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Guenee in his description separates porcelaria (not porccllaria as 

 usually written) from his gnophnria by the fact that the discal ringlet, 

 so prominent in this latter species, is reduced to a simple curved dash 

 (un simple trait arque) ; he further mentions particularly a fovea 

 (vesicule) at the base of primaries which forms on the under side a 

 small rounded depression (une petite fossette arrondie). 



These two features lead us to believe that without much doubt 

 Guenee had before him specimens of what is listed at present as 

 indicataria Wlk. ; this species distinctly resembles iimbrosaria {gno- 

 pliaria) in type of maculation, but has the ringlet reduced to a curved 

 dash and further shows a very prominent fovea at the base of pri- 

 maries. As Guenee ascribes the name porcelaria to Abbot (presum- 

 ably according to an unpublished figure), we may take it that the 

 type locality was Georgia ; in this case filaria Wlk. and maestosa Hist. 

 {vide B. & McD. Contr., Ill, (3), 185) become synonyms of porce- 

 laria and the name indicataria Wlk. may be employed for the northern 

 race common in the New England States and Canada if it be so 

 desired. 



As regards gnopharia Gn. and iimbrosaria Hbn. we believe, as 

 far as we can judge from the rather poor figures given, that they 

 are synonyms; Guenee's idea of iimbrosaria with uniform dark gray 

 under side and no subterminal band does not coincide with Hubner's 

 figure in our copy of the Sammlung Ex. Schmett. 



Philtraea elegantaria paucimacula var. nov. (PI. XX, Fig. 3). 

 The typical form of this species (Fig. 2), has the black markings 

 on both sides of the t. a. and t. p. lines and within the circular reniform 

 yellow spot very heavy, the latter being almost entirely black filled; 

 the typical species occurs in the mountain ranges of Pima Co., Ariz. 

 In the eastern portion of its range the species assumes a somewhat 

 different aspect, showing a marked reduction of black spotting, espe- 

 cially noticeable within the reniform ring where the spots are usually 

 mere dots and the center is white; as this difference seems entirely 

 constant we propose the above racial name, our type series being 

 2 ,J , 5 2 from San Benito, Texas (Mch.) ; we also have the race 

 from Greenville, Miss., and it extends west through New Mexico (Ft. 

 Wingate, Jemez Spgs.) to the eastern border of Arizona (White Mts.) ; 

 the Ft. Wingate specimens are slightly better marked than our types, 

 but eastern Arizona ones show even less markings; it may be that 

 semi-desert conditions are responsible for the lack of maculation. 



