Gcometridae of the Argentine Rcfublic. 
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(possibly connected at a point) and afterwards connected 
by a short bar with SC^ The fovea is strongly developed. 
The hindlegs are wanting. 
I have assumed Macaria, Curt. (September 1, 1826), to 
be an older name than Hiib. (Zutr., indescr.; 
Verz., 298, 1826 ?). The exact date of publication of the 
latter is still unascertained, but as Meyrick and Aurivillius 
recommend quoting 1826, and Hampson 1827, it seems 
undesirable to substitute the Hiibnerian name for Curtis’; 
according to a recommendation of the German Zoological 
Society, a genus with a type fixed should, in cases of 
doubt, be preferred to one without. Curtis fixed his type, 
Macaria litnrata (Clerck), and gave a generic diagnosis far 
in advance of anything of Hiibner’s. 
159. Macaria peltigerata tGuenee). 
Macaria peltigerata, Guenee, Spec. Gen. des Lep., x, 79, 
(1858). 
Tucuinan, in coll. Dognin. 
Guenee’s type was from the Amazons. 
160. Macaria transvisata (Guenee). 
Macaria transvisata, Guenee, Spec. Gen. des Lep., x, 7l 
(1858). 
Paraseinia distans, Butler, Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1881, 343 
{partinx). 
Buenos Aires, February 1901, February 16, and 
December 16, 1903 (A. F. Bayne), three ^s in coll. L. B. 
Front. I believe Mr. Bayne has taken one or two sub¬ 
sequently, and there is one from the same locality 
(H. Wilkinson) in coll. Br. Mus. 
This is the most southerly locality known for this very 
widely-distributed eastern Neotropical species (or form), 
which ranges northwards to Central America. It is 
doubtful whether it is really anything more than an 
aberration or variety of M. regulata (Fabr.) = notata 
(Cram., nec Linn.) = enotata (Guen.), but the Buenos Aires 
examples belong to the transvisata form. Butler’s distans 
was properly “ nov. nom.” for notata. Cram. (fig. G), nec 
Linn., in other words, an absolute synonym of enotata, 
Guen.; but his Amazonian specimen is a somewhat inter¬ 
mediate form, though clearly transvisata if that be a 
separate species. 
