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already been applied ; it is dull olive green, heavily suffused with smoky, 

 the maculation being more or less lost in the dark shading, the median 

 area is as dark as the rest of the wing, the veins in the subterminal 

 area are tinged with ruddy and the white subterminal spot with tail is 

 quite distinct ; the average expanse is between 28 and 31 mm. ; we pro- 

 pose for this name puncticaudata our types being 3 <i 's froni 

 Oakland, Calif., and Eldridge, Sonoma Co., Calif., (Feb.) and 2 9 's 

 from Eldridge, Sonoma Co., Calif., and Alma, S. Clara Co., Calif. 



There is still another race foimd on Vancouver Island in early 

 spring which is much larger and more clearly marked than pitncticaii- 

 data, of the same size as reflata with practically identical maculation, 

 differing however in having the ground color a dull green (instead of 

 gray) with slight rosy sprinklings along the veins ; we propose the name 

 VICTORIA for this race, our types being 3 S 's from Victoria, B. C. 

 (Mar. 20) (Apr. 19 and 29) and 2 9 's from the same locality cap- 

 tured on April 12. 



Typical reflata (syn. abacta Hist.) (PI. I, Figs. 13, 14) is a large 

 dark gray form with well defined purple brown bands and the median 

 area sprinkled with brown ; specimens occur corresponding to albifas- 

 ciata (with prominent white median band) and to reseda (suffused 

 with ruddy) but we do not believe names are necessary for these 

 forms ; we have seen no greenish specimens of this race. The Uncus 

 (PI. VII, Fig. 4) is rather stumpier with shorter apical section than 

 in albifasciata but as the remainder of the genital organs are similar 

 we regard the variation as varietal, not specific. 



As far as can be judged from the material before us the species 

 occurs in the earliest days of spring, probably hibernating as a pupa, 

 a fact which in itself would show a specific distinctness from f areata; 

 we have no record of a second generation. 



HVDRIOMENA CGCHIZEATA Swett. (PI. II, Figs. 1-3; PI. VII, Fig. 5). 



Air. Swett kindly sent us photographs of the two S types of this 

 species which confirmed our own identification ; the species is appar- 

 ently rather local as both the types and a long series in the Barnes Col- 

 lection were taken at Palmerlee, Arizona, the latter during the month 

 of February; five specimens in the Grossbeck Collection, originally 

 from Dr. Barnes, are labelled Redington, Ariz. (Jan., Feb.) 



The Uncus is very similar in shape to that of reflata; the best point 

 of distinction in the genitalia is found in the armature of the Aedoeagus 



