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to be borne out by the specimen labelled similaria in the collection ; un- 

 fortunately however for this reference all the Acidalia species of this 

 group have a distinctly black front whereas the original description of 

 similaria just as distinctly states that the head is white, besides dis- 

 agreeing in other particulars. We believe that this is another case of 

 interchanging of labels and that a poor ? specimen of what appears to 

 be Cabera erythemaria Gn., masquerading in the collection under the 

 label Numeria inceptaria (which it cannot possibly be), is probably the 

 true type of similaria. The description would certainly apply much 

 better to erythemaria than to any of the known white species of Acida- 

 lia and we would suggest therefore the sinking of similaria to erythe- 

 maria. We point out later our grounds for believing that the name 

 to be employed for what has been called similaria Wlk, is really 

 junctaria Wlk. 



Acidalia anticaria Wlk. (1860, C. N. & G., V, 262; 1862, C. B. M., 



XXVI, 1593). 



The specimen under this label, which agrees excellently with the 

 original description, we cannot separate from strongly marked speci- 

 mens of the common Eastern species, inductata Gn., and believe the 

 name should fall as a synonym. 



Pellonia successaria Wlk. (1860, C. N. & G., V, 262; 1862, C. B. 

 M., XXVI, 1617). 

 This is correctly listed as a synonym of Hcematopis grataria Fabr. 



Lozogramma sub^quaria Wlk. (1860, C. N. & G., V, 262; 1862, C. 

 B. M. XXVI, 1660). 



The usual conception of this series is correct; the name subae- 

 quaria will however take priority over defluata Wlk. which was not 

 published until 1861 (Cat. B. M. XXIII, 984) ; the earlier publication 

 of subcequaria in the Can. Naturalist appears to have been overlooked 

 by Hulst in his compilation in Dyar's Catalogue. 



Numeria inceptaria Wlk. ( 1860, C. N. & G., V, 263 ; 1862, C. B. M., 



XXVI, 1667). 



As stated above the specimen bearing this label in the collection is a 

 Cabera erythemaria Gn. and cannot possibly be made to fit in with the 

 original description which reads as follows: 



'Male. Cinereous, slender, minutely speckled. Antennae rather broadly 

 pectinated. Wings with a slender blackish marginal line. Forewings hardly 



