Notes on some species of Geometridae. No. 3. 

 By Rkv. Geo. D. Hilst. 



(Continued from p. 224, vo!. II.) 



Marmopteryx gibbicostata Walk. (C. B. M. Geom , p. 1388, 1S62.) 

 I'liis sj)ecie.s j)iiblisl)ecl as Cidaria gMicos/afa is declared l)\- Dr, 

 Packard, 5th Repl. Pealx Acad. Sci. , p. 8y, to be the same as Tcphrim^ 

 sirigularia, Minot, which was described Proc. Post. Soc. N. H., XII. 

 170, i%6() ■^s Anisopferyx <:frigulana. On p. 88, 5th Rept. Peab, Acad. 

 Sci., Dr. Pacl^ard states LarcuJia costinoiahh Walk., C. E. M. Geom.. 

 p. 1 70 1, 1862, is a synonym of the same species. In his Mon. (jeom. 

 p. 250, 1876, Dr. Packard creates the genus J/</>'V>'i'ry/i/(V-r.r, but does nc)t 

 correct the synonomy. This insect as noted by Dr. Packard was also 

 afterwards described as Larrniia a'nciformi?; by Dr. Har\ey. .^o it has 

 been described four times, antl referred to five genera! 



Thamnonoma marcessaria (Jtien. (Phal, II, 92, 1857.) 

 This species was afterwards re-described bv Guenee as '/rphritia lor- 

 »H(i)iaria, Phal. II, loi. 



Caripeta augustiorafia Wnlk. (C. B. M. Geom., p. 1524, 1862,) 

 My material in this genus is not very large, numbering onl_\ y spe- 

 cimens of C. augustioraria, C latiorayui and C. siiboclirearia, (jil., of 

 which latter I have the types. I have also two specimens oi C. cFqualiaria. 

 (Irt. , for comparison. Four specimens from Mr. W. W. Hill of Albany. 

 X. Y., taken in Lewis Co., N. V. , vary widely among themselves. Two 

 are orange ochreous, two are chestnut brown, two ha\"e the central band 

 broad and continuous across the wing, one has it almost, another en- 

 tirely divided. The hind wings vary also from orange ochreous to brown. 

 ' ir are unicolorous light ochreous. My impression is from what material 

 1 have, that these 4 species above are only varietal forms, which may in 

 places become races. But the amount of my material will hardly war- 

 rant any such reference at present. The females all seem to be more 

 diffusely marked than the males. 



Fidonia fimetaria Grt. and Rob, (Tr. Am. Ent. Soc, III, 182.) 

 This species, very common in Texas and Arizona, was re-desci'ibed 

 ])}• Mr. Grote from Arizona specimens as F. partitaria (Can. Ent., XV., 

 130). In the types of this last si)ecies the males are exactly the same as 

 those of F. fimetaria, while the females are somewhat lighter. 



Fidonia stalachtaria Streck. (Rept. Siirv. Dcpt. Mo., p. 1863, p!. 2, 1'. 6, 1878,) 

 This was re-described by Mr. Grote as F. alternaiia (Can. P>nt. . 

 XV, 27); there is no difference of even varietal value between the two. 



Stenaspilates meskearia Pack. (Mon. Geom., p. 213, pi. 13, f. 50,) 

 Of these species I have already written (P^nt. Am., II, 141-142). 



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