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not to state any points of distinction between his new species and 
itysalis Wlk., so, as we have not seen the type, we refrain from fol- 
lowing his plan of at once listing it definitely as a synonym; there may 
be points of difference not brought out in the description. 
PyRAUSTA MATRONALIS Grt. 
This species should be transferred into the synonymy of subse- 
qualis Gn.; the type, a ¢, is identical with specimens bred by us from 
thistle in this locality ; borealis Pack. is a much smaller species with no 
marked sex distinction as in subsequalis. 
NOCTUELIA SIMPLEX Warr. 
This becomes a synonym of Loxostege succandidalis Hulst. 
STENOPTYCHA SOLANALIS B. & McD. 
This species is not synonymous with pterophoralis Wk. as lately 
stated by Dyar; the type 2 of this latter species has almost hyaline 
secondaries, is paler brown and lacks the dark costal dots of solanalis; 
the British Museum series is mixed. Again one of our descriptions 
has been justified and again the fallacy of rashly consigning names to 
the synonymy without an exact knowledge of the type specimens is 
proved. 
NYMPHULINAE 
ELOPHILA CLAUDIALIS WIk, 
The type has the black marginal dots of secondaries on a distinctly 
white ground with no black speckles; the form with black sprinkling 
is medicinalis Grt. and the two species are separated in the British 
Museum. 
ELOPHILA CONFUSALIS WIk. 
This we consider distinct from fulicalis Clem. One of the best 
marks of distinction may be found on the secondaries; in fulicalis the 
oblique brown sub-basal band is followed outwardly by a clear white 
space which in turn is bordered by a distinct brown line forming a right 
angle a little inwards from the first marginal dot, counting from anal 
angle; in confusalis this distinct line is not present; there are various 
slight points of distinction on primaries, and fulicalis is rather larger. 
In Coll. Barnes are four specimens of fulicalis and a long series of 
confusalis from New Brighton, Pa. 
