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FIDONIID^. 



LOZOGRAMMA TRIPUNCTARIA. 



Thaninononia Tripunctaria. Packard. 



Sierra Nevada, California. 



It is incomprehensible to me why Dr. Packard should have 

 referred this species to TJiamnononia {Halia auct.) ; its close afifin- 

 ity \.o Lozograimna pctraria of Europe and L. defliiaria of Nova 

 Scotia must, I should think, be admitted by all who compare the 

 three species ; whereas the typical form of Tliamnonoma is more 

 nearly that o{ Macaria. L. exirc7naria seems to come nearer to 

 Aspilates ? ordinata: an example (much worn) of T. marcescaria, 

 also in this series, has more nearly the character of the genus. 



Phasiane IRRORATA. Packard. 



Sierra Nevada, California. 



Allied to '■'■Aspilates'" arenosa of Natal and A. ? irradiata of 

 Shanghai, which will certainly have to be placed in the same genus 

 with it. 



SELIDOSEMA JUTURNARIA. Boisdiival. 



Sierra Nevada, California : unlike any species known to me, 

 perhaps nearer to 5. sordida of Japan than to anything else in our 

 collection. 



Selidosema Juturnaria. var. californaria. Packard. 



Sierra Nevada, California. It appears to me that this insect 

 ought to be regarded as generically distinct from the preceding ; 

 its more compressed and therefore more slender antennae, less de- 

 flexed palpi, narrower primaries, upon which the subcostal 

 branches are crowded together, and distinctly narrower secon- 

 daries seem, apart from the general aspect, which is palpably dif- 

 ferent, to warrant their separation. 



EUASPILATES SPINATARIA. Packard. 



Colorado. The genus appears to me to be identical with 

 6'^;/c/y//zV2', Guenee (1857) ; but the latter falls before Conchy litim, 

 Cuvier (1817) and ConcJiylis, Sodoffsky (1837). 



LARENTIIDyE. 



Rheumaptera brunneicillata. Packard. 



South California. We have nothing near to this species. 



" Glaucopteryx C^SIATA. Hiibncr.'' 



Two specimens, Havilah, California. This is not the European 

 G. ccBsiata, the latter has the outer edge of the broad belt across 

 the primaries regular and dentated, whereas this species is more 

 like G. Kollariaria with a regular sinuated band.X I doubt the 

 occurrence of G. ccesiata in America, although Packard's figure 

 looks rather like the species : it is probable that the insect now 

 before me is undescribed. 



Epirrita i2-lineata. Packard. 



S. Mateo Co.. California. It is apparently congeneric with 

 my Emnielesia phasina from Japan, an insect bearing considerable 

 resemblance to E. albiilata of Europe : the latter, notwithstand- 

 ing its similarity in size, general form and coloration, differs not a 



