NOTES ON CARAMA AND OTHER MEGALOPYGIDÆ

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Recently. I was informed by a friend that he had a Carama from Washington, D. C. I naturally expected to see C. cretata, Grt.; but the specimen now before me proves to be Carama pura, Butl. This raises the question of the validity of the specific characters used in the genus. Caramas are rare in the United States, and it seems scarcely probable that we have more than one species. Mr. Baker, in his review of Carama, does not refer to cretata, Grt., though it is the fourth name in point of priority. It is evident from his synopsis, however, that cretata differs from ovina, Sepp., only in having the yellow colour confined to the vertex of the head, and from discrepans, Wall., in its smaller size and white front.