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Erigeronana Riley, described and hitherto listed in this genus, is ■ 

 a Pharmacis as examination of the type in United States National 

 Museum (U. S- N. M., type No. 379) proves. 



P. vitellinana Zeller is also a Pharmacis. 



Clemens' name angustana for which Robinson* substituted dorsi- 

 maculana on account of the European angustana Hubner, should, 

 be resurrected as the latter species does not belong to this genus 

 but to Pharmacis. 



Phalonia comes Walsingham belong to Commophila (see post.) 



Phalonia atomosana, new species. 



Labial palpi face head and thorax unicolored dirty ochreous. Fore wings 

 light ochreous evenly suffused with darker ochreous scales and irregularly 

 sprinkled with single black scales, especially along the extreme dorsal edge 

 and before tremen. At the end of the cell is an aggregation of black scales 

 and obliquely below and before these is a small black dash on the fold. Hind 

 wings light ochreous fuscous. Abdomen ochreous. Legs ochreous with 

 tarsal joints fainly annulated with black. 



Alar expanse: 19-20 mm. 

 ' Habitat: Pittsburg, Pa. (H. Engel). 



Type: U. S. N. M., No. 10223. 



Of about the size and shape of Phalonia floccosana Walker, but 

 with less clear ground color, without the darker dorsal shade and 

 differing in the sprinkling of dark scales. 



Phalonia rana, new species. 



Labial palpi blackish brown exteriorly, ochreous on their inner side. Face, 

 head and thorax light ochreous fuscous. Fore wings whitish ochreous strongly 

 suffused with dark fuscous and with blackish brown ornamentation as follows: 

 A blackish spot on base of costa; an outwardly oblique streak from base of 

 dorsal edge, terminating on the middle of the cell; a small round spot just 

 within the dorsal edge at apical third; a broad outwardly oblique costal 

 streak from just beyond middle of costal edge, terminating at the end of the 

 cell; a small costal spot just before apex. Hind wings ochreous fuscous. 

 Abdomen fuscous. Front legs blackish, posterior legs ochreous sprinkled 

 with black. 



Alar expanse, 17-18 mm. 



Habitat: Pittsburg, Pa. (H. Engel). 



Type: U. S. N. M., No. 10224. 



*Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, vol. 11., p. 285, 1869. 



