101 



Closely allied to flagrantis Sm., differing in the larger size, brighter 

 cx)loration, and white secondaries in both sexes. 



Graptolitha puella Sm. 



The acquisition recently of the co-type of this species from the Doll 

 Collection shows that the figure given in Hampson's Cat. Lep. Het. 

 Brit. Mus. PI. CII, Fig. 30, is very faulty, much too pale and apt to 

 give an entirely erroneous impression of the species ; it is only fair, 

 however, to Sir Geo. Hampson to state that the species was unknown 

 to him and his figure is merely a reproduction of a colored drawing 

 of the type in the National Museum which was evidently poorly exe- 

 cuted ; Smith's original photograph (Tr Am. Ent. Soc. XXVII, PI. 

 IV, Fig. 25) gives a much better idea of the species and shows it to 

 be extremely close to what we described later from Kerrville, Texas, 

 as laccyi (Contr. II, (3), p. Ill), in fact they are so close that we 

 should be inclined to consider the two names as synonymous if it 

 were not for the widely separated type localities, the two specimens 

 of pnclla being labelled California; of course there is the possibility 

 that this label is erroneous as many of the older collectors (from one 

 of whom these type specimens apparently came) were careless in 

 their data, but lacking at the present time sufficient material, we 

 believe it safer to associate the two names closely and leave the matter 

 of their identity or distinctness to be settled when more material is 

 available. 



EUROTYPE ANCEPS Steph. 



In 111. Brit. Ent. Haust., Ill, 31, PI. 26, Fig. 2, Stephens describes 

 and figures a species which he doubtfully calls polymita Linn. ; in his 

 Cat. Lep. Brit. Mus. 1850, p. 285, he proposes the name anceps for 

 the same species, having evidently recognized that it was not the 

 true polymita and lists it as doubtfully North American. Sir Geo. 

 Hampson to whom we referred the matter, writes us that Stephens 

 figure agrees exactly with the type of aciitiss-ima Grt. and we thor- 

 oughly concur with him in this reference. As Stephens' name has 

 priority the synonymy of the species must be changed as follows : 

 anceps Steph. 



polymita Steph. {nee Linn.) 

 acutissima Grt. 

 form confragosa Morr. 

 medialis Grt. 



