Geometridae 



Genus AZELINA Guene"e 

 (i) Azelina ancetaria Hubner, Plate XLV, Fig. 23, $. 



Syn. hubneraria Guenee ; hubnerata Packard ; honestaria Walker ; peplaria 

 Hubner; stygiaria Walker; atrocolorata Hulst; morrisonata Henry Edwards. 



A very common and a very variable species, which is widely 

 distributed throughout the entire continent, except in the colder 

 portions. 



Genus SYSSAURA Hubner 



(i) Syssaura infensata Guenee, Plate XLV, Fig. 10, ?, var. 

 biclaria Walker. 



Syn. ephyrata Guenee ; olyzonaria Walker ; cequosus Grote & Robinson ; ses- 

 quilinea Grote ; Ktnearia Walker; puber Grate & Robinson; varus Grote & Robin- 

 son ; juniperaria Packard. 



This species, which has a very extensive range in the southern 

 Atlantic and Gulf States, has been frequently redescribed, as a 

 reference to the above synonymy will show. 



Genus CABERODES Guene"e 



(1) Caberodes confusaria Hubner, Plate XLV, Fig. 29, $. 



Syn. remissaria Guenee; imbraria Guenee; superaria Guene"e; ineffusaria 

 Guenee ; floridaria Guenee ; phasianaria Guenee ; interlinearia Guenee ; varadaria 

 Walker ; arburaria Walker ; amyrisaria Walker ; myandaria Walker, etc. 



This is a very common moth, universally found throughout the 

 temperate portions of the territory with which this book deals. 

 It is somewhat variable, but there is hardly any excuse for the 

 application to it of the multitude of names which have been 

 given. The student is likely to recognize it in any of its slightly 

 varying forms from the figure we have supplied in our plate. 



(2) Caberodes majoraria Guenee, Plate XLV, Fig. 31, ?. 



Syn. pandaria Walker. 



This is a larger species than the preceding, with more delicate 

 wings. It ranges from the Atlantic to the Rocky Mountains. 



Genus OXYDIA Guene"e 



(^i) Oxydia vesulia Cramer, Plate XLV, Fig. n, &. 



This moth has a very lengthy synonymy, which we will not 

 attempt to give. It. is one of the larger species found within our 

 territory, and ranges from Florida and Texas southward to the 

 Valley of the Rio de la Plata in South America. 



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