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Cleora tinctaria Wlk. (1860, C. B. M., XXI, 486; distinctaria 

 D'Urban, 1861, C. N. & G., VI, 39). 



Considerable confusion exists concerning the three Cleora species 

 and the five Boarmia species described by Walker in the Addenda to 

 Part XXI of his Catalogue (pp. 486-9) and listed as being in the 

 D'Urban Collection; of these eight species Hulst lists the types of 

 Cleora tinctaria, Boarmia convergaria and B. ejectaria as lost and 

 refers these names in Dyar's Catalogue to patnpinaria Gn., larvaria Gn. 

 and hutnaria Gn. respectively. If we now turn to D'Urban's paper in 

 the Can Nat. VI, 39 we find that he also lists three Cleora species and 

 five Boarmia species as new but omits the descriptions of all except 

 Cleora limitaria, the description of which tallies with that given by 

 Walker in his catalogue ; with regard to the other two Cleora species 

 it may be noted that he lists diversaria Wlk. which evidently is divisaria 

 as published by Walker, his third species beeng distinctaria Wlk. which 

 just as evidently may be held to be the tinctaria of the catalogue. Turn- 

 ing to the Boarmia species we find cineraria Wlk. listed as cunearia, 

 convergaria as converzaria, and Boarmia? ejectaria not mentioned at 

 all, but in its place a Boarmia? patularia, the query following the 

 generic reference making it almost certain that both names refer to 

 the same species ; it would seem that Walker for some reason or other 

 had, in publishing his descriptions, not rigidly adhered to the names 

 placed originally on D'Urban's specimens and this would at once ac- 

 count for the fact that Hulst could receive from Dr. Moffat no word 

 of the types of tinctaria and ejectaria as these were labelled respectively 

 distinctaria and patularia. 



Taking the species in order we would note that the specimen la- 

 belled C. distinctaria exists in the collection and agrees so well with 

 Walker's description of C. tintaria that we have no hesitation in accept-, 

 ing it as the type of this species ; unfortunately only the fore wings 

 are left to the specimen, but these are sufficient to show that the species 

 has nothing in common with pampinaria but is really what has been 

 passing under the name of Orthofidonia exornata Wlk., the type being 

 a rather pale and worn specimen ; the name tinctaria will take priority. 



Cleora limitaria Wlk. (1860, C. B. M. XXI, 487; 1861, C. N. & G., 

 VI, 39). 



The present reference of this species to the genus Nyctobia is cor- 

 rect. 



