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Packard (Proc. Bost. Soc. N. Hist. XVI, 36) described Sicya 

 crocearia from 3 <$ , 4 9 from California and Nevada; in the text of 

 the description he mentions a single $ from California as being 

 aberrant and a large 9 from California as showing points of distinc- 

 tion from his five Nevada specimens ; it is evident therefore, as he had 

 only seven specimens before him, that the Nevada specimens must be 

 considered typical, the type locality being probably the Eastern Slopes 

 of the Sierras above Virginia City as Hy. Edwards, the collector, often 

 collected in this region. In the Monograph (1. c. p. 481) he repeats 

 his original description, figuring what we presume may be considered 

 the type on PI. XI, Fig. 51, although sinking the name to macularia; 

 we believe the name may be held to a western race and will refer to it 

 later. 



The next name in the synonymy is faustinaria Stkr. (Lep. Rhop. 

 Het. Suppl. II, p. 7) based on 3 2 's from Holyoke, Mass. ; there seems 

 no doubt but what this name also falls to macularia Harr. 



The final name, lewisi Swett, was based on a single specimen from 

 Mt. Wilson, Calif. We have examined this type through the kind- 

 ness of Mr. Swett ; it is in horrible condition, and to our mind the brown 

 terminal areas on both sides are caused by the specimen having been 

 singed in a flame and are certainly unnatural ; the different wing shape 

 mentioned in the description seems due to the torn condition of the 

 apical area and does not exist in reality. As the name can be held 

 to a racial form we will refer to it later in more detail. 



Summing up we find that the nimotypical form, macularia Harr. 

 (PI. XXVII, Figs. 1, 2), will have as synonyms sublimaria Gn., trun- 

 cataria Gn., calipusaria Wlk., and faustinaria Stkr. with solfataria Gn. 

 in all probability as an aberrational form. This race extends from 

 the Atlantic States through New England, Canada and the Northern 

 States about as far west as the south-central portion of Manitoba 

 (Cartwright). It is distinguished by the pale citron-yellow color of 

 primaries with fringes varying from checkered to immaculate, the 

 rather dull brownish color of the terminal suffusion not extending much 

 above vein 4, the tendency to sexual dimorphism (the $ usually hav- 

 ing the t. a. line broken into two or three dots, the t. p. line crenulate 

 above inner margin and the terminal patch brighter), on the underside 

 the t. p. line of secondaries is usually single and mostly indistinct except 

 above inner margin; the $ genitalia (PI. XXXI, Fig. 3) have the 

 claspers longer than in other forms and the whole apparatus distinctly 



