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figure of the valve of rubrica was evidently drawn from a more ven- 

 tral aspect, and while essentially correct, conveys an erroneous impres- 

 sion. Superficially this species may be separated from that form of 

 rubrica {rubricoides nov.), with which it has been frequently con- 

 fused, by the rounded orbicular in the present species versus a decidedly 

 elongated oblique orbicular in the rubrica forms. It cannot be told 

 by size, being closely paralleled by rubricoides. 



Specimens are in the Barnes Collection from B. C, Vane, Wash., 

 Calif., Utah, and Colorado. 



Xylomyges rubrica Harv. 



1878, Harv., Can. Ent., X, 58, Graphiphora. 

 1882, Grt., New Check List, p. 31, Xylomiges(\). 

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



1892, Sm., Proc. U. S. N. M., XV, 7:^, pi. Ill, i. 6 $ harpe, Xylomigcs( !). 



1893, Sm., Bull. U. S. N. M., XLIV, 234, Xylomigcsi\). 

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

 1903, Dyar, Bull. U. S. N. M., LII, 158, No. 1895, Xylo7niges( !). 



1905, Hamp., Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M., V, 393, pi. LXXXIX, f. 14, Xylomania. 

 1911, Sm., Jour. N. Y. Ent. See, XIX, 140, Xylomiges{\). 



Xperlubens Auct. 



1911, Sm., Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc, XIX, 140, (partim.), Xylomiges{\). 



race rubricoides nov. 

 Xperlubens Auct. 



1911, Sm., Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc, XIV, 140, (partim.), Xylomiges{\). 



race mustelina Sm. 



1911, Sm., Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc, XIX, 141, Xylomigcs{\). 

 1913, B. & McD., Contr. N. H. Lep. N. A., II, (1), 20, pi. IX, f. 15, 

 Xylo mania ( Xylo m iges( ! ) ) . 



race pulchella Sm. 



1894, Sm., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, XXI. 81, pi. V, f. 2, Xylomiges(\). 

 1894?, Danby & Green, Bull. N. H. Soc. B. C, (1893), pp. 17-18, pi. I, 



Xyloniiges( !). 

 1903, Dyar, Bull. U. S. N. M., LII, 158, No. 1897, Xy!omiges( !). 

 1903, Holland, Moth Book, p. 197, pi. XXIV, f. 21, Xylominges(]). 

 1905, Hamp., Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M., V, 399, pi. LXXXIX, f. 20, Xylomania. 



