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position. Hampson makes them a subfamily of Arctiidse and Meyrick 

 includes them in the Arctiadae, with which no fault is to be found if 

 their different origin be kept in mind. 



The following is a revision of our species, following Meyrick for 

 genera. 



Synopsis of Genera. 



Primaries io-veined, $ antennre ciliate Roeselia 



Primaries 1 I- veined, $ antennae slenderly pectinate Nola 



Primaries 12-veined , Meganola 



Roeselia Hubn. 



Argyrophyes Grt. falls as a synonym on Meyrick's definition ; also 

 Lebena Walk. 



Synopsis of Species. 



1. Primaries gray 2 



Primaries in part white 3. 



2. Three costal dots, on basal, t. a. and median lines triquetrana Htck. 



Twj costal dots, on basal and t. a. lines minna But/. 



3. Wing shaded, grayish on costa and anal angle sorghiella Riley. 



Wing with marks contrasted, in part black 4 



4. Basal white space cut off from costa menalopa Zell. 



Basal white space reaching costa, at least narrowly 5. 



5. Median band broad pustulata Walk. 



Median band defined only on outer half cilicoides Grt. 



The type of Nolaphana triquetrana Fitch is in the Nat. Museum, 

 and is trinotata Walk. = sexmaculata Grt. Nola hyemalis Stretch = Nl 

 ?ninna Butl. 



Nola Leach. 



Synopsis of Species. 



1. T.p. line outwardly arcuate opposite cell 2 



T.p. line nearly straight, not bent 4. 



2. Wing lines usually heavy as compared with costal spots 3. 



Wing lines slight, costal spots heavy phylla Dyar. 



3. Larger, markings blurred on a dark ashen ground .fuscula Grt.. 



Medium, markings somewhat contrasted on a whitish ground. . minuscula Zell. 

 Smaller, the markings usually slender, the ground more ashen ovilla Grt. 



4. Basal dash on primaries less distinct than outer costal dot involuta Dyar. 



Basal dash strong exposita Dyar* 



Nola involuta, sp. nov. 



|| A'l minuscula Dyar, Psyche, VI, 248 (1892). 



Fore wing dusky gray ; t. a. , t. p. and s. t. lines oblique, parallel, fine, finely 

 dentate or dotted, nearly straight, the s.-t. faintest, but waved and bordered out- 

 wardly by a pale shade. On costa at base a brown dash ; a brown tuft of scales on 



