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wings, smoother green color (our specimen was rubbed) larger cell- 

 dots, more definite lines, vertex more narrowly red' ; assuming there- 

 fore, that inclusaria Wlk. is a synonym of lixaria Gn. as given by Mr. 

 Prout in the Genera Insectorum, Hemitheinae p. 103 it would seem 

 that we have two closely allied species in lixaria and catachloa; we 

 have not satisfactorily identified the former as yet but have two worn 

 specimens without label but presumably from Florida which fit in fairly 

 well with the above description except that the postmedian line is only 

 slightly wavy and not regularly crenulate. More material for study 

 is much needed in this group. 



Racheospila extremaria Wlk. (p. 87). 



Again we must question the correctness of Mr. Grossbeck's iden- 

 tifications, at least so far as our material is concerned. Extremaria 

 was described (1861, Cat. Lep. B. M. XXII, 584) from an unknown 

 locality and we have already (Cont. Ill, No. 3, 170) expressed the 

 opinion that rubromarginaria Pack, is distinct from this species. Mr. 

 L. B. Prout was kind enough to draw up for us a description from the 

 unique 9 type in the British Museum which we cannot do better than 

 quote here in full: 'Face and vertex green strongly mixed with red, 

 a white fillet between antennae; palpus short and slender, third joint 

 slender, exposed, but not elongate (hardly a Racheospila) ; lines ex- 

 tremely vague, the postmedian apparently waved but not crenulate ; no 

 red terminal line ; fringe pink with very narrow pale line at base ; abdo- 

 men lost.' 



The pinkish fringes without any red marginal line to wing seem 

 characteristic; we have a single specimen from Hastings, Fla. (March) 

 which we doubtfully refer here but took no material corresponding to 

 the above description on our Florida trip; the reference to material 

 from us under rubrolinearia Pack, is also an error, possibly a repetition 

 from the preceding species ; we doubt greatly the occurrence of rubro- 

 linearia in Florida. 



As the specimens on which Mr. Grossbeck based his identifica- 

 tions of lixaria and extremaria appear to be unnamed we offer the 

 following descriptions : 



Racheospila abdominaria sp. nov. 



Palpi very short in both sexes, rather appressed and upturned, reddish ; 

 front reddish, centrally green with lower portion near base of palpi showing 

 traces of a white line and with two white dots below base of antennae ; broad 

 white fillet between antennae bordered at base of collar with reddish ; thorax 



