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tennis exGe]^t that there is a slightly increased breadtli to the terminal 

 border at the apices than in other examples of $ temtis, a character 

 which has been overstated by Mr. Strecker at j\ in. Mr. Lintner 

 measures $ fiimosa at j'-j in., ? at jV- It is thus barely possible 

 that a species is to be separated from H. tenuis in which the mar- 

 ginal bands {$ ? ) of the fore wings are slightly broader, but without 

 other distinguishing features. 



Taking into consideration, however, the misapprehension of spe- 

 cific character in this group displayed by Mr. Strecker in his de- 

 scription we should not be warranted in considering fumosa as dis- 

 tinct specifically from tenuis. The three Northern species, from 

 the Atlantic District, may be separated as follows : 



Termiual band of primaries even on its inner edge tenuis. 



interspaceally roundedly exserted on its inner edge . dilHuis* 

 interspaceally dentate on its inner edge marg'inalis. 



My specimen of //. marginalis figured by me Plate 1, fig. 10 of 

 Vol. 1 of the Bulletin, is, I find, a male, and not a female, as I seem 

 to have erroneously considered it. A second male has been received 

 from Ohio ; no female is known to me, unless a specimen in Mr. 

 Strecker's possession is that sex.* Of axillaris I have two ? speci- 

 mens from Texas. In these the band is very broad, the dentations 

 prominent ; the anal tuft is entirely black. A male received from 

 Nebraska (Mr. Dodge) might be considered as belonging to this spe- 

 cies, though the anal tuft is yellow medially. The band is a little 

 narrower than in the female but broader than in the $ marginalis. 

 The discovery of both sexes of marginalis and a comparison of a 

 series of si)eciraens is needed to clearly show the distinctions between 

 the two latter forms which seem to ditfer principally by the greatest 

 Avidth of the band and robustness of the body, together with the 

 greater length of the dentations in axillaris, in which the color of 

 the wings appears to be a more reddish brown. 



Lepisesia Victoria Grote. 



? . — Antennae slender and rather long, notably swollen at the tips, with ter- 

 minal spinule, blackish above, reddish beneath. Thorax above rusty or oli- 

 vaceous yellowish ; beneath, with the legs, whitish and olivaceous. Abdomen 



* Since the reading of tliis paper 1 have received a ? marginalis from Mr. J. W. Byrkit of 

 Indianapolis. 



