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always received Harvey's sj^ecies thus named. I sent colored dra\vinp;s 

 of this species as well as of the true /ascio/an's, Hb., to Mr. J. B. Smith, 

 and this author confirmed the opinion that fascicularis is synonomous 

 with oc/ircipetinis, which latter hc)\vever likely belongs as a variety to 

 nigrescens. Grt. & Rob. 



Of course the nameyi75f?6"«/(7/75, Guen., although published before 

 ochreipennis or nigrescens, cannot stand, as there e.xists no species agree- 

 ing with the description of it given by Guenee, and Hiibner never pub- 

 lished a species under the name. 



With regard to Bolina hni'^.aris. Guen., a species nearly allied to 

 fasciolaris, Hb. , I am not convinced it is a good species, but am t)f the 

 opinion that it is the female o'i fasciolaris. The differences between the 

 two are the clay yellowish color of the head, thorax, and basal half of the 

 fore wings o{ hinearis, while the color of these parts in fasciolaris is dark 

 brown ; besides the yellow band running through the basal half oi fasci- 

 olaris is wanting in lunearis. But all these ditierences may be .sexual as 

 the sexes of (?c//rg{/5e«;//j show similar variation. The size of the wings, 

 the disposition of the ornamentation of the fore wings, the color of the 

 outer half, and of the hind wings, as well as of the underside, exactly 

 correspond in lunearis with fasciolaris. There is also a small white 

 angular line upon the head between the antenna?, and this, as it is fcHind 

 so far as I know in no other species of the genus, is, I think, of import- 

 tance in establishing their identity. 



I have never seen a male oi lunearis, nor a female oi fasciolaris ; and 

 moreover these two species occur in the same localities : for instance, I 

 have received them from Porto Rico, and I saw only females of lunearis, 

 and males o{ fasciolaris in the large collection of my friend Dr. Staudin- 

 ger. Guenee himself was not convinced that lunearis was a good species. 

 It would be of very great mterest to me to hear of any Lepidopterist who 

 has both sexes of one or the other of these species. 



The fatherland of yajc/o/^/r/5, Hb., is the West Indies, Columbia 

 and Brazil ; that oi lunearis, Guen,, so far as I know from Guenee, and 

 personally, is Cuba, Porto Rico, and Brazil. I do not doubt but this 

 species will be found everywhere whexQ fasciolaris is found to occur. 



Ochreipennis is found only in the United States. INIr. J. B. Smith 

 writes me that he has never seen a true North American specimen of 

 fasciolaris, Hb. This species must therefore be stricken from the lists of 

 North American Lepidoptera. 



Walker in his " List" cites fascicularis (Hb. ) Guen., whh fasciolaris, 

 Hb. , as he did not recognize the mistake made by Guenee. 



