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In 1825 Huebner described a form of crocataria as 

 "Therapis citrinaria," Zutrage Exotische Schmetterlinge" 

 Page 26, No 250, figures 499 and 500. Huebner's figures are 

 very good and show the female with pale centered inner 

 marginal spots, and from the description it would undoubtedly 

 seem to be crocataria. The type was from Herr Escher 

 taken in "North America" and according to records Escher 

 collected from Georgia to Pennsylvania. Therefore, with- 

 out much doubt citrinaria is an Atlantic States specices and 

 evidently the same as crocataria. The name citrinaria is not 

 given the full termination in either Dyar's or Barnes and 

 McDunnough's lists, so should be corrected. 



In 1886 Hulst in the Entomologica Americana Vol, I, page 

 208 described caelaria as a form of crocataria but gave no 

 type localities. The description calls for a yellow geometrid 

 with brownish spots having pale centers. It is unfortunate 

 that Hulst selected this form as both Fabricius and Huebner's 

 names have priority. The variation is not a marked one and 

 occurs in most species and forms and might be produced in 

 rubbed specimens. Thus it would seem that Hulst's name, 

 caelaria must fall before ithe older one, crocataria. His two 

 types are also not conspecific, one being from Long Island, 

 New York, and other from Colorado. The Long Island 

 type is in the collection of the Brooklyn Institue of Arts 

 and Sciences and the Colorado type in the Hulst collection 

 at New Brunswick, N. J. I shall restrict the type to the 

 Long Island, N. Y. specimen rather contrary to custom, as 

 it leads to less difficulties. Mr. Samuel E. Cassino kindly 

 examined the type of caelaria and sketched it for me. He 

 stated that it was in wretched condition, practically only the 

 right and lower wings remaining, but the markings at inner 

 margins plainly showed the brown spots with pale centers. 

 The sketch of the type leaves little doubt that it is a typical 

 crocataria and probably a female as there are very few 

 strigations. The Colorado type, as stated before, is not 

 conspecific and I shall describe as new later on in this paper. 

 Typical crocataria so far as I know is not abundant in any 

 particular place and is scattered over quite a wide area of 

 territory. It may occur throughout New England, but so 

 far Massachusetts is my only record, then south to Georgia 

 possibly, and then through Illinois to Turtle Mountains, 



