eight spe- 

 cies out of sixteen described. Mr. Kirby credits hasilflava Pack., to 

 locality "Nonantum." It would puzzle some of our foreign friends 

 to know where this place was if the name of the describer and place 

 of description did not suggest the United States as the probable 

 location. Apropos of this it may be noted that Mr. Kirby often 

 gives for our American species only the localities given in the original 

 description, so that as a guide to distribution within our fauna the 

 catalogue is of little value. Thus under Lagoa, genus 113, pyx! di- 

 fera and opercularis ai-e credited to Georgia only, and crUpatu to 

 Massachusetts only. Under genus 135, Dasychira, we have rossii, 

 granilandica and lintaeri from our fauna. Demas diversicolor Morr. 

 and D. fiavicornis Smith appear under Colocnsia Ochs. Mr. Morri- 

 son's .species has long since been referred to Hadena, while my species 

 is certainly a Noctuid, and is congeneric with coryli. Nerice Wlk., 

 genus 147, also figures as a Liparid here. Cothocida nigrifera Wlk., 

 genus 154, is a Crocota, as I have shown. In genus 157, Hypogymna 

 morio, is credited to Europe and America, without specifying North 

 or South. It is not known to me from our faunal region. 



Our species of Orgy la reappear in genus 164, under the term 

 Notolophus Germ., with antiquiis as the type, O.fascelhia being made 

 the type of Ochsenheimer's genus, to which we have nothing to refer, 

 generically. Mr. Edwards' obliviosa appears as olivncea and a var. of 

 leiicographns Geyer. 



In family XVII, the Heterogynidse, we are not credited with any 

 species, and the entire family contains only one genus with three 

 species. 



Family XVIII is the Psychidae, with 49 genera. Genus 2 is 

 Oiketicus, in which we have two species. Genus 3 is Thyrldopieryx, 

 in which also we have tw(» species. Under genus 8, Manatha Moore, 

 we find M. edwardsii Heyl., from Texas ; a name heretofore unknown 



TKANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XX. (2) PEBRUAKY, 1893. 



