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that the species belongs to Psychophora, but is geometrid in 

 character. 



Specimens of Psychophora fasciata were submitted to Drs. 

 Smith and Dyar and the former thought they were Bombycids 

 and the latter Noctuids. From some recent correspondence 

 with Dr. Smith it would appear that what Dr. Hulst had 

 under Psychophora were all true Geometridse, as Dr. Smith 

 sa3^s: "There is no specimen in the Hulst collection that 

 agrees with the insect that you gave me." 



The genus Psychophora was proposed and described by Kirby, 

 and later more fully described by Curtis, and there is no doubt 

 about the genus or what insects were meant, as they are very 

 characteristic generically, at least. 



I am inclined to agree with Dr. Smith that Psychophora 

 represents a Bombycid genus and that all the mix-up in the liter- 

 ature has been brought about by considering /Vj'r//t'/»//6'r« sabini 

 a geometrid moth. 



See Pagenstecher, Fauna Arctica, Bd. II, p. 323, 1901. 



Remarks on Tcphronota Ruficcps and Description of 

 a New Species. 

 By Chas. W. Johnson. 

 Tephronota raficeps van der Wiilp. 



Hertna ruficeps v. d. Wulp, Tijdschr. v. Ent. IX, 156, pi. V, fo. ii. 



Tephronota humilis l^oQw, monogr. etc., Ill, 121, pi. VIII, f. 24, 



1873- 



In his monograph Loew did not adopt van der Wulp's name 



because it was preoccupied by Fabricius. But as Baron Osten 



Sacken has stated : "This cannot be sustained, as neither of 



the two genera named Hernia or Tephronota existed at the time 



of Fabricius." Nor is there an older ruficeps referable to this 



genus. 



The species seems to be confined to the States bordering on 

 the Atlantic from New York to Florida. It has also been 

 collected by Belfrage in Texas. Specimens were taken at 

 Georgetown, Fla., May 9, 16; Tifton, Ga., June 11, (Pilate); 

 Boykins, Va., June 10; Jamesburg, July 4, and Buena Vista, 



