536 



III one fenuile, received tVoni Mr. Grote and labeled " C. reiuLsmria 

 WalU. {Tetrads jxindaria AValk.)", which liad l)eeii compared by him with 

 Walker's type, the wings are mottled coarsely with dai^k brow u, and tiie 

 lines are heavily shaded, particularly the extradiscal, on both wings, \\ hile 

 the inner line on the fore wings is bent distinctly at right angles. It is 

 evidently but a variety {)[' coiifitsarla. 



Regarding the reduction of Walker's species to synonyms, I find I have 

 arrived at the same conclusions as Messrs. Grote and Robinson. They say: 

 "The specimens registered as i Caberodes imbrario, p. 1G8, J C. super- 

 aria, id., i C. ineffusaria, p. 169, and c? C. Jtoridaria, id., seem to us to 

 belong all to C. mPtrocamparin, Gueiiee ; 9 C. remissaria is darker and 

 maculate, but hardly seems distinct." They add that " Tetrads pandttria 

 Walk, is evidently the 9 of his Caberodes remissaria, which may thus be a 

 distinct species". 



Caberodes majoraria Guenee. Plate 12, tig. 32. 



Caherodes majoraria Giien., Pbal., i, 138, IS")?. 



Walk., List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus., xx, i:W, 1857. 



2 (f and 1 9. — Body and wings pale ochreous, with an almost frosty 

 appearance. Wings well angulated ; on the hind wing a sinus just before the 

 angle. Apex of fore wings pointed obtusely, l)ut more prominent than usual. 

 Wings more densely scaled tiiau usual, being uniform on both wings. Fcu'e 

 wings with the inner line curved as usual, faint brown ; outer line brown, oblifpie, 

 very straight in its course to where it is reflected on to the costa, below which 

 it is broadly and diffusely shaded with brown externally, thus differing from 

 all the other species known to me. Hind wings with the line shaded as in the 

 anterior pair, bu t oidy reaching as far as the discal space. Beneath, wings tinged 

 with a warm ycllow-ochreous tint, costa and fringe being yellowish, as well as 

 the body, the legs, and also tiie veins. Botli wings uniformly clouded with 

 smoky specks, ronnch'd, not transverse as iir (^'. eff'cctaria. Common line very 

 distinct, dusky-l)rown, on the fore wings bent on the inde^jendent venule, on 

 the hind wings well curved, sinuate, and extending on to the costa. 



Length of body, <^, 0.80, 9, 0.80; of fore wing, S, O.ilO, 9, O.DO ; 

 expanse of wings, 1.90 inches. 



Massachusetts, August (Packard and Minot); 8alem, Mass., July 13 

 (Cassino); head of -Plum Creek, Colo., June 29 (Lieutenant Carpenter, 

 Hayden's Survey). 



