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CaRDEPIA FLORIDA Sm. 



1900, Sm., Proc. U. S. N. M., XXII, 465, Mamestra. 



1902, Dyar, Bull. U. S. N. M., LII, 156, No. 1869, Mamestra. 



1905, Hainp., Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M., V, 15, pi. LXXXVI, f. 1, Dicestra. 



1917, B. & McD., Check List, p. 48, No. 1609, Dicestra. 



Examination of the unique S type, in the National Museum, 

 from Biscay ne Bay, Florida (Mrs. Slosson) showed an insect struct- 

 urally better placed in Cardepia than in Dicestra. 



Xylomyges perlubens Grt. 



1881, Grt., Can. Ent., XIII, 132, Xylomiges(,\). 



1892, Sm., Proc. U. S. N. M., XV, 72, Xylomiges( !). 



1893, Sm., Bull. U. S. N. M., XLIV, 234, XyIomiges(\).^ 



1894, Dyar, Can. Ent., XXVI, 67, (biol.), Xylomiges(l). 



1895, Grt., Abh. Nat. Ver. Bremen, XIV, 98, Xylomiges(\). 



1903, Dyar, Bull. U. S. N. M., LII, 158, No. 1896, Xylomiges(\). 

 1903, Holland, Moth Book, p. 197, pi. XXIV, f. 21, Xylomiges(\). 

 1905, Hamp., Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M., V, 397, pi. LXXXIX, f. 19, Xylomania. 



1905, Dyar, in Hamp., Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M., V, 397, (larva), Xylomania. 

 1911, Sm., Jour. N. Y. Ent. See., XIX, 140 {=$ ruhrica), (partim.), Xylo- 

 miges ( ! ) . 



suba pic alls Sm. 



1887, Sm., Proc. U. S. N. M., X, 462, rubrica var., Mamestra. 



1892, Sm., Proc. U. S. N. M., XV, 73; 74; pi. Ill, i. 7 $ harpe, perlubens, 

 Xylomiges( !). 



1893, Sm., Bull. U. S. N. M., XLIV, 234, perlubens, Xylomiges( !). 

 1895, Grt., Abh. Nat. Ver. Bremen, XIV, 98, perlubens, Xylomiges{\). 

 1903, Dyar, Bull. U. S. N. M., LII, 158, No. 1896s., perlubens, Xylo- 



miges ( ! ) . 

 1903, Holland, Moth Book, p. 197, perlubens, Xylonnges{\). 

 1905, Hamp., Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M., V, 397, perlubens, Xylomania. 

 1911, Sm., Jour. N. Y. Ent. See, XIX, 140, an sp. dist, Xylomiges( !). 

 1913, B. & McD., Contr. N. H. Lep. N. A., II, (1), 20, pi. IX, f. 16, an sp. 



dist.?, Xylomania. 

 1917, B. & McD., Check List, p. 53, No. 1891s., perlubens, Xylomyges. 



The synonymy given in the Barnes and McDunnough Check List 

 (1917) was derived from specimens compared with the types. 



The male antennae are more heavily serrate than in rubica, and 

 the valve of the male genitalia shorter, the clasper longer, as shown 

 in Smith's figure (1892, as siibapicalis) which is fairly accurate. The 



