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PYRALIDAE 



PYRAUSTINAE 



Syngamia florepicta Dyar. 



The species was described (1914, Proc. U. S. N. M. XLVII, 392) 

 from Mexico and was later listed (1917, Insec. Ins. Menstr., V, 71) 

 from the United States. There seems little doubt that the name is 

 a synonym of talis Grt. (No. 4936 of our list) ; the description agrees 

 perfectly with a specimen we have compared with Grote's type in the 

 British Museum. The species is rather widely distributed throughout 

 the Gulf States. 



ISCHNURGES CHROMAPHILA Dyar. 



If Dr. Dyar's record of this species from Arizona (1917, Insec. 

 Ins. Menstr., V, 72) is based on correctly identified material then 

 cliroinafliila becomes a synonym of roscopcnnalis Hist. (No. 5053 

 of our list) ; the species was described from material from N. Carolina 

 and Arizona and we have specimens from both localities which we 

 cannot separate either in structure or maculation ; our long Arizona 

 series shows considerable variation in the amount of pink shading 

 beyond the cell on primaries. We see no adequate reason for remov- 

 ing the species from the genus Diascmia at present as the maxillary 

 palpi are certaintly not filiform althougli not very markedly tufted. 



LOXOSTEGE ANARTALIS Grt. 



In our Collection there have been several species included under 

 this one name; typical auartalis (PI. XXII, Fig. 15) was described 

 from Soda Springs, Siskiyou Co., Calif., and is characterized by the 

 deep black border of secondaries preceded by a broad band of creamy 

 white with the basal area blackish ; beneath both wings show a broad 

 black border. Hulst's description of lulualis (Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 

 XIII, 150) applies exactly to this form and although we restricted 

 the name to the type specimen from Anticosti Island (Contr. Ill, (3) 

 191) this action of ours may not hold if the specimen does not agree 

 with the diagnosis. We have several specimens from Manitoba and 

 Alberta (PI. XXII, Fig. 17) which differ from typical anarlalis at the 

 first glance by lacking the broad white area of secondaries which is 



