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Notes on some species of Geometridse. No. 3. 

 Bi Pkv. Geo. IX Hn.sr. 



1 ontinuei ! From p. 224, vol. II.) 



Marmopteryx gibbicostata Walk. (C. H. M. Geom , p, 1388, 1S62.) 

 This species published as Cidaria gibbicostata is declared by Dr, 

 Packard, 5th Kepi. Peak Acad. Sci., p. 89, to be the same as '/'< , />/iri/i<i 

 vtrigu/aria, Minot, which was described Proc, Bost. Sue. X. H., XII. 

 170. 1869 as Anisopteryx sirigularia. On p. 88, Jtb Rept. Peab, Acad-. 

 Sci., Dr. Packard stales Larentia costinotaia, Walk., ( '. B. M. Geom., 

 p. 1701. 1862, is a synonym of the same species. In his Mon. Geom, 

 l>. 250, 1876, Dr. Packard creates the genus Marmoptetyx, but does not 

 correct the synonomy, This insect as noted by Dr. Packard was also 

 afterwards described as Larentia ceneiformis by Dr. Harvey. So ii has 

 been described four times, and referred to five genera! 



Thamnonoma marcessaria Guen. (Thai., II, 92, 1857.) 

 This species was afterwards re-described by Guenee as Tephrina Ion 

 ■/Miliaria, Phal. II, 101. 



Caripeta augustioraria Walk. (C. B. M. Geom., p. 1524. 1862.) 

 My material in this genus is not very large, numbering only 9 spe- 

 cimens of C. augustioraria, C. latioraria and C. subochrearia, Grt., o\ 

 which latter I have the types. 1 have also two specimens of C. csauah'aria, 

 Grt, for comparison. Four specimens from Mr. W. YY. Hill of Albany, 

 X. Y., taken in Lewis Co., N. Y., vary widely among themselves. Two 

 are orange ochreous, two are chestnut brown, two have the central band 

 broad and continuous across the wing, one has it almost, another en 

 tirelv divided. The hind wings vary also from orange ochreous to brown, 

 or are unicolorous light ochreous. My impression is from what material 

 I have, that these 4 species above arc only varietal forms, which may in 

 places become races. But the amount of my material will hardly war- 

 rant any such reference at present. The females all seem to be more 

 diffusely marked than the male-. 



Fidonia fimetaria Grt. and Rob. (Tr. Am. Knt. Soc, III. 1S2.) 

 This species, very common in Texas and Arizona, was re-'described 

 by Mr. Grote from Arizona specimens as /•". partitaria (Can. bait., XV.. 

 130). In the types of this last spe< ies the males are exactly the same as 

 those of F. fimetaria, while the females are somewhal lighter. 



Fidonia stalachtaria Slreek. (Rept. Surv. Dept. Mo., p. 1863, pi. 2, F. 6, iS;.s,t 

 This was re-described by Mr, Grote as F. alternaria (Can. Put.. 

 XV. 27): there is no difference of even varietal value between the two. 



Stenaspilates meskearia Pack. (Mon. Geom., ]>. 213, pi. 13, f. 50.) 

 Ofth es I have alreadj written (Paul. Am., IP 141 142). 



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