1874.] 221 [Putnam. 



black, median band, filling the place which is occupied by the reni- 

 form spot above, and a broad, terminal border; posterior wings 

 marked as above, with the addition of discal dots and the absence of 

 any ochreous tinge. 



Hab. Waco, Texas. 



Related to Syneda graphica Hiibn., but differing in the course of 

 the median lines on the anterior wings, and the absence of either 

 black or yellow markings on the basal and median portions of the 

 posterior wings. 



15. Syneda pavitensis nov. sp. 



Expanse 34 mm. Length of body 17 mm. 



Palpi with the second joint as in graphica Hiibn., but the third 

 joint is long, needle-shaped, and held horizontally. Thorax and ab- 

 domen as in deducta. Ground color of the anterior wings uniform 

 dull olivaceous gray ; all the markings faint and diffuse ; geminate, 

 blackish spots on the costa mark the inception of the ordinary lines ; 

 half-line present ; interior line, orbicular spot and median shade, 

 obsolete ; the reniform present as a diffuse, dull blackish spot ; exte- 

 rior line subobsolete, differing in distinctness in the two specimens 

 before us ; subterminal line light gray, irregular ; a faint, scalloped 

 black line at the base of the concolorous fringe. Posterior wings 

 precisely as in deducta, with a black, terminal border, a yellow lunule 

 and white fringes. Beneath as in deducta. 



Hab. Waco, Texas. 



We would consider this species the female, or merely a variety of 

 deducta, notwithstanding the great variation in the color of the an- 

 terior wings, were it not for the structural differences seen in the 

 palpi ; these could hardly be either sexual or varietal. 



The species of Bolina and Syneda need a careful revision by some 

 one who is acquainted with those described by Dr. Behr, from the 

 Pacific coast. After examining the species found in the Eastern and 

 Southern States, we are inclined to think the characters of the latter 

 genus insufficient, and that it would be more proper to consider it 

 merely a section of the former. 



Prof. E. S. Morse gave a further account of his investiga- 

 tions respecting the homologies of the bones of the tarsus in 

 birds and reptiles. His more recent studies fully confirm his 

 conclusions in respect to the intermedium, as announced in 

 a former special paper on the " Tarsus and Carpus in Birds," 



