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SCOPARIA NOMINATALIS Hulst 



Scoparia nomitiataUs Hulst, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 13, p. 148, 1886. 

 Scoparia spaldingalis Barnes and McDunnough, Cont. Nat. Hist. Lep. 

 N. A., vol. 1, pt. 5, p. 34, 1912, pi. 3, figs. 1 and 4. 



In the " Check List," 1917, Barnes and McDimnoiigh refer ?io-/?t- 

 inatalis to the synonymy of lugvhraJis Walker, recognizing spalding- 

 alis for the present form. This seems to be a mistake, because though 

 Hulst's description is not of certain distinction between the obscure 

 species of Scoparia, his locality is so. He describes from Vancouver 

 Island, where the present species is frequent, whereas lugubralis was 

 from Hudson Bay, and a colored figure of the type before me shows 

 it to belong to the 'basalis group, as hereinafter mentioned. 



The present species occurs in the Pacific coast forested region. 

 Rocky Mountains in British Columbia, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, 

 and as far south as Orizaba, Mexico, and Volcan Santa Maria, Gua- 

 temala (Schaus and Barnes), and the White Mountains of New 

 Hampshire. It is very variable in the markings. 



SCOPARIA ALBERTALIS, new species 



Possibly one of the protean forms of nominatalis^ but seems 

 worthy of separation. Size and color of nommatalis, but the outer 

 line appears black, not white, and is strongly excurved centrally. 

 The inner line has dark shading, the discal dot diffused, terminal 

 black markings slight. Expense, 18 mm. 



r^/^e.— Male, Cat. No. 41336, U.S.N.M.; Banff, Alberta, July IT, 

 1925 (O. Bryant). Paratype, male. Lake Minnewanka, Alberta. 

 July 22, 1918 (H. G. Dyar). A specimen from Field, British Co- 

 lumbia, July 1. 1927 (T. Ulke), comes very near, but on account of 

 the angled, not excurved outer line, I have let this stand under nmn- 

 inataJis. 



SCOPARIA DELPHUSA Druce 



Scoparia delphusa Druce, Biol. Cent.-Ainer., Lep. Het., vol. 2, p. 279, 1896. 

 Scopmna smithi Druce, Biol. Cent.-Amer., Lep. Het., vol. 2, p. 279, 1896. 

 Scoparia sabiira Deuce, Biol. Cent.-Amer., Lep. Het., vol. 2, p. 279. 1896. 

 Scoparia fiexuosa Dyar. Proc, U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 54, p. 370. 1918. 



The above names obviously refer to different forms of this variable 

 species. The species occurs in Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado in the 

 mountains. 



SCOPARIA TRICOLORALIS Dyar 



Scoparia tricoloralis Dyar, Ent. News, vol. 15, p. 72, 1904. 

 Scoparia rufltinctaUs Hampson, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, vol. 19, p. 21, 

 1907. 

 Forested regions of British Columbia, Washington, and mountains 

 of California. Hampson speaks of the lines as " rufous ; " but 

 though they are sometimes stained with reddish from the spreading 

 of the reddish discal shade, the lines themselves are blackish. 



