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3. Messalina, Guen. Noct. 3, p. 107, Walk. C.B.M. 1209,  Belfragiana, Harv. 
Buf, Bul. 2, 281, Jocasta, Strk, Rho. & Het. p. 107, Grt. Trans, A. Ent. Soc. 4, 19. 
Primaries of an even violaceous gray, with all the anterior half lightened with pale 
gray upon which scarcely traces of the two lines show themselves; these are flexuous. 
not angulated, nearly parallel, and very approximate posteriorly, and to the reniform 
which nearly reaches the bend of the t.p. line; secondaries of a pale ochre yellow, base . 
a little dusky, without median band, but with a wide marginal band continued to both 
borders, and having a single sinus not far from anal angle; beneath paler, with traces 
of amedian band; abdomen slender, acute, brown beneath; thorax gray, with a brown 
collar. Expands 50--55 mm. Habitat Kansas to Texas. 
Mr. Chas. Oberthir, of Rennes, France, to whom Guenee’s types 
came, informs me that when they came into his posession, all were 
found to be destroyed beyond the possibility of recovery by the larve of 
Anthrenus. So no identification can be made of any of Guenee’s Ameri- 
can species described from imagines, from the the types themselves. All 
have however heretofore been identified except AZessaiina and micronym- 
pha. He gives a figure of polygzma, which easily shows it has heretofore 
been incorrectly identified. Connudbiahs heretofore not identified, was 
described from a colored drawing of Abbott which is now, I understand, 
in the British Museum. ‘There is no doubt in my mind that the above 
identification of AZessalina 1s correct. We have no other species without 
median band in America, except elonympha and amica, both of which 
Guenee knew. And the rest of the description is always at least fairly 
accurate, except that Guenee states that the marginal band reaches the 
anal border. Mr. A. G. Butler first called my attention to the fact that 
this is often the case in Kansas specimens. 
4. Amica, Hub. (Am-I-ca), Corisce amica, Hub. Zutr. 57, 58, Androphila, 
Guen. Noct. 3, 106, Grote, Trans. Am, Ent. Soc. 4, 18, Lineella, Grt. Trans. Am. 
Ent. Soc. 4, 18. i 
Primaries pale gray, the lines fine, not very evident, the t.a. line the more heavily 
marked; a dark shade running from costa through reniform to below apex; slightly 
brown beyond reniform; t.p. line dentate, with M not prominent; subreniform indist— 
inct; s.t. space whitish, serrated; secondaries bright yellow, varying to pale yellow, 
without black median band; marginal band broad, broken near anal angle, with black 
dot beyond marking its continuance, or without this. Beneath on hind wings the 
median band is evidenced. Expands 40—45 mm. Habitat East and South. 
Appears very early in the season. Lzmeella. Grt., differs from the 
typical form in being somewhat darker, and lacking the apical dash. 
Var. Nerissa, Hy. Edw., Bull. B’klyn. Ento. Soc. 3, 61. 
This variety from Texas, has the fore wings very dark, almost black. 
