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tacora (Reuter, 1912; genotype, Acanthia signoreti 
Guerin) of the Americas : 
1. angusta Drake, 1948 Argentina 
2. bruesi Drake 2 , 1949 Peru 
3. hirta (Say), 1932 Ind., Iowa, Mass., Conn., Me., 
syn. pellita (Uhler), Mass., N. Y., Penna., Md., N. C., 
1877 Miss., Ala., Miss., Tex., Canada 
(Quebec). 
4. ligata (Say) 1832 Me., Mass., N. H., Conn., N. Y., 
syn. variegata (Prov.), Md., N'. J., N. Y., Penna., Ohio, 
1872 Iowa, Ind., Minn., Nebr., Minn., 
111., Canada (Man., Ont., Que.). 
5. rubromaculata (Heide- 
mann) 2 , 1901 ...Galapagos (Albemarle Is.). 
6. signoreti (Guerin), 
1856 Mo., Kan., Colo., Calif., N. H., 
Mass., N. Y., Md., K J., Ga., 
Iowa, Tex., Ala., N. Mex., N. C., 
S. C., Fla., Mexico, Cuba, Cat 
and Long Is. (Bahamas), Haiti, 
Porto Rico, Dom. Rep. 
7. sphacelata (Uhler), 
1877 Mass., Conn., N. J., N. Y., Md., 
Mo., Miss., Tex., Calif., Cat.Is. 
(Bahamas), Dom. Rep., Cuba. 
Soldula sulcata (Barber) 
Originally described as Micracanthia sulcate Barber, 
but belongs to the genus Saldula Van Duzee. In addition 
to a paratype from Porto Rico, specimens are at hand 
from Camp Perrin, British Guiana; Trinidad, B. W. I., 
Oct. 27, C. J. Drake; Pto. Plata, Dom. Rep., June, 1938, 
Darlington. 
Saldula elongata (Uhler) 
Corvallis, Oregon, male, June 26, 1926, C. J. Drake. 
Distinctly elongate and of a similar color as female, but 
much smaller in size. 
2 The generic position of P. bruesi and P. rubromaculata (Heidemann) 
will be discussed in a subsequent paper. 
