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have no knowledge on this subject at present but believe the best plan 

 will be to follow Taylor until we hear to the contrary. The specimen 

 mentioned by Taylor as having been labelled 'type, packardata', in his 

 collection is before us and agrees with a specimen which we have com- 

 pared with the type of meritata Pears, in New York so that this name 

 will also fall. 



GEOMETRINAE 



Mellilla inextricata Wlk. 



We have already noted (Cont. II, p. 206) that the general con- 

 ception of this species was erroneous ; it now transpires that the species 

 described by Hulst as Diastictis floridensis is a synonym of inextri- 

 cata; the type is a 2 from Florida in the Hulst Collection. 



Drepanulatrix (Deilinia) californiaria Pack. 



This species, described as Tephrosia californiaria in Proc. Bost. 

 Soc. N. H. XIII, 388, has been placed in Dyar's list as a synonym of 

 Alcis imitata Wlk. with which it has absolutely no similarity. It is 

 well figured by Packard in his Monograph on Plate XI, Fig. 15, and 

 is undoubtedly a Deilinia as an examination of the type in Cambridge 

 showed us ; it is closely related to ferrnginosaria Pack., which has 

 already been correctly referred to Deilinia by Grossbeck (Jour. N. Y. 

 Ent. Soc. XX, 290) and we should not be surprised if, in spite of 

 Packard's statement, they proved sexes of one species. Unfortunately 

 the type of this latter species seems to be lost and besides the descrip- 

 tion we have only the very poor figure published in Proc. Bost. Soc. 

 Vol. XVI, PI. I, Fig. 21. The species seems to be distinct from cela- 

 taria Hist. 



D. litaria Hist. (PI. XIII. Fig. 14). 



The species was described from 2 $ 's from Colorado and the 

 description particularly mentions the fuscous hind wings with a sub- 

 marginal row of black spots. The specimen marked 'type' in the 

 Hulst Coll. is very worn but distinctly contradicts this statement, the 

 hind wings being apparently whitish and immaculate — in fact the 

 specimen will probably prove to be a form of falcataria Pack. In the 

 Xeumoegen Coll. however is a 'Type' from Colorado which fits the 

 description excellently and we propose that this be considered the 

 true type. It is the same species as that described later by Hulst as 

 Deilinia fumosa and this latter name will fall. It is possible that the 



