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position. Hampson makes them a subfamily of Arctiidae and Meyrick 
includes them in the Arctiadae, with which no fault is to be found if 
their different origin be kept in mind. 
The following is a revision of our species, following Meyrick for 
genera. 
Primaries io-veined, 
Primaries n-veined, 
Primaries 12-veined 
Synopsis of Genera. 
g antennre ciliate. 
$ antennse slenderly pectinate... 
. .Rceselia 
_Nola 
Meganola 
Roeselia Hit bn. 
Argyrophyes Grt. falls as a synonym on Meyrick’s definition; also 
Lebena Walk. 
Synopsis of Species. 
1. Primaries gray. 1 2 3 
Primaries in part white.. 3 - 
2. Three costal dots, on basal, t. a. and median lines. triquetrana Htch. 
Two costal dots, on basal and t. a. lines. mi tin a Butl. 
3. Wing shaded, grayish on costa and anal angle. SOrghiella Riley. 
Wing with marks contrasted, in part black . 4 
4. Basal white space cut off from costa . menalopa Zell. 
Basal white space reaching costa, at least narrowly. 5 - 
5. Median band broad .pustulata Walk. 
Median band define! only on outer half. cilicoides Grt. 
The type of Nolaphana triquetrana Fitch is in the Nat. Museum, 
and is trinotata Walk. ’ =s= - sexmaculata Grt. So/a hyemahs Stretch H. 
minna Butl. 
Nola Leach. 
Synopsis of Species. 
1. T.p. line outwardly arcuate opposite cell. 2 ' 
T.p. line nearly straight, not bent. 4 
2. Wing lines usually heavy as compared with costal spots... 3 
Wing lines slight, costal spots heavy. .phylla Dyar. 
3. Larger, markings blurred on a dark ashen ground. fuscula Grt. 
Medium, markings somewhat contrasted on a whitish ground, .minuscula Zell. 
Smaller, the markings usually slender, the ground more ashen. ovilla Grt. 
4 Basal dash on primaries less distinct than outer costal dot. involuta Dyar. 
Basal dash strong. exposita Dyar. 
Nola involuta, sp. nov. 
II tv. minuscula Dyar, Psyche, VI, 248 (1892). 
Fore wing dusky gray ; t. a., t. p. and s. t. lines oblique, parallel, fine, finely 
dentate or dotted, nearly straight, the s.-t. faintest, but waved and bordered out¬ 
wardly by a pale shade. On costa at base a brown dash ; a brown tuft of scales on 
