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which attacks O. lindheimeri in the Laredo-Uvalde section of Texas. 

 On the Gulf coast of Texas the Melitara attacking 0. lindheimeri and 

 other pricklypears we consider to be 'prodenialis, identical with Flor- 

 ida prodenialis. Hence we would continue to retain the Laredo- 

 Uvalde insect as a distinct form." Upon similar information from 

 Dodd, Dyar, in 1928, removed hollii from synonymy but did not give 

 it full specific rank. He characterized the supposed race as follows J 

 "Smaller than prodenialis^ whiter and smoother, from Texas." 



I am unable to see these distinctions and can find nothing in struc- 

 ture, color, or size to distinguish pinned specimens of the supposed 

 hollii from equally small specimens of typical prodenialis. There 

 may be a biological race or strain in southern Texas that can be dis- 

 tinguished in the field; but, if so, it is doubtful if the name hollii 

 can be applied to it; for Boll's specimens (from which Zeller de- 

 scribed his species) were collected in the neighborhood of Dallas, 

 well north of the range of the supposedly distinct form. 



Descriptions of eggs and larvae and a brief note on the life history 

 are given in the Hunter, Pratt, and Mitchell bulletin. 



2. MELITARA DENTATA (Grote) 

 Plates 23, 36, 45 ; FiGxmES 2-2c, 40, 85-85a, 86-86a 



Zophodia dentata Gbote, Can. Eut., vol. 8, p. 158, 1876; Bull. U. S. Geol. and 

 Geogr. Surv. Terr., vol. 3, p. 799, 1877. 



Megaphycis dentata (Gbote), Can. Ent., vol. 14, p. 30, 1882. 



Melitara dentata (Grote) Hxjxst, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 17, p. 172, 1890; 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 52, p. 429, 1903.— Kellogg, Kansas Univ. Quart, vol. 

 1, p. 39, 1892. — Ragonot, M^moires sur les L^pidopt^res, vol. 8, p. 14, 1901. — 

 Hunter, Pratt, and Mitchell, Bur. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agr., Bull. 113, p. 

 28, 1912. — Barnes and McDunnough, Check list of the Lepidoptera of 

 Boreal America, no. 5694, 1917. — Dodd, Council for Scientific and Indus- 

 trial Research, Australia, Bull. 34, p. 29, 1927.— Dyar, Proc. Ent. Soc. 

 Washington, vol. 30, p. 134, 1928. 



Melitara doddalis Dyar, Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus, vol. 13, p. 13, 1925; 

 Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, vol. 30, 134, 1928.— Dodd, Council for Scien- 

 tific and Industrial Research, Australia, Bull. 34, p. 29, 1927. (New 

 synonymy.) 



Melitara junctolineella Hulst (in part). Can. Ent., vol. 32, p. 173, 1900. — 

 Barnes and McDuNNoroH, Contr. Nat. Hist. Lepid. North America, vol. 

 3, no. 3, p. 199, 1916. 



Male. — General color and pattern as in prodenialis except as fol- 

 lows: Blackish shading on posterior margin of thorax less pro- 

 nounced and in some specimens not distinguishable. Fore wing with 

 white dusting rather evenly distributed over the entire wing, the 

 whitish and fuscous areas not contrasted except (in some specimens) 

 for a rather narrow pale suffusion along costal margin and a more 

 or less pronounced dark shade from eiid of cell to middle of inner 



