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moths in the Greater Antilles or other regions, is available, the taxo- 

 nomic relationships of both 0. abbotii and 0. kirbyi will have to be 

 re-examined. 



The difference between the mean wing measurements of 0. abbotii 

 (as sampled from the United States) and 0. kirbiji (sampled throughout 

 its range) has proven to be highly significant (P<^,001), as tested by 

 the procedure already mentioned (see p. 114). 



Material examined. — 109 d^cf, 3 99, 238 cases: 



UNITED STATES: Alabama: Mobile, c?, July 28; cf, May 24; 2 cases. 

 USNM. Florida: Specific locality unknown, 4 cf c?, AMNH; d', USNM, 

 Southern Florida, cf, MCZ. SW Florida, 3 cases, USNM. Chailes Harbor, 

 2 c? cT, AMNH. De Funiak Springs, 6 cases, USNM. De Land, 8 cases, 

 USNM. Everglades, cf", May 16-23, USNM. Fort Meyers, d^, March 30, 

 AMNH; 6 cases, USNM. Gainesville, 2 cases, AMNH. Jupiter, case, AMNH. 

 Key West, 6 d' cT, April 27-29; 9 , April 16; 11 cases, USNM. Lakeland, 4 cases, 

 USNM. Little River, 4 cases, USNM. Lower Matacumbe Key, 6 cases, 

 USNM. Lutz, cf, March 4; 8 c? cf , Aug. 15-Sept. 23, CM. Marco, case, 

 AMNH. Orlando, 5 cfd', Feb. 25, USNM. Palm Beach, case, USNM. Port 

 Sewall, 2 cases, AMNH. Punta Gorda, cf , 11 cases, USNM; case, BM. Royal 

 Palm State Park, d' March 11; 4 cf d', April 11-May 2; 4 cases, USNM. St. 

 Petersburg, d, March 28; 10 dcP, April, USNM. Stemper, 2 dd, March 9, 

 12, CM. Tallahassee, d, AMNH. Termandia, case, USNM. Georgia: 

 Savannah, d, 9, May 29, USNM. Tybee Island, case, USNM. Louisiana: 

 New Orleans, d, May 25; d, June 2; cf, July 1; d", 22 cases, USNM. Missis- 

 sippi: Biloxi, d, May 1; d, June 11, USNM. North Carolina: Wilmington, 

 6 cases, USNM. South Carolina: Summerville, 4 cases, USNM. Texas: 

 Specific locality unknown, d, type, collected by E. L. Graef, USNM. Browns- 

 ville, 12 d d, Sept. 14-Oct. 6; 9 , Sept. 2; 37 cases, USNM. Harris County, d, 

 April, USNM. San Antonio, 23 dd, March 31-April 14; 4 d' d", July 16-25; 

 2 d' d", Aug. 10, 25; 4 d" d", Sept. 16-23; 90 cases, USNM. Taft, case, USNM. 

 Virginia: Accomac, d with case, June 24; 2 d^d^, 2 cases, USNM. 



51. Oiketicus kirbyi Guildiiig 



Figures 54, 55, 56, 57, 112, 167, 185, 233, 234, 288, 310, 311, 312, 357, 382; Map 12 



Oiketicus kirbyi Guilding, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, vol. 15, p. 374, 1827. — 

 Doubleday, Entomologist, no. 7, p. 97, 1841. — Duncan in Jardine, Nat. 

 Libr., vol. 7, p. 110, 1841.— Westwood, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, vol. 20, 

 p. 221, pi. 34, fig. 2, 1854.— Lucas in Sagra, Hist. Cuba, vol. 7, p. 303, 

 1857.— Zeller, Stett. Ent. Zeit., vol. 32, p. 80, 1871.— Heylaerts, Ann. 

 Soc. Ent Belg., vol. 25, pp. 45, 69, fig. 2, 1881; Compt.-Rend., vol. 31, p. 

 Ixxxviii, 1887.— Dalla Torre and Strand, Lep. Cat., pars 34, p. 194, 1929.— 

 Forbes, N.Y. Acad. Sci., vol. 12, no. 1, p. 150, 1930. — Gaede in Seitz, 

 Macrolep. World, vol. 6, p. 1184, 1936. — Wolcott, Journ. Agric. Univ. 

 Puerto Rico, vol. 20, no. 1, p. 506, 1936.— Forbes, Bull. Mus. Comp. 

 Zool., vol. 90, no. 2, p. 368, 1942.— Vazquez, Anales Instit. Biol., vol. 13, 

 no. 1, p. 370, 1942.— Costa Lima, Insetos Brasil, vol. 5, pp. 188, 190, 192, 

 figs. 82, 84, 85, 1945.— Martorell, Journ. Agric. Univ. Puerto Rico, vol. 29, 

 p. 544, 1945. — Wolcott, Journ. Agric. Univ. Puerto Rico, vol. 32, no. 3, 



