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Acidalia similaria Wlk. 1592, of the D' Urban collection is, 

 on the authority of Mr. Moffat, probably A. quadrilineata Pack. 

 The type specimen is in poor condition, and is in the collection 

 of the entomological society of Ontario. 



Acidalia anticaria Wlk. 1593, of the same collection, and on 

 the same authority, is probably the same as A. subalbaria Pack. 



I also have received from Mr. Moffat a sketch of Boarmia 

 divisaria Wlk. 489, of the D' Urban collection, and it is the same 

 as B. crepuscularia var. abraxaria Wlk. 403. The name could 

 not at any rate hold, as Walker had described B. divisaria pre- 

 viously, page 366, from Port Natal, Africa. 



Of the other Boarmiae of the D' Urban collection only two re- 

 main undetermined from the types, and the types are lost. Mr. 

 Moffat writes me that in the drawer of the collection containing 

 the Walker types of Boarmia is a paper, written probably by 

 Mr. Reed, who was curator at the time of Mr. Grote's examina- 

 tion, as follows: " Grote says Boarjnia divisaria is a good spe- 

 cies; all the others, six in number, are synonyms." We have 

 thus Mr. Grote's decision that none of the other species were 

 valid. The two not determined are B. convergaria and B. eject- 

 aria. B. convergaria may be B. larvaria Gn. and B. ejectaria 

 may be B. humaria Gn. though only the wildest guess can be 

 made from Walker's descriptions. 



Ephyra ignotaria Wlk. 1576, and E. triseriata are synonyms 

 of E. myrtaria Gn. i, 408. 



Acidalia rufiliyieata Wlk. 783, is A. iimandrata Wlk. 724. 



Acidalia ynyrmidonata Gn. i, 487, is Eois minutularia Hulst, 

 and Craspedia lautaria Hbn. 



An insect from Key West, sent me by Prof Riley, is Acidalia 

 umbilicata Gn. i, 504, with A. indoctaria Wlk. as a synonym. 



Acidalia restrictata Wlk. 722, A. mensurata Wlk. sup. 1621, 

 and A. cojitinuaria Wlk. sup. 1622, are the same as A. e7inu- 

 cleata Gn. i, 505. They are none the form ordinarily known as 

 A. enmicleata, but the light colored insect without blackish spots 

 and markings. The blackish insect Guen6e figured as a variety 

 of enmicleata, which I do not think it is. A. reconditaria Wlk., 

 which I was not able to find in the Museum, is probably it, and 

 it is probable that Eulepidotis alabastaria Hbn. may be the same 

 thing. I see after my return that Mr. Grote has determined A. 

 reconditaria as A. ennuclcata from the type which he saw. 



