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ent in the Edwards' Collection labelled 'Louisiana' ; the $ is a very 

 worn specimen and is without doubt referable to vestris Bdv. the head 

 showing distinct yellow hairs and the stigma being similar ; the 9 's 

 belong to other species, one being eitfala Edw. and the other possibly 

 a worn brcttus. We would hold the name to the $ type, osyka thus 

 becoming a synonym of vestris Bdv. 



Megistias fusca G. & R. 



Godman & Salvin state (Biologia Vol. II, p. 571) that this species 

 falls into the genus Megistias G. & S. Florida specimens are gener- 

 ally quite immaculate but Texas ones show a tendency to faint post- 

 discal spots on primaries, especially in the 2 . 



Lerodea arabus Edw. 



Arabus is placed by Dyar in the genus Stomyles which has a 

 double stigma; our $ specimen shows no trace of a stigma and we 

 would place it in Lerodea along with eufala Edw. Judging by the 

 figure (Biol. Cent. Am. Ill, PI. 95, Figs. 19/20) dysaules G. & S., if 

 not the same species, is extremely close to arabus. 



Genus Amblycirtes Scud. 



Godman & Salvin and Dyar separate the genus Stomyles Scud, 

 from Amblycirtes on the strength of the shape of the male stigma ; in 

 Stomyles it is said to be divided, one portion extending along the 

 cubital vein between Cn x and Cu 2 and forming an acute angle with 

 the other portion extending along Cu 2 (vein 2) from the base out- 

 wards ; in Amblycirtes the stigma is said to be undivided. As a mat- 

 ter of fact the stigma in vialis, the type of Amblycirtes, shows distinct 

 scaling along the basal portion of vein Cu 2 but as the angle formed 

 with the cubital vein is more or less filled with modified scales this is 

 not so apparent as in textor, the type of Stomyles, where the angle is 

 left open and the scaling extends further along the vein; the type of 

 stigma is on the whole essentially the same and as there is no other 

 apparent structural difference we would hardly advocate retaining 

 both genera, especially as Godman & Salvin note that the $ sexual 

 organs are of the same type in both groups. If any species should be 

 separated off it is nanno Edw., which has shorter 3rd joint of palpi 

 and a distinct undivided stigma extending below vein Cu 2 but as the 

 type of maculation is very similar to that of the other members of 

 the group we prefer to retain it here for the present ; oslari Skin, and 



