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to a small point or is lost in a general frontal roughness, to the 

 roughened frons of behrcnsi which, in some specimens, is not con- 

 spicuously roughened. Some species now assigned to Oncocnemis 

 possess a frons not much different from that of hehrensi. 



The character used by Hampson to separate Lepipolys from 

 Oncocnemis; i. e., "tegulae produced to a slight dorsal ridge", is evan- 

 escent, some specimens of many species assigned to Oncocnemis could 

 be placed by this character in Lepipolys, while many specimens of 

 pcrscripta and hehrensi might be assigned to Oncocnemis. 



At the present time, bearing in mind the tuberculate or roughened 

 frons, it seems inadvisable to sink Lepipolys to Oncocnemis. Addi- 

 tional work may show that lepipoloides McD. and some other species, 

 especially those placed near the end of Oncocnemis, such as dunbari 

 and griscicollis {=gcrdis), fall into Lepipolys. 



POncocnemis poliafascies Dyar. 



1911, Dyar, Proc. U. S. N. M., XXXVIII, 248, Howoncocnemis. 



antonito Barnes, partim. ( 5 nee $ ). 



1907, Barnes, Can. Ent., XXXIX, 14, (partim.), Mamestra. 

 1915, B. & McD., Can. Ent., XLVII, 21, antonito 9 nee $, nom. nov. 

 Barbara, fLcucocnemis. 



barbara B. & McD. 



1915, B. & McD., Can. Ent., XLVII, 21 fLcucocnemis. 



The National Museum possesses the unique 9 type of poliafascies. 

 The Barnes Collection possesses the "type ? " of antonito Barnes, 

 renamed barbara by B. & McD. 



The junior author saw the type of poliafascies, and recognizing 

 it was probably conspecific with barbara requested a colored figure. 

 This figure agrees well with barbara except for slightly less orange- 

 yellow on the primaries of the type ( 9 ) of barbara. 



A single male specimen labeled "possibly Chiricahua Mts,, Ariz." 

 appears to be conspecific with the female type (barbara) but possesses 

 considerable more orange-yellow on the primaries while the secondaries 

 have the veins and outer half fuscous, the basal half pale. This speci- 

 men was .submitted to the National Museum for comparison with the 

 type of poliafascies, and Mr. Schaus states that it matches their type 



