154 



With such a variable species, little is to be gained by retaining 

 names other than can be fitted to the two extremes and to the inter- 

 mediates, especially as these names apparently do not refer to well 

 marked, to seasonal forms, or to local races. Holland's figure of 

 "carina" (1903) appears referable here. If it is desired to split fur- 

 ther, lectotypes will have to be designated for the names perpallida 

 and incana. 



Paramiana gen. nov. 



Type P. laciahilis Sm. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, short, the second joint some- 

 what fringed with hair in front, the third moderate; frons with a strongly 

 rounded prominence with a corneous plate below it; eyes large, rounded, with 

 a few cilia from behind and a tuft of hair-like scales on the base of the an- 

 tennal shaft resembling lashes; antennae of male minutely laminate, almost 

 simple, setae and cilia short ; of female, simple, setae and cilia short ; head and 

 thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading 

 crests ; tibiae moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with a strong dorsal 

 crest on base only. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly 

 curved, slightly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper 

 angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind 

 wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from somewhat below 

 middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with cell near 

 base only. 



Apparently "Cerma" marina Sm. and "Trachea" smargdina Neum, 

 are strictly congeneric with laetabilis and must be placed here. 



"Namangana" canoa Barnes possesses similar characters but ap- 

 parently has a somewhat shorter tongue. The type and one other 

 specimen in the Barnes Collection are the only specimens known to 

 the authors. Until more material is available it seems best to tenta- 

 tively place canoa in Paramiana. 



Amiana Dyar, type miama, used by Hampson for laetabilis is an 

 Erastriid. 



Namangana niveirena Harv. 



1876, Harv., Can. Ent.. VHI, 53, Perigea. 

 1893, Sm., Bull. U. S. N. M., XLIV, 154, Perigea. 



1909, Hamp., Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M., VHI, 557, pi. CXXXWU, f. 10 type 

 ( 9 ) , Namangana. 



