76 Journal New York Entomological Society. [VoL x. 



to the metallic sign, which is variable and varies towards the described 

 sign of sno7ui. This may have aided in the confusion. I have not 

 been able to obtain an identification from type, but I have a specimen 

 from Mr. Doll, by him received from Professor Snow himself, the 

 specimen still carrying a printed label reading : " Near Hot Springs, 

 Las Vegas, N. M., 7,000 feet, Aug., '82. F. H. Snow." Thus I 

 feel that I have a genuine siicnoi, especially as the description fits 

 it absolutely. It is easily separable from any sackeni that I have 

 seen. It is smaller, the apex of the wing is much less produced than 

 in sackeni and the color is different. As words do not adequately de- 

 scribe color let me resort to comparisons : The color scheme of snoivi 

 is the same as in simplex, the browns and reds being identical in 

 shade. The coloration of sackeni is nearer to but not exactly the 

 same as anipla. Fresh specimens of ampla are needed to get the red- 

 dish hues. A spot at the base of the costa is orange in snoivi ; it is 

 more sagittate in shape and very pale yellowish in sackeni. In brief, 

 the two are distinct, and the descriptions of both should be sufficient 

 for identification, being unusually accurate. 



Sygnrapha devergens Hbn. 



Professor Smith in his catalogue lists (7 ///cWi? as distinct, and places 

 igneaOxX. as a synonym thereof. The type oi alticola is in the British 

 Museum where it is counted synonymous with devergens. I place the 

 name therefore as a synonym, but with a query, as I doubt it. Later 

 I think I shall be able to establish that alticola from Northwest Terri- 

 tory, is distinct from devergens of Labrador. 



Syngrapha ignea Grt. 



U'his type should be in the Philadelphia collection but I could not 

 find it. It cannot be a synonym of alticola however as placed in 

 Professor Smith's catalogue, its size alone separating it. My material 

 agrees with specimens in British Museum labeled ignea, presumably 

 obtained with the Grote collection. My material, including twelve 

 specimens, some from Colorado, and others from Calgary, N. W. T., 

 are uniformly an inch and a quarter in expanse (one or two females a 

 trifle larger) which is exactly the measurement recorded in the de- 

 scription. For these reasons I restore the name, admitting however 

 that my studies of the yellow-winged species are quite incomplete, 

 owing to lack of male specimens. So far as I have found, the geni- 

 talia are a very distinguishing feature from other Pliisia forms. 



