508 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM vol. 112 



fig. 19.— Dyar, 1902, U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 52, p. 207.— Smith, 1907, Trans. 

 Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 33, p. 368, pi. 9, figs. 1-3; 1909, The insects of New- 

 Jersey, p. 472. — Grossbeck, 1917, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 37, 

 p. 67. — Barnes and McDunnough, 1917, Check list of the Lepidoptera of 

 boreal America, p. 88. 



Hemeroplanis pyraloides Hiibner, 1823, Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge 

 [sic], p. 259. — Druce, 1890, Biologia Centrali-Americana, Insecta, Lepidop- 

 tera, Heterocera, vol. 1, pt. 85, p. 412. 



[Hemeroplanis ?] 5 pyraloides Hiibner, Seitz [1940-46 ?], Die Gross-Schmetterlinge 

 der Erde, vol. 7, pi. 94, row e, last 2 fig6. right side. 



Poaphila irrecta Walker, 1865, List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in 

 the collection of the British Museum, pt. 33, p. 993. 



Apicia denticulata Walker, 1866, List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects 

 in the collection of the British Museum, pt. 35, p. 1544 [new synonymy]. 



Coptocnemia floccalis Zeller, 1872, Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 22, p. 476, 

 tab. 2, figs. 10a and b. 



Pleonectyptera geometralis Grote, 1872, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 4, p. 24; 

 1874, Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci., vol. 2, p. 44; 1876, Check list of the 

 Noctuidae of America, north of Mexico, pt. 2, p. 42 [12]. — Smith, 1891, 

 List of the Lepidoptera of boreal America, p. 61; 1893, U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 Bull. 44, p. 362.— Dyar, 1902, U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 52, p. 207.— Smith, 

 1907, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 33, p. 370; 1909, The insects of New 

 Jersey, p. 472.— Grossbeck, 1917, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 37, p. 67. 



Pleonectyptera pyralis form geometralis Grote, Barnes and McDunnough, 1917, 

 Check list of the Lepidoptera of boreal America, p. 88. 



Hemeroplanis scopulaepes form geometralis (Grote), McDunnough, 1938, Check 

 list of the Lepidoptera of Canada and the United States of America, pt. 1, 

 Macrolepidoptera, Mem. Southern California Acad. Sci., vol. 1, p. 127. 



Hemeroplanis scopulaepes var. geometralis (Grote), Forbes, 1954, Lepidoptera 

 of New York and neighboring States, pt. 3, Memoir 329, Cornell University 

 Agric Exp. Stat., p. 378. 



Discussion: This species is extremely variable in maculation, so 

 it is not surprising that the other two species, H. aurora (Walker) 

 and H. zayasi new species, have been confused with it in collections. 

 Typically the ground color of the basal and median parts of the wings 

 is some shade of yellow while the terminal part is brown, but the 

 ground color of the entire wing may be yellowish or some shade 

 of brown. 



The name geometralis Grote (= Poaphila irrecta Walker) has 

 been applied commonly to those specimens in which the entire 

 upper surfaces of the wings are more or less suffused with some shade 

 of brown. For many years these dark specimens were treated as 

 a distinct species, but more recently they have been considered to be 

 but a form or variety (not geographical) of scopulepes. It would ap- 

 pear, judging from the dates on the labels of the specimens under 

 examination, that the dark specimens represent the spring and/or 

 winter (Florida) form. In the neotropical region this form appears 

 to be uncommon, but it does occur occasionally. 



6 See footnote 4, p. 507. 



