Geometridae 



SUBFAMILY MECOCERATIN/E 

 Genus MECOCERAS Guene"e 

 (i) Mecoceras nitocris Cramer, Plate XLV, Fig. 22, $. 



Syn. nitocraria Hiibner ; peninsularia Grote. 



The habitat of the species is Florida. 



Genus ALMODES Guene~e 

 (i) Almodes terraria Guenee, Plate XLV, Fig. 27, $ . 



Syn. stelliJaria Guenee; squamigera Felder ; balteolata Herrich-Schaeffer ; 

 assecoma Druce; calvina Druce; rlvularia Grote. 



This is a tropical species, the sole representative of its genus 

 found within our borders. It ranges from Florida southward 

 into Central and South America. 



SUBFAMILY PALYADIN^E 



Genus PALYAS Guen6e 



(i) Palyas auriferaria Hulst, Plate XLV, Fig. 36, $. 

 The specimen figured in the plate is the type which was 

 loaned by the writer to the author of the species. 



Genus PHRYGIONIS Hiibner 

 (i) Phryigonis argenteostriata Strecker, Plate XLV, Fig. 



35,?- 



Syn. cerussata Grote ; obrussata Grote. 



This moth, like the preceding species, is a native of Florida. 



SUBFAMILY SPHACELODIN/E 

 Genus SPHACELODES Guen<e 

 (i) Sphacelodes vulneraria Hubner, Plate XLII, Fig. 20, $ . 



Syn. floridensis Holland. 



. The moth is found from the southern portions of North Caro- 

 lina along the Atlantic coast to Florida, and ranges southward 

 into South America. 



SUBFAMILY MELANCHROIIN^E 



Genus MELANCHROIA Hubner 



(i) Melanchroia cephise Cramer, Plate XLII, Fig. 19, $ . 



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