118 AUG. R. GROTE. 



I have seen Mr. Walker's type of A. coniplieata, from Vancouver's 

 Island, in the jiritish Museum collection and it appears to me to rep- 

 resent a valid species previously un described. 



PHOBETEON, Hahner. 

 Phobatron pitheciuni, Packard {Thi/ridopteryx ephemeraeformisX Packard). 



The male specimen spoken of by Dr. Packard in the "Synopsis of the 

 Bonibycidae of the United States," and there determined as Thijri- 

 dopterijx Sjtlieinrrap/ormis, proves to bo, as I am subsecjuently informed 

 by the Author, a male of the present species in which the sexes are 

 quite dissimilar. This circumstance explains the fact that the true 

 Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis of Stephens is registered in the •'Sy- 

 nopsis" under the name subsequently proposed for it by Dr. Harris, 

 viz : Oikc'ticHs (oeceticus) conifcrarum. 



Following out Dr. Packard's remarks (1. c), I am led to regard 

 l^hobetron nigricans (^Thyridoj). nigricans, Pack. 1. c.) as a distinct 

 form, although I have as yet seen no specimens of this second species 

 of the genus. 



ADONETA, Clemens. 

 Adoiieta spiauloides {Limnacodcs fipin. 11-^. ; Adoneta valuta, QAevaens; Cijclop- 

 tery;c\\spin. Pack.). 



An examination of the types of Dr. Clemen's Adoneta valuta, now 

 in the possession of the American Entomological Society, enables me 

 to refer the species as identical with one previously illustrated by Dr. 

 Herrich-Schaeffer. The generic term employed by Dr. Packard in 

 the "Synapsis" h id alsa bsen previously used by Gruenea. 



The typical specimen of Adoneta leucosigma {Gijdoptei\i/x \\ leiicos. 

 Pack,) is also contained in the collection of the Entomological Society. 

 It is a male and as yet the sole representative of the species that I 

 have seen. 



TELE A, Hiibner. 

 Telea montezuma {Saturnia montezuma Salle). 



This species from Mexico, which I have seen in the Museum at the 

 Jardin des Pluntes in Paris, resembles our United States Telea poly- 

 phemus quite closely, but is at once distinguished and characterized by 

 the uneven external margin of the wings. 



ACRONYCTA, Ochsen. 

 Acronycta vinnula {Microcoelia vinvula Grote). 



I here correct my original generic reference of this species which is 

 easily recognized by the olivaceous shading of the upper surface of the 

 primaries and its small compact form. It is as yet rare in collections. 



