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CLASSIFICATION

Geometrina of North America

WITH

DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW GENERA AND SPECIES

By Rev, Geo. D. Hulst.

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A €I.ASSIFirATION OF THE GEO]?IETRIIV.4 OF

NORTH AMERICA, WITH DESCRIFTIO]!¥S

OF NEW GENERA AND SPECIES.

BY REV. GEO. D. HUL8T.

As the result of the work of systematists, two methods of classifi-
cation are found in our lists and text books. The first is in common
use in Europe, and is the system of Lederer. The second is in use
in America, and is the system of Guenee. Lederer's system, pub-
lished in 1853, was far in advance of anything published before him,
and, as based in large part upon structure, has deserved the respect
it has always received. Guenee's system was given a life on this
side of the ocean by the fact that Dr. Packard, in his Monograph,
closely followed it, and that Monograph has made our lists and given
us our names. This system, professedly attempting to cover every-
thing, is exact in nothing, and as a system is absolutely without
worth, and, apart from Dr. Packard's following, has never had any
recognition.

In 1892, Mr. Meyrick published a "Classification of the Geome-
trina of the European Fauna" (Trans. Ento. Soc. London, 1892,
part 1, pp. 53-140), in which he endeavored to arrange the family
on the basis of invariable structure. This classification does not as
yet seem to be adopted, but is, in many respects by far the best yet
proposed, and is the result of wide comparative study and consistent
generalization. It is this system which, in the greater part, I have
followed. And yet I have made in one respect at least a radical
departure from it. Mr. Meyrick lays dowu as one of the funda-
mentals of his classification the following rule: "No genus, family
or higher group, is tenable unless distinctly separable from all others
by points of structure, which, whether singly or in conjunction, are
capable of accurate definition. If a systematist is not able to define
by a clear and not simply comparative character, the distinction
between two genera, he is bound to merge them together." This
rule is a most excellent one, but Mr. Meyrick, in his rigid and con-
sistent application of it, gives it an interpretation not warranted in
practice, for he makes not difference in structure, but difference in

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246 GEORGE D. HULST.

structure without the known existence of intermediate forms in
nature, to be the application of the rule. As a result some of his
genera cover almost subfamily differences, as witness such as Pseudo-
pant Jiera and Crocota. All divisions are artificial in theory, and
accidental in fact, and it is more natural, and it seems to me more
scientific, while using discretion, to consider wide variations in
structure as valid bases for genera even though intermediate forms
may exist which may be referred with equal propriety to one or to
the other.

I have also given more importance to some details of structure
than is given by Mr. Meyrick. As an example, my own experience
leads me to regard the pencil found on tlie hind tibise of the males
of many species as a thoroughly reliable point of structure. It may
often be rubbed off, and the groove in which it rests be difficult to
discern, but the structure is not variable in the same species.

There are other structural peculiarities which may modify classifi-
cation in the future. Some of these may be found in the larval and
pupal stages, but, apart from what I have noted, nothing has as yet
been observed which seems reliable. A character in the imago which
may be of greater importance than I have given it, is the jjeculiar
form of the subcostal vein of hind wings near the base. Prof.
Comstock, who discovered this peculiarity, makes it of fiimily im-
portance. My own observations lead me to believe it cannot be
considered exclusive. First, it is scarcely distinct in some of the
Sterrhinse, and is wanting in some that we must consider true Geom-
eters such as the genera Mecoceras, Melanchroia, etc., as well as some
genera of the Monocteniinse and Strophidiinse. On the other hand
the tendency to the basal angulation of the costal vein of the hind
wings seems to me to be as fully developed in some of the Geometri-
form Noctuina, as in the Sterrhin?e and Monocteniinse, and much
more so than in some other genera. In some of the Catocalce this
angle is clear, though it is apt to be overlooked, as the vein is very
faint, while the vein, which would be vein 9, and which is coincident
with 8 just beyond base is very strong, and is ordinarily regarded
as the only one.

Very considerable use may in the future be made of modifications
of the antennse, based on a form of structure, so far as I know, not
hitherto observed. In the species which have the antennse bipecti-
nate in the males the position of the pectinations with regard to the
segments upon which they stand is very different. In a very few

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(Ripula) the antennae are doubly bipectinate, having two pectina-
tions at the sunuiiit and two at the base of each segment; this is
also the case with the pectinate species of Erannis, a fact not here-
tofore noticed. In many species the pectinations are at the summit
of the segments, and in others at the base only. This tendency is
shown in the species which do not have bipectinate antennae, as well
as in the females, the tendency of the ciliations being to gather into
tufts at both summit and base as in Ectropis, etc., or at bottom, or
at top only. I have not been able to make any exclusive generali-
zations as yet, but the Sterrhinse seem thus to separate from the
Geometrinse, the former having the pectinations at the bottom, the
latter at the top of the segments. In the Ennominte the species
having the pectinations at the top of the segments generally corre-
spond with those which have the fovea at the base of the fore wings
in the male, but this is not always the case. A few species have
the antennae serrate, and a few others have them flattened and more
or less lamellate ; generally with this structure the antennae are naked,
at least below. I have found only one instance of unipectinate an-
tennae among our species, and this is the 9 of Gonodontis hypo-
chraria H.-Sch., but I am not sure that any emphasis can be placed
upon this fact. In most species the pectinations on one side are
shorter than on the other, and in this species in the female the longer
pectinations have apparently just begun, or are just losing their
existence, while the shorter ones have not begun, or have ceased to be.

There are also very considerable differences in the position and
shape of the tibial epiphysis. In many species it is below the middle
of the tibia and short. In others it is above and often reaches con-
siderably beyond the end of the tibia ; sometimes it is considerably
tufted.

The tarsi vary considerably compared with the tibiae and with
each other. They are often spinulated, sometimes strongly so.

These characteristics, so far as ray observations go, are compara-
tive only. I have as yet not been able to make use of them in clas-
sification, but suggest their variability that the future student may
make use of them as a larger and better study of material may
warrant.

I have been able to make nothing of the ocelli ; other students
have seen them in a few species, but I have to confess I have never
yet seen the organ developed in a single Geometer, though for the
purpose of study I have bleached hundreds of heads, and in some

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248 GEORGE D. HULST.

species for this very purpose. In a very few cases, however, I have
found the minute rudiments of niaxiHary palpi.

I have endeavored to follow strictly the law of priority in generic
and specific names, and have therefore, without hesitation, taken
Hiibner's genera as given in the Verzeichniss. I have not endorsed
the names of the " Tentamen," as I can find nothing which shows it
to be a publication. It is simply a printed letter, and can have no
authority, because it was written in type. I have, however, noted
where the " Tentamen" names apply, for the convenience of those
who disagree with me in my opinion of their validity.

I have been unable to make very little of the genera of Guenee
and Walker, based upon exotic, mostly tropical material. Their
diagnoses are in the main without exact reference to structure, and
I have been unable to examine their types. I have also made little
use of the genera of some later writers, as the structural basis for
these genera is the position of various veins which is excessively
variable in the same species. The validity of these can only be de-
termined after extensive comparison of structure in the same species,
and in species nearly related.

It was the custom of the French Lepidopterists of former times
to call the group the Phalsenidse, and in this Guenee was followed
by Dr. Packard in his Monograph. Phalijena, as used by Linnaeus,
is nearly equal to the Heterocera as now used. Geometer was the
name he gave to group under consideration. Fabricius afterwards
ignored this name, and called the group Phalcena, but it is clearly a
synonym, and so neither it nor its derivitives have any standing. I
have given the group superfamily standing, though the most of
systematists may not agree with me. But as will be seen I give the
group a wider reach than most Lepidopterists.

The Geometrina separate from other groups of the Lepidoptera as
follows : The antenme are never club shaped or fusiform, and they
are thus distinguished from the Rhopalocera, Sphingina, and some
other groups. The larva have one or more pairs of tlie anterior
abdominal legs wanting, and they are tluis distinguished from the
Bombycina in the widest reach of that term ; vein 5 of the fore
wings is from or near the centre of the outer margin of the cell, and
they are thus distinguished from the Noctuina. There are only one
or two internal veins to the hind wings, and thus, as well as by the
peculiarity of the larvse, they are separated from the Micr()lei)idop-
tera. In my judgment their nearest relatives are the Noctuina,

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though in this opinion I have the sympathy of veiy few, if, indeed,
of any other Lepidopterists.

GEOMETRINA.

Synopsis of families and subfamilies.

Hind wings vein 5 present, strong GEOMETRID^E.

Hind wings vein absent, or a fold only ENNOMID^E.

GEOMETRID^E.

1. All wings with vein 5 nearer 6 than 4 Geomltrin.e.

Fore or hind wings with vein 5 at middle of cell, or nearer 4 than 6 2.

2. Hind wings vein 8 coalescing with cell to middle, or if separate, joined with

it by a cross-bar at or beyond middle 3.

Hind wings vein 8 separate from cell or joined at or near base only 4.

3. Frenulnm present H ydriomin^.

Frenulum absent. DYSPTEKiDiNiE.

4. Hind wings 8 shortly joined with cell at or near base 5.

Hind wings 8 separate from cell 6.

5. Hind wings joined with cell near base, shortly, then rapidly diverging.

Sterrhin^.
Hind wings 8 joined with cell at base, then subparallel with it.

MONOC'TENIIN.E.

6. Fore wings 7 separate from both 8 and 9 7.

Fore wings 7 stemmed with 8 and 9 Brephin.e.

7. Fore wings 8 stemmed with 9 Strophidiin^.

Fore wings 9 separate from 8 Leuculin^.

ENNOMID^.

1. Hind wings 8 coalescing with cell at base FernaldelliNjE.

Hind wings 8 separate from cell 2.

2. Frenulum present 3.

Frenulum absent Palyadin.*;.

3. Antennae and legs very long; antennse three-fourths length of fore wings.

MeCOCER ATIN X..

Antennifi and legs normal; antennae never more than two-thirds length of
fore wings 4.

4. Fore wings 7 separate from 8 and 9 Melanchroiin.e.

•Fore wings 7 stemmed with 8 and 9 Ennomix.e.

Dyspteridin^e.
The Dyspteridinse, with the Hydriomin!?e, are easily separated from
the rest of the Geometrina by the coalescing of vein 8 of the hind
wings with the cell for half or more of its length, or in exceptional
cases in both subfamilies, where 8 does not coalesce with the cell, it
is joined by a cross-vein to the cell at or beyond its middle. In
both subfamilies vein 5 of the hind wings is developed. The two

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250 GEORGE D. HULST.

subfamilies are very closely related, and the absence of the frenulum
merely marks the completion of a tendency shown very distinctly
in the nearly allied genera of the Hydriominse, such as on the one
hand Lobophora, Trichopteryx, etc., and on the other Alsophila,
Paleacrita and Eudule.

DYSPTERIDINiE.

Synopsis of Genera.

1. Antenna; of % bipectinate 1. Dyspteris.

Antennae of % not bipectinate 2.

2. Hind wings of 9 partly or not at all developed 3.

Hind wings of 9 developed as in '^ 5-

3. Hind wings of 9 obsolete 7. Rachela.

Hind wings of 9 partly developed, about as long as thorax 4.

4. Tongue present, though weak 5. ©pheroptera.

Tongue obsolete 6. Pa ra ptera.

5. Fore wings with one accessory cell 2. Cyst,«*opteryx.

Fore wings with two accessory cells 6.

6. Hind tibiae of % with hair pencil 3. Nyctobia.

Hind tibiae of % without pencil 4. C'ladara.

1. DYSPTERIS Hubn.

Verz. 286, 1818.

Type D. amata Cr.

Palpi short ; clypeus not tufted ; antennae bijDectinate in % , sim-
ple in 9 ; thorax and abdomen untufted ; hind tibise with all spurs
in both sexes; fore wings broad, even, inner margin short, 12 veins,
11 on 10, with one accessory cell; hind wings 8 not anastomosing
with cell, but joined in both sexes with it by a cross-vein beyond
middle ; hind wings of % with vitreous spot along inner margin
near base; frenulum wanting; venation of I very much distorted,
the cell being very much shortened and drawn in, and veins 1, 2 and
8 obsolete. In 9 2 and 3 are present, 4 widely separate from 5, 6
and 7 stemmed.

This genus has heretofore been catalogued with the "Greens" so-
called, but beyond question it has no affinities with them.
Species. — D. abortivaria H.-Sch.

2. €YSTEOPTERYX n. gen.
Type riridata Grt.

Palpi short, porrect, quite heavily scaled ; front flattened ; antennae
ciliate in both sexes ; fore tibiae unarmed ; hind tibiae with end pair
of spurs only, without hair pencil in S ; thorax and abdomen un-
tufted; fore wings 12 veins, one accessory cell, 6 stemmed with 7;

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hind wings 8 with cell nioi-e than half its length ; in t there is a
lobe at base along inner margin folded over upwards forming a sort
of pocket ; frenulum wanting.

Differs from Trichopieryx in having only one accessory cell, and
fi'om Fhilopsia in that only one pair of spurs is present on hind
tibiae, and from both in the absence of the frenulum.
Species. — C. viridata Grt.

3. MYCTOBIA u. gen.
Type limitata Wlk.

Palpi moderate, erect ; front not tufted ; antennae filiform, ciliate
in both sexes ; thorax and abdomen untufted ; fore tibiae unarmed ;
hind tibiae with end spurs only ; in S there is a slight pencil of long
hairs on inner side ; fore wings 12 veins, two accessory cells, 6 and
7 stemmed ; hind wings 8 with cell to beyond middle, 6 oeparate
from 7 ; in % there is a folded lobe at base on inner margin above ;
frenulum wanting.

The hair pencil on the hind tibiae of % is rarely met with in this
section of the Geometers. Mr. Meyrick does not consider it a generic
character, regarding it as variable and uncertain, but after much
comparison my own opinion is, it can be fully relied upon, and is a
most excellent limitation. By this Nydobia is separated from Lo-
bophora Curt., as well as by the absence of the frenulum.
Species. — N. limitata Wlk.

N, fusifasciata Wlk.

4. €1.ADARA n. gen.
Type atroHturata Walk.

Palpi short, porrect, rough scaled ; tongue developed ; front
smooth ; antennae of % filiform ; thorax and abdomen smooth ;
hind tibiae with one pair of spurs in both sexes, without hair pencil ;
fore wings with two accessory cells, 12 veins, 6 with 7; hind wings
with folded lobe at base above along inner margin in ^ ; 8 veins,
6 and 7 separate, 8 with cell to beyond middle ; frenulum wanting.

Differs from Nijctobia in the absence of the hair pencil on hind
tibiae of % ; from Triehopteryx Hubn. in that 8 is joined with cell
in hind wings ; from Lobophora Curt, in that it has one paii" of
spurs on hind tibiae. From both the latter as well in the absence
of the frenulum.

Species. — C. atroHturata Walk.

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252 GEORGE D. HULST,

5. OPHEKOPTKRA Hubn.

Verz. 321. 1818.

Type brumatd L.

Palpi short, porrect, slender ; antennte of % dentate, with fascicles
of hairs on each segment; antennse of 9 filiform; front smooth;
tongue short, weak; hind tibiae with all spurs; fore wings of <? 12
veins, one accessory cell, 6 long stemmed with 7, accessory cell large,
7, 8, 9 and 10 arising from at or near its end ; hind wings 8 veins,
3 and 4 wndely separate, 5 nearer 4 than 6, 6 and 7 long stemmed,
8 with cell to beyond middle ; wings of 9 partly developed extend-
ing about length of thorax ; body of 9 somewhat vermiform ;
frenulum wanting.

It is doubtful whether this species has even been taken within our
limits. I have never seen it myself to be certain of it, but Staud-
inger catalogues it, doubtfully from Greenland.
Species. — 0. boreata Hiibn.

6. PARAPTERA n. gen.
Type danbyi Hiilst.

Tongue wanting ; palpi short, slender ; antennse of S with seg-
ments round, even, each with two slender fascicles of hairs ; 9 an-
tenniB filiform ; clypeus untufted ; thorax and abdomen untufted,
in 9 more closely joined, somewhat vermiform ; hind tibiae wnth one
pair of spurs only, or very rarely with upper pair slightly developed ;
fore wings of S 12 veins, with one accessory cell, 5 nearer 4 than
middle of cell, 6 long stemmed with 7, cell large, la and 16 both
present, strong ; hind wings 5 much nearer 4 than middle of cell, 6
and 7 long stemmed, 8 with cell more than half its length ; 9 with
wings partly aborted, these reaching somewhat beyond thorax, and
being about the size of the ordinary wings on emergence from pupa;
frenulum wanting.

Very close to Opheroptera, differing in tongue, antennae of S , and
spurs of hind tibiae, though in none of these in a very mai'ked
degree.

Species. — F. danbyi Hulst, n. sp.

P. <lanl»yi n. sp. % expands 36-40 mm. — Palpi fuscous gray above, edged
with gray to light gray beneath; clypeus smoky black: antennse fuscous, lighter
towards end ; thorax blackish, with a lining to collar, patagiaj and posterior por-
tion of light gray. Abdomen light gray with a fuscous shade sprinkled with a
few black scales, and with a shade of yellowish on anterior segment. Wings
crossed by a number of evenly separated wavy black lines, the darker or lighter

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interspaces forming hands, and these colors in general alternating, the extreme
base being lighter, and the two at the middle of the wing being also lighter, but
separated by a black line with a blackish outer shading ; the bands beyond mid-
dle become a little broader at costa, so that they become fiTially parallel with
outer margin, the submarginal one being narrow, forming a distinct denticulate
white line ; other specimens have thorax, abdomen and wings darker, the lighter
spaces being gray and the darker grayish black ; there is also soihe variation in
the width of the bands, which, from the extreme base, are nine in number; the
veins forming the discal cell are somewhat emphasized by blackish, which is
more prominent on the median. Hind wings with lines corresponding to the
fore wings, but less distinct, becoming obsolete towards base, and with interspaces
more uniform light fuscous, except that the lines have a dark outer shading.

Female varying in colors of thorax and abdomen from light gray to dark fus-
cous, the thorax being the darker, at times almost blackish, and the abdomen
sometimes annulate with gray. Wings gray, with a deep black band beyond
middle.

Described from four males and five females, one pair sent by Prof.
Fletcher, the rest from Mr, W. H. Dan by, all of these taken by
Mr. Danby at Victoria, Brit. Col., from early in November to about
middle of December. The females seem to vary considerably in
size, some being hardly larger tlian the 9 of Rachela bruceata, while
others are almost as large as the 9 of Erannis tiliaria. The spe-
cific name is given in honor of its discoverer, Mr. Danby.

7 RACHEL,A n. gen.
Type bruceata Hulst.

Palpi small, slender ; tongue wanting ; clypeus rather broad,
scaled ; antennae % even, each segment with two fascicles of hairs
on each side ; thorax and abdomen untufted ; hind tibiae with two
pairs of spurs ; antennse of 9 filiform, very slightly pubescent ;
thorax and abdomen of 9 closely joined, somewhat vermiform ;
fore wings % broad, even, 12 veined, la and lb present, strong, 3
widely separate from 4, 5 nearer 4 than 6, 6 long stemmed with 7,
10 on 11 anastomosing with 9 forming a long accessory cell, 11 from
cell, 12 free; hind wings 8 veins, la and 16 present, strong, 3 and
4 widely separate, H and 7 long stemmed, 8 anastomosing with cell
to beyond middle ; wings of % almost entirely lacking.

Name given in honor of Mrs. Rachel Bruce, whose husband, Mr.
David Bruce, han done so much towards a knowledge of the Lepid-
optera of the central Rocky Mountain region, and to whom I am
indebted for many favors.

Species. — E. bnweata Hulst.

a. hyperborea Hulst, n. sp.

fli. oecidentalis Hulst, n. sp.

jR. iatipennis Hulst, n. sp.

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254 GEORGE D. HIILST.

R. occidentalis n. sp.— Expands 32-34 mm.

I give this name to an insect of which I have received many
specimens from Victoria, Brit. Col. It is very uniform in appear-
ance, and without doubt nearly related to R. bruceata. It is, how-
ever, in the % uniformly darker on all wings, and the fore wings
have the apex more rounded and the inner margin shorter. The
inner angle is thus broader and the wing more oval in shape. The
9 is blackish gray instead of fuscous.

R. latipeiinis n. sp.— Expauds 28 mm.

I give this name to a species received from California, of which I
have no females. The wings are much broader than in B. bruceata
or latipennis, and the apex much less extended. It has much the
same markings as bruceata, but they are more decided in color the
lines of the hind wings being especially pronounced. In general
appearance it appi'oaches Opheroptera brumata of Europe.

R. hyperborea n. sp.— Expands 23 mm. Very much in appearance like
R. latipennis. with narrower wings, the two outer lines quit« distinct, the central
band obsolete, and the vestiture more hairy, and uniformly of very much smaller
size.

I suspect this may be a subarctic form of E. bruceata. My speci-
mens of R. hyperborea are all from Alaska, and are very uniform in
size and appearance, and are all smaller than any specimen of R.
bruceata I have ever seen.

HYDRIOMINJE.

The Hydriominse are, with the Dyspteridinse, in the main very
easily and clearly distinguished by the peculiar anastomosing of
vein 8 of the hind wings with the cell. The exceptions, where the
vein is separate, but joined by a cross-bar beyond the middle of the
cell are peculiar, but can in no wise be made another subfamily as
the females are normal. As noticed by Mr. Meyrick the most of the
species with this peculiar structure have the inner margin in the %
with a fold or pocket, and the anterior part seems to be broadened
and the anterior veins separated as a compensation.

A second exception which, as has been seen, I have made a sub-
family is in the case of a few genera where the frenulum is wanting.
This I have called the Dyspteridinse, from Dyspteris, the typical
genus.

Another exception which I have placed with the Geometrinre is a
genus of the " greens" which differs from this subfamily and agrees

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with the Geonietriiuie in the position of vein 5 in the fore and hind
wings, as well as in other very important particulars. A final ex-
ception is Fernaldella, which is immediately distinguished by the
absence of vein 5 in the hind wings, thus belonging to the Ennomidse.

The venation of one genus (Zenophleps) is very peculiar, 6 and 7
being stemmed and separate from 8 in the fore wings. It is close to
the European genus Cataclysme Hb., and I agree with Mr, Meyrick
its appearance is due to the obsolescence of the posterior wall of
the second accessory cell. It might very properly be made the basis
of a separate subfamily.

In the Hydriominse the tongue is with rare exceptions present. In
the fore wings there is generally (nie inner vein 3 and 4 are separate,
and 12 is free. The position and relations of veins 9, 10, 11 and 12
are very uniform and unvarying. In the hind wings 3 and 4 are
generally separate, and 6 and 7 stemmed. In the description of
genera the general form is understood, unless otherwise noted.

Hydriomin^,

Synopsis of Genera.

1. Fore wings 6 and 7 stemmed separate from 8 28. Zenophleps.

Fore wings 7 stemmed with 8 2

2. Fore wings 11 veins 22. Catoclothis.

Fore wings 12 veins 3.

3. Hind tibiaj with end spurs only 4

Hind tibiae with middle spurs also 6.

4. Fore wings with one accessory cell 14. Oymnocelis.

Fore wings with two accessory cells 5.

5. Fore tibiae clawed 8. Scelidacantlin.

Fore tibiai not clawed 6. Agia.

6. Fore wings with one accessory ceil 7.

Fore wings with two accessoiy cells 18

7. Antennae of % bipectinate 8.

Antennae of % not bipectinate 10.

8. Vestiture of wings hairy 39. Psychophora.

. Vestiture of wings scaly 9.

9. Palpi moderate, scarcely beyond head 17. Venusia.

Palpi long, much beyond head 43. liO.vifidonia.

10. Hind wings of %, with lobe at base on inner margin 5. Philopsia.

Hind wings of % without lobe at base on inner margin 11.

11. 9 with wings partly or not at all developed 12.

9 with wings developed 13.

12. Segments of abdomen spined 1. Paleacrita.

Segments of abdomen not spined 2. Alsophila.

13. Clypeus flat 14.

Clypeus more or less rounded 15.

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256 GEORGE D. HULST.

14. Vestitui-e of wings hairy, thin 3. Eudiile.

Vestiture of wings scaly, normal 18. £iicli(Bca.

15. Abdomen with all segments tufted dorsally 16.

Abdomen not with all segments tufted dorsally 17.

16. Fore wings 11 anastomosing with 12 13. Chloroclystis,

Fore wings 11 separate from 12 15. Tephroclylis.

17. Palpi long ; antennpe of % serrate 38. Eurliino^ea.

Palpi moderate ; antennse of % filiform 27. Fleinyria.

18. Antennie of % bipectinate 19.

Antennse of % not bipectinate 22.

19. Fore wings with hair pencil below near base 26. 9^eoIexiH.

Fore wings without hair pencil below near base 20.

20. Palpi long -21.

Palpi moderate or short 42. Xantli<»r]ioe.

21. Hind wings 6 and 7 separate 24. Phylace.

Hind wings 6 and 7 stemmed 41. Ersepliila.

22. Hind wings 8 not coalescing with cell, but joined with it by a cross-vein at

middle or beyond, at least in % 23.

Hind wings 8 with cell to middle or beyond 24.

23. Hind wings of %, with vitreous spot on inner margin above; palpi erect.

10. Maniiia.
Hind wings without vitreous spot; palpi porrect. . . -11. IIeterophle|>s.

24. Fore tibiae clawed at end 25.

Fore tibiae not clawed at end 26.

25. Fore wings of % with fold and pocket on inner margin beneath.

4. Eucestia.
Fore wings of % without fold or pocket 36. ITIarmopteryx.

26. Hind wings of % with pocket or fold on inner margin 27.

Hind wings of % without pocket or fold on inner margin 30.

27. Hind wings of % with fold forming pocket 9. CarMia.

Hind wings of %, with fold only 28.

28. Hind wings of % with fold at base, with hair tuft beneath 29.

Hind wings of % with fold at base, without hair tuft beneath.

7. Talledega.

29. Abdomen of % with lateral tufts at end 20. Cory pliista.

Abdomen of % without lateral tufts at end. 21. Calucalpe.

30. Thorax and front very hairy 40. Trichochlamys.

Thorax and front scaly 31.

31. Fore wings of % with hair pencil below near base 25. Eustroina.

Fore wings of % without hair pencil below near base 32.

32. Anal claspers of % large, exserted 23. Philereme.

Anal claspers of % normal 33.

33. Front flat 19. Asthena.

Front more or less rounded 34.

34. Hind wings 3 and 4 stemmed 12. Nyoterosea.

Hind wings 3 and 4 separate 35.

35. Thorax, abdomen and wings very closely short scaled -35. Melaiioptiion.
Thorax, abdomen and wings normal .36.

36. All segments of abdomen tufted dorsally 16. Eiicyiiiatoge.

One or two basal or generally no segments of the abdomen tufted 37.

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37. Antennie of % serrate 38.

Antennse of % not serrate 39.

38. Anteniife of % with fascicles of hairs on each segment- .37. Gy|>»ooliroa.
Antennte of % ciliate 29. Eiiclior ia.

39. All wings scalloped on outer margins 33. TripliosH.

All wings even, or hind wings only wavy. 40.

40. Antennse of % flattened 41.

Antennae of % not flattened 42.

41. Thorax tufted posteriorly 32. Hydrioineiia.

Thorax not tufted posteriorly 34. I'oeiiocalpe.

42. Antennse of % with fascicles of hairs on each segment.

.30. Perciioptilota.
Antennse of % ciliate 31. MesoleiiCM.

1. PAIiEAORITA Riley.
Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, iii, 273. 1875.

Type vernata Harr.

Tongue wanting ; palpi very short ; clypeus very broad, untufted,
scaled ; antennae of % with segments swollen, obtusely or bluntly
dentate, with a fascicle of hairs on each protuberance ; those of 9
ciliate filiform ; thorax of S with low posterior tuft, 9 untufted.
Abdomen untufted, in both sexes with segments armed with two
rows of spines turned backward, somewhat curved. In 9 thorax
and abdomen enlarged, scarcely separated, somewhat vermiform ; fore
tibiae unarmed, hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs; fore wings of 1
12 veins, vein 1 with long furcation at base, discal cell long, G widely
separate from 7, 10 and 11 from cell, accessory cell large; hind
wings 8 veins, 3 widely separate from 4, 5 much nearer 4 than mid-
dle of cell being in this respect quite noctuiform, 6 and 7 separate,
8 anastomosing with cell to beyond middle ; 9 wingless ; larva with
10 legs.

The genus is remarkable for the spinulation of the abdomen in
which respect it agrees with only one or two genera in the Ennominge.
It is closely allied to Almphila Hiib.
rSpecies. — P. vernata Harr.

2. AL.SOPHILA Hub.
Verz. 320, 1818.

Type wscularia Schif.
Aninopteryx Steph., Cat. 116, 1829, type sescularin Schif.
Palpi very short, slender ; tongue wanting ; front broad, smooth ;
antennae subdentate, with a fascicle of hairs on summit of each den-
tation ; thorax and abdomen untufted, in 9 closely joined somev.'hat

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258 GEORGE D. HULST.

vermiform; hind tibiae with all spurs; fore wings of S 12 veins,
two strong inner veins, 3 and 4 widely separate, cell large ; hind
wings 8 veins, 3 and 4 widely separate. 5 at middle of cell, 6 and 7
stemmed, 8 with cell to beyond middle ; wings of 9 nearly or quite
wanting ; larva 12 legs.

Mr. Meyrick calls this genus Erannis Hiib., but it seems to me
incorrectly. Hiibner's genus Erannis has four species under it,
three of which, and these are the first in order, are congeneric, and
therefore typical of the genus, and there can be no question this was
his intention. Defoliaria is the type species ; another genus of Hiib-
ner, Alsopkila, has as its type cescularia Schif., and this is congeneric
with the fourth species under Erannis. There can be no doubt as
to the application and limitations of the two terms. Latreille ap-
plied the name Hijbernia to Hiibner's Erannis, but it is a synonym
only. Stephens, in his catalogue of British insects, applied Erannis
to that to which Hiibner gave the name Alsophila, and this has
made confusion. But both of Hiibner's genera must stand as there
is no doubt concerning his meaning, Hyhernia Latr. being a synonym
of Erannis and Anisopteryx Steph. being a synonym of Alsophila.

I cannot agree with Mr. Meyrick in his reference of this genus to
the Monocteniinse. The most characteristic venation is the merging
of vein 8 of hind wings with the cell. If this is to be ignored, the
lack of the accessory cell would be no more reason why it should be
placed with the Monocteniinse than with the Ennominse. If its place
be not here, as I have no doubt it is, then in view of its various re-
semblances to Erannis in Hiibner's sense, it ought to go with the
Ennomiinse.

/ Species. — A. pometaria Peck.

3. EUI>rL,E Hub.
Zutr. ii, p. 14. n. 127.

Amerhi Walk., C. B. M. pt. 2, 554.

Euphanessa Pack., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iii, 102. Type mendica Wlk.

Palpi short, slender, long haired below ; tongue developed ; front
flat, smooth ; antennae of % closely filiform. Abdomen slightly
tufted at end ; hind tibiae with all spurs. Wings broad, even, semi-
hyaline, vestiture thin and hairy ; fore wings 12 veins, one accessory
cell very large, 6 stemmed with 7, 8, 9 and 10 from a point, or nearly
so ; hind wings 8 veins 3 and 4 widely separate, 6 and 7 stemmed, 8
with cell nearly its whole length.

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Species. — E. mendica Walk.

E. meridiana Slosson.
E. unicolor Robs.
E. texana French.

4. EUC'ESTIA Hiib.

Verz. 32-2. 1818.

Type sparfiata Fuesl.

Lithostege Hiib., Verz. 337. 1818, type dupUcata Hiib.
Aplocera Steph., Cat. 141, 1829, type plagiata L.
Anaitis Dup., Hist. Nat. viii, 350, 1829, type plaginf a L.
Chenias Dup., Hist. Nat. viii, 497, 1829, type spartiuta Fues.

Palpi moderate, heavily scaled, porrect ; clypeus rounded, promi-
nent ; antennae ciliate in both sexes ; thorax and abdomen untufted ;
fore tibiae with a stout claw, tibiae short, stout ; hind tibiae with all
spurs; fore wings 12 veins, two accessory cells, 6 and 7 stemmed;
hind wing 8 with cell more than half its length ; in the % there is
a transparent fovea near base along inner margin beneath, bordered
by a membraneous ridge forming a sort of pocket.
Species. — E, rotundata Pack.

5. PHIL,OI»SIA n. -eu.
Type nivigerata Walk.

Palpi short, somewhat drooping ; front flattened, smooth ; antennae
flattened, simple, minutely pubescent ; thorax and abdomen untufted ;
fore tibiae unarmed, hind tibiae with all spurs ; fore wings 12 veins,
one accessory cell, 6 short stemmed with 7 ; hind wings 8 with cell
more than half its length, the wings in % with a lobe at base along
inner margin ; this lobe joined at base is separate from the main
wing towards its end, and 3 and 4 are widely separate, as are 6 and
7 ; in 9 3 is close to 4, 6 and 7 separate.

Ditters from Trichopteryx Hiib. in having only one accessory cell,
and in the fact that it has two pairs of spurs on hind tibiae. In the
former respect it also diflers from Lobophora Curt.
Species. — P. nivigerata Wlk. (inaequaliata Pk.)

6. AGIA n. gen.
Type eboratu Hulst.

Palpi moderate, ascending ; front smooth ; antennae filiform, ciliate
in both sexes ; thorax and abdomen untufted ; fore tibiie unarmed ;
hind tibiae with end spurs only, and in % with hair pencil ; fore
wings 12 veins, two accessory cells, G and 7 stemmed ; hind wings 8

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2fi0 GEORGE D. HULST.

with cell to beyond middle, 6 separate from 7 ; in l, there is a folded
lobe at base on inner margin above ; frenulum present.

Very close to Nydobia, ditiering mostly in the presence of the
frenulum. It is separated from LohojjJiora in having only one pair
of spurs on hind tibiae of % . From Tallederja it differs in having
a hair pencil on hind tibiae of % .

Species. — A. eborata Hulst, n. sp.

A. eb4»ra.ta n. sp. — Expands 25 mm. Palpi long, slender, drooping, black,
a few white scales on extreme tip; front fuscons gray; thorax ocher fuscous,
bitufted posteriorly on each side dorsum, each tuft black in front. Al)d()men
l)h(ckisli gray, interlined, the first segment nearly black; fore wings wliitish
ocher, a black basal line anguiated at cell; a broad median blackish band con-
sisting of black scales irregularly mixed with scales of ground color, somewhat
definitely limited on either side by black lines which are not continuous; inner
line dentate, marked outwardly with jet-black dashes on veins; outer line scal-
loped, marked inwardly by jet-black dashes on veins, separated from correspond-
ing dashes of median line by a central cross-line of ground color not sharply
defined ; the ground color divides the outer line at base of veins 3 and 4. forming
a deep narrow sinus: the ground color also prevails narrowly behind subcostal
vein : two submarginal lines of black dots one on each vein, the whole space
clouded with blackish scales; hind wings even fuscous, with a faint extra discal
darker line, edged outwardly with lighter fuscous ; beneath fuscous, somewhat
clouded, an outer lighter band parallel with margin showing on fore wings, and
an extra discal darker band showing on hind wings.

Mitchell County, North Carolina, July, from Mr. Philip Laurent.

7. T.4L,I.EDEGA. n. gen.
Type montanata Pack.

Palpi short, porrect, or drooping ; front flat, short scaled ; antennae
tiliform })ubescent; thorax untufted. Abdomen with slight tufts on
segments ; fore tibite unarmed, hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs,
without hair pencil ; fore wings 12 veins, two accessory cells, 6
scarcely stemmed with 7 ; hind wings 8 veins, the inner margin in
the £ being folded over above, and this fold separated from wing
to base forming thus a detached piece over the posterior part of the
wing ; venation consequently distorted ; 8 joined near base to cell,
and coincident to beyond middle.

Very like Lobophora Curt., differing in the absence of hair pencil
on hind tibiae of S .

Species. — T. montanata Pack.

T. tabulata Hulst, n. sp.

T. tHbiilnta n. sp. — Expands 28 mm. About the size, and wings about the
shape of T. montauata Pack., to which, in appearance, it is closely related ; palpi,
head and thorax blackish gray. Abdomen more fuscous ; fore wings of a light

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dear gray, peppered with black atoms basally and aloug costa; three subquadrate
blackish costal blotches not sharply defined, basal, central and outwardly in the
places corresponding to the cross-lines of L. monlanata : these are not followed by
any indications of cross-lines or of rows of spots across the wings; discal spots
large, black, distinct, lengthened as in L. montantda ; hind wings even, glistening
white, with dark discal spots; beneath light bright gray, the markings of the
fore wings faintly showing.

Alert Island, Alaska. Differing from T. montanata mostly in the
decided difference of the ground color, the lack of black dots on the
veins of fore wings, and the lack of the lines or rows of dots across
the fore wings. The lobe on the hind wings of the % is also some-
what different in structure.

8. SCELIDACAIVTHA n. gen.
Type triseriata Pack.

Palpi moderately long, ascending, heavily scaled ; clypeus scale
tufted, rounded, projected forward below ; antenna? simple, flattened,
finely and evenly pubescent below ; thorax and abdomen untufted ;
fore tibipe short, armed at end with prominent claw ; hind tibiae with
one pair of spurs; fore wings two accessory cells, 12 veins, 6 short
i^temmed with 7; hind wings vein 1 wanting, its place being taken
by a basal lobe beneath, 3 and 4 separate, 6 and 7 stemmed, 8 start-
ing wide from cell, joining it one-third out, then coincident with it
nearly to end.

Differs fi-om Eucedia Hiib. in having one pair of spurs on hind
tibiae.

Species. — S. trUeriata Pack.
S. virglnata Graef.

9. CARSIA Hiib.
Verz. 336, 1818.

Type palndata Thun.

Larixsa Curt., Brit. Ent. vii, 324, 1830, type paludatn Thun.
- Celma Steph., Ills, iii, 242, 1831, type paludata Thun.

Palpi moderate, porrect ; front somewhat prominent ; antennae
filiform, ciliate in both sexes ; thorax and abdomen untufted ; fore
tibiae unarmed; hind tibife with all spurs; fore wings 12 veins, two
accessory cells ; hind wings with cell to beyond middle ; in Z with
a transparent fovea near base along inner margin, bordered with a
membraneous ridge forming a pocket, 6 and 7 stemmed.
Species. — C. palndata Thun.

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262 GEORGE D. HULST.

10. STAMMIA n. gen.
Type refusnfa Wlk.

Palpi erect ; front flat, short scaled ; antennae in S fasciculate
pubescent ; thorax and abdomen untufted ; fore wings broad, rounded,
12 veins, two accessory cells ; hind wings 8 joined with cell by cross-
vein beyond middle in both sexes, 6 and 7 stemmed ; in S there is
a fovea beneath along inner margin, about one-thiixl out from base ;
fore tibiae unarmed ; hind tibiae with all spurs and without hair
pencil.

Near Heterophleps H.-Sch., but sufficiently distinct in the erect
palpi and the presence of the fovea in hind wings of S .
Species. — N. refusata Wlk. (harveiata Pk.)
N. moremata Hulst, n. sp.

ST. moreiisata n. sp. — Exxiands 30 mm. Palpi and front dark sordid fus-
cous; antennse a little lighter; thorax same color as front, but with ends of
patagije lighter, becoming almost dull white at extremities. Abdomen dark fus-
cous, but clearer in color, segments edged with somewhat light color; fore wings
sordid fuscous, unevenly and irregularly broken with lighter shadings, which can
be traced as indistinct indeterminate broadish cross-lines, the outer one most
apparent, yet very indeterminate, well out towards the margin and parallel with
the outer edge of the wing; marginal space and base more solidly of the ground
color; fringe of the color of the outer part of the wing at base becoming wliitish
at outside; hind wings a little lighter than fore wings, of the same obscure,
somewhat broken fuscous, somewhat darker outwardly, with a darker marginal
line ; fringes as on fore wings ; beneath on all wings lighter and clearer, more
even in color, darker outwardly, with the extreme edge lighter and ochreous
shaded, this color showing along costa and on apical space of fore wings.

One 9 5 Wisconsin, from Mr. F. Rauterberg.

11. HETEROPHL.EPS H.-Sch.
Auseur. Schmet. p. 80, 1855.

Type triguttata H.-Sch.

Palpi short, fine, porrect ; tongue strong ; clyi>eus fine scaled,
slightly bulging ; antennae of t with two fascicles of hairs on each
segment ; thorax and abdomen untufted ; fore wings 12 veins, two
accessory cells, 6 sepai'ate from 7 ; hind wings % 6 veins, 1 and 2
wanting, 6 widely separate from 7, inner margin of wing with the
edge folded over upwards without vitreous fovea ; in 9 8 veins, (>
and 7 close together, the wings without fold ; in both sexes 8 not
anastomosing with cell, but joined beyond middle with a cross-vein.
Species. — H. triguttaria H.-Sch.

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12. NYCTEROSEA n. geu.
Type brunneipennis Hulst.

Palpi moderately long, porrect or drooping ; antennae simple, with
fascicles of hairs two on each segment. Abdomen with segments
tufted. Legs rather long, hind tibia) with two pairs of spurs ; fore
wings 12 veins, two accessory cells, 6 short stemmed with 7 ; hind
wings small, 8 veins, cell rather short, 3 and 4 stemmed, 6 and 7
stemmed, 8 with cell nearly its whole length.
Species. — iV. bruniieipennis Hulst, n. sp.

]V. briiniieipennis n. sp. — Expands 27 mm. Palpi, head and antennse
fuscous ; thorax and abdomen ochreous fuscous, the ochreous tint more decided
on tlie abdomen ; fore wings ochreous brown crossed by a number of mostly sub-
parallel wavy cross-lines; two of these are near the base, another about one-third
out. and following this on middle field two separate at costa and narrowing
towards inner margin, whose undulations are opposite to each other ; these inclcse
a blackish spot irregular in outline, extending from costa to below submedian
vein, and again appears in a rounded blackish spot near inner margin ; after two
faint scalloped lines is one darker, more sharply outlined, the line being more
emphasized below middle, and there at veins 3, 4 and 5 followed by faint whitish
spots; the brown of the wings is also more decided in this part of the wings;
faint marginal shadings with a blackish subapical cloud running inwardly and
posteriorly, this having on its outer margin two or three faint whitish spots ;
hind wings concolorous with fore wings, but lighter anteriorly and basally, with
two faint blackish middle cross-lines: another still further out edged with whitish,
and a row of faint whitish spots in the brownish subniarginal space; a marginal
broken black line on all wings; beneath very much as above, but the central
cloud of fore wings wanting and the cross-lines more indistinct or lost altogether,
except the outer central one on both wings.

One S , Alameda County, California. By Dr. C. V. Riley from
the U. S. Museum collection.

13. CHLOROCXYSTIS Hub.
Verz. 323, 1818.

Type coronatti Hiih.

Palpi moderate, porrect ; tongue developed ; front with short tuft
of scales ; antennse of % filiform, ciliate ; thorax smooth. Abdo-
men with tuft dorsally on each segment ; hind tibije with two pairs
of spurs; fore wings one accessory cell, 12 veins, 11 anastomosing
with 12 ; hind wings 6 and 7 stemmed, 8 with cell to beyond middle.

Differs from Tephroclydu (EupUhecia) in that vein 11 of fore
wings coalesces with 12.

Species. — C. mconqncua Hulst, n. sp.

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264 GEORGE D. HULST.

C incoiispicua n. sp. — Expands 22 mm. Head, thorax and abdomen dull
dark fuscous, fifth segment of abdomen with black tuft. Wings somewhat ex-
tended, hind wings scalloped ; fore wings with basal geminate line beginning at
costa one-quarter out, and ro".inding to inner margin at base; an outer heavier,
geminate, black wavy line beginning three-quarters out, running to inner margin
a little more inwardly than line of outer margin of wings, its largest bend being
just beyond discal spot, which is round, black, distinct : a marginal row of black
dots; hind wings with two faint outer lines; marginal line black, fine; discal
spot almost obsolete ; beneath fuscous overlaid with a powderingof darker fuscous
scales.

California. I have the 9 only.

14. GYMKO€EL,IS Mab.
Ann. Soc. France, p. 77, 1869.

Type pumilata Hiib.
Pasiphila Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. London, pt. 3, 191, 1888, type lepta Meyr.

Palpi moderate, porrect ; antennae of $ filiform, ciliate ; tongue
developed ; front with cone of scales ; thorax smooth. Abdomen
with dorsal tufts on each .segment ; hind tibise in both sexes with end
pair of spurs only; fore wings 12 veins, one accessory cell, 11 some-
times anastomosing with 12 ; hind wings 6 and 7 stemmed, 8 with
cell to beyond middle.

Differs from Tephroclydis in that there is but one pair of spurs on
the hind tibiie.

Species. — G. inferior Hulst, n. sp.
G. gypsata Grt.
G. desperata Hulst, n. sp.
G. minuta Hulst, n. sp.

G. inferior n. sp. — Expands 20 mm. Palpi rather short, stout, dark fus-
cous; thorax and abdomen dark fuscous, basal segment of abdomen blackish;
fore and hind wings even dark fuscous with a slight brownish tint ; fore wings
with a basal rounded black line, a geminate discal line bent sharply at and in-
cluding discal spot, with an inward angle at submedian vein, then with another
bend around to margin, an extra discal line beginning at costa, just beyond discal
spot, making an angle a little less than a right angle beyond discal .spot, thence
in a straight line to inner margin ; an outer submarginal shade : hind wings with
two faint extra discal, dark, rounded lines ; discal spots dark, not distinct ; mar-
ginal lines broken, black; beneath even dark smoky fuscous, the hind wings
showing somewhat darker on basal half.

California. From Hy. Edwards.

G. desperata n. sp. — Expands 17-19 mm. Palpi medium long, heavy,
blackish ; front dark gray, black below, conical tufted ; thorax black ))y collar,
otherwise light gray. Abdomen gray, second basal segment blackish ; fore wings
whitish, costal edge blackish, more pronounced at beginning of cross-lines ; two

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subobsolete basal lines : an even, broad, black line reaching from costa outward
nearly to discal spot, then turning back at an angle a little more acute than a
right angle, straight to inner margin ; a faint line bending just beyond and
around discal spot; an outer well-marked black line; outer space broken, dark
fuscous; hind wings with black band of fore wings extended close to base across
the wing meeting the black second segment of abdomen ; outer lines also present
to correspond with fore wings; all discal spots and marginal lines distinct bla(!k ;
beneath more fuscous, the middle band absent, the outer lines showing.

Blanco County, Texas, October.

G. ininuta n. sp. — Expands 15-17 mm. Palpi rather short, quite stout,
dark gray; front blackish or dark gray above and below, white in middle;
thorax and abdomen light gray, the latter blackish gray on second segment; fore
wings rather extended, light gray or whitish, darkened with bhiish or dark fus-
cous scales showing especially on outer middle and marginal spaces forming
between them a light cross-line, often indistinct, forming nearly a right angle
beyond discal spot and running thence straight to inner margin ; marginal line
fine, black ; discal spot black, distinct; hind wings whitish, cross-lines very faintly
indicated a little darker along inner margin : marginal line black ; discal spots
not very distinct; beneath light cinereous, slightly shaded with darker color.

Argus Mountains, California, April. From Dr. C. V. Riley.

15. TEPHROCIiYSTIS Hiib.
Verz. 323, 1818.

Type pimllata Fab.

Dyscymatoge Hiib., Verz. 324. 1818, type innotata Hiifn.
Tarachia Hiib., Verz. 324, 1818, type castigata Hiib.
Arcyonia Hiib., Verz. 335, 1818, type venosata Fab.
Leucocora Hiib., Verz. 325, 1818, type succenturiata L.
Eiipithecia Curt., Brit. Ent. ii, 64, 1825, type linariata Fab.

Palpi short to long, slender to heavy, porrect or drooping ; front
not strongly tufted ; antennte filiform, ciliate in both sexes ; thorax
untufted. Abdomen with tuft on each segment dorsally ; fore tibiae
unarmed, hind tibije with all spurs; fore wings 12 veins, two acces-
sory cells ; hind wings 8 with cell to beyond middle, (i and 7 separate
or stemmed.

A large genus as defined, consisting mostly of small species. The
species so gradually merge into one another in structure, and are so
largely midway between the extremes that I have not attem})ted any
closer limitations, and so do not give a more exact generic diagnosis.

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GEORGE D. HULST.

Species : —

T. misturata Hiilst, n. sp.
T. nebulosa Hulst, n. sp.
T. scriptaria H.-Sch.
T. implicata Wlk.
T. Inteata Pack.
T. hyperhoreata Stgr.
T. edna Hulst, n. sp.
T. ornata Hulst, n. sp.
T. misenilata Gi't.
T. inferrupto-fasciata Pack.
T. leucata Hulst, n. sp.
T. inornata Hulst, n. sp.
T. albicapitata Pack.
T. rotundopennata Pack.
T. annulata Hulst, n. sp.
T. flavigiitta Hulst. n. sp.
T. coJoradensis Hulst, n. sp.
T. sierrse Hulst, n. sp.
T. cretata Hulst. n. sp.
T. ahsynthiata L.

T. fumosa Hulst, n. sp.
T. longipalpata Pack.
T. msestosa Hulst. n. sp.
T. nimbicolor Hulst, n. sp.
T. zi/gsedenata Pack.
T. nimbotia Hulst, n. sp.
T. longidens Hulst, n. sp.
T. multisffigdfa Hulst, n. sp.
/T7multiscnpfa Hulst, n. sp.
T. stellata Hulst, n. sp.
T. ob.icnrior Hulst. n. sp.
T biviftala Hulst, n. sp.
T. behrensata Pack.
T. uuicolor Hulst, n. sp.
T. snbapicata Guen.
T. cestata Hulst.n. sp.
T. nevadata Pack.
T. implorata Hulst, n. sp.
T. raveocostaliata Pack.

T. misturata n. sp.— Expands 16-18 mm. Palpi medium long, rather
heavy, dark fuscous; front, thorax and abdomen fuscous gray; fore wings rather
narrow, dark fuscous gray ; an indistinct blackish rounded band within discal
spot, and a faint blackish line rounded beyond it, this sometimes showing in
blackish spots only on veins; discal spots black, distinct; hind wings a little
lighter than fore wings, darker outwardly, a faint dark line beyond discal spot
and another submarginally ; beneath dark fuscous, the outer lines showing on
all wings, the basal lines of fore wings showing by spots on costa.

Soda Springs, California, in August and September, from Dr.
Behrens ; also from Hot Springs, New Mexico, in September.

T. nebulONa n. sp. — Expands 18 mm. Palpi with black and fuscous scales
intermixed ; thorax dark fuscous. Abdomen blackish, interlined with blackish
gray; fore wings rather narrow, rounded at apex, dark fuscous gray, slightly
frosted, with very faint indications of cross-lines on median field, a faint, slightly
lighter bent band beyond discal spot, and a faint whitish marginal line showing
mostly in a lightening of the veins; hind wings color of fore wings, lighter
basally, inner margin checkered with beginnings of otherwise obsolete lines ;
discal spots on all wings distinct, black, rather large ; beneath lighter in color,
with dark cross-lines quite distinct, especially at beginning on costa, the extra
discal forming a large black spot on costa ; all discal spots enlarged, somewhat
diffuse.

New York, New Jersey, Texas. The Texas specimens taken in
April and May.

T. edna n. sp.— Expands 20-22 mm. Palpi, front, thorax and abdomen
clear black, slightly mixed with gray scales. Wings light gray, much overlaid

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with blackish, rounded, with inner lig;hter line; the band is broad, rounded at
disc, nearly the same width across the wing; outer space blackish, with lighter
included scalloped line ; marginal line black ; hind wings with extra discal black
line, strongly bent beyond discal spot ; outer margin blackish, discal spots black,
distinct on both wings, though less conspicuous in the blackish band of fore
wings : beneath with markings above shadowed ; hind wings white, with rounded
black line beyond disc and along margin.

Gleiiwood Springs, Colorado. From Dr. Barnes, taken August
18th ; also from Mr. Bruce.

T. ornata n. sp. — Expands 18-22 mm. Very much in appearance in some
specimens as T. ednn Hulst. Palpi, however, very long, beak-like, while in
edna they are moderate; outer line of median field rounded, wavy, while in
edna it is much straighter; middle field generally not strongly marked with
black, while in edna it is strongly marked and often a broad black band.

The two species both vary very considerably in depth of color
and to some extent in the direction of the outer lines, but are easily
distinguished by the difference in the length of the palpi.

Colorado, Mr. Bruce ; also from Dr. Barnes from Glenwood
Springs, Colorado ; taken in August.

T. lencata n. sp. — Expands 20 mm. Palpi middling long, ocher fuscous •
front tufted, clay-white: thorax and abdomen ocher white, with a considerable
fuscous stain; all wings nearly uniform dull white, with numerous cross-lines,
mostly made up of black dots on veins, these showing in lengtliened black spots
along costa of fore wings, seven or eight in number, three being much larger
and more distinct than the others, and all these being at the beginning of cross-
lines and more or less evident across the wings; discal spot of fore wings black,
distinct, margin with an ocher tinge; marginal line of black dashes; beneath as
above, but less distinct.
Montana, Colorado.

T. inornata n. sp. — Expands 17 mm. Palpi short, slender, fuscous: front
and thorax fuscous. Abdomen gray, slightly fuscous, somewhat ochreous at ex-
tremity; all wings somewhat silvery white; fore wings shaded with fuscous on
basal half and along costa; about six heavier shadings along costa, the beginnings
of otherwise obsolete bands; hind wings shaded with brown fuscous cloudings
forming indistinct cross-bands; discal spots wanting; beneath whitish, both
wings shaded with fuscous cloudings and the costa of foi'e wings narrowly black
on basal third ; discal spots obsolete.

Mitchell County, North Carolina, July 7th. From ]Mr. Laurent.

T. aiinulata n. sp. — Expands 22 24 mm. Palpi fuscous ochreous ; thorax
and abdomeu dark fuscous; fore wings fuscous brown; all veins brokenly and
finely lined with black, annulate, heavier on the inner side; outer space darker,
enclosing lighter scalloped line, parallel with outer margin; hind wings light
fuscous at base, darker towards outer margin, anal veins slightly lined with
black; beneath dark fuscous, with brownish tinge; all wings darker outwardly ;
discal spots distinct.

Exact locality unknown, but probably from CaHforniu.

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268 GEORGE D. HULST.

T. flavigutta n. sp. — Kxpands 24 mm. Palpi short, blackish ; front black-
ish ; front of thorax blackish ; patagise and posterior part violet-ocher to violet.
Al)domen with basal segment ochei'. then blackish.' at extremity becoming violet-
ocher. Wings rather extended, fuscous, Hues scarcely evident, except double
outer line, which is quite clear, rounded beyond discal spot; beyond this at veins
3 and 4 is a large ocherous spot reaching to outer margin, and above this an ob-
lique si)ot of sanae color running somewhat narrowly from about vein 5 to outer
margin just below apex, both spots faintly violet shaded ; the base of the wing
has also a violet-ocher color, as have faintly the ends of the veins along outer
margin ; hind wings fuscous, darker outwardly; all discal spots black, distinct;
beneath much as above, without ocher or violet color, more leaden : hind wings
with two outer rows of black dots on veins.

Colorado. From Mr. Bruce.

T. •I'oloradensis n. sp. — Expands 24-26 mm. Palpi and front dark fus-
cous; thorax fuscous anieriorly. gray posteriorly. Abdomen fuscous, tufts and
last segment blacki.sh ; fore wings fuscous, strongly washed with ochreous brown,
especially within submarginal space ; a rather broad, heavy, dark, rounded line
close to base, a broad line at discal spot, distinct at costa including and angulated
at discal spot, lost before reaching inner margin, extra discal shadings beyond
fc)llowing the same course, the ocher-brown becoming somewhat reddish brown
near marginal space. whi(!h is darkly shaded, broadest at apex and narrowing to
a line at anal angle; marginal line black, broken at veins; hind wings fuscous
gray, faintly shaded in darker scalloped lines, the outer margin somewhat
rounded in beneath anterior angle ; beneath more indistinct than above on fore
wings, the ocher and brown nearly lost, the hind wings light gray with three
quite distinct cross-lines, intra discal. extra discal and submarginal; margin of
all wings blackish, separated by veins.

Colorado. From Mr. E. L. Graef.

T. sierrse n. sp.— Expands 24 mm. Palpi blackish fuscous; front dark fus-
cous gray ; thorax dark fuscous, with a yellowish tinge ; fore wings fuscous with
scattered black scales, with ocher shading subcostally, apically and within outer
line on middle of wing; basal line wavy, indeterminate, consisting apparently
of several parallel lines, making together a faint band much darker at costa:
costal sjjace blackish fuscous, broken, darkest basally ; outer line showing in a
lighter broad line edged on both sides with blackish points and atoms, angulated
inwardly, then outwardly below costa, then parallel with outer margin, the
blackish edgings being much emphasized at costa making a blackish patch ; mar-
ginal line black ; fringe interrupted, blackish ; apex blackish : hind wings fus-
cous with scattered black scales, more numerous outwardly, giving darker shading
and showing shadowy lines: inner margin broken, blackish : marginal line black ;
discal spots distinct, black, those on fore wings especially so. and the scales some-
what enlarged and raised ; beneath as above, more fuscous, lines fainter, without
ocher shading.

Colorado. From Mr. Bruce. Near T. cohnideiisis, which it
much resembles.

AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 269

T. cretata n. sp. — Expands 22 mm. Palpi gray, short; front gray; collar
black ; thorax and abdomen ocher-gray. Wings broad, whitish, overlaid with
fuscous, the lighter color showing in lines, and all somewhat washed with ochre-
ons ; the basal whitish line well out, wavy, rounded ; two blackish wavy lines on
median field, the inner passing through discal spot: an outer light line, evenly
rounded from costa to vein 2, then bent to margin ; the marginal space blackish,
broadest towards apex; discal spots black; hind wings corresponding, but basal
and median portions lighter; lines very indistinct, discal spots not strong; be-
neath as above, without ochreous tint, and the dark colors more lead like.

Colorado. From Mr. Bruce.

T. fuiuosa u. sp. — Expands 18-24 mm. Of a uniform even dark fuscous
color, the cross-lines of the wings only faintly, if at all, showing. Wings broad,
rounded ; discal spots of fore wings round, large, prominent, black ; four black
spots on costa of fore wings, each one the beginning of a fine black cross-line, the
two outer being subparallel and just beyond discal spot; a lighter submarginal
line, indistinct, somewhat clearer in a spot at anal angle; hind-wings with faint
median and submarginal lines: beneath color as above, darker in median and
submarginal bands on all wings ; very close in appearance to duller specimens
of T. absynthinta L., but distinct in the long, almost tufted palpi.

South Abiiigton, Mass., Brockport, N. Y.

T. maei^tosa n. sp. — Expands 24 mm. Palpi long, somewhat drooping,
light gray; front gray, somewhat tufted, black below: thorax dark fuscous.
Abdomen nearly black. Wings fuscous gray, overlaid with fuscous, the ground
color showing in the cross-lines; lines many, more distinct than usual, the basal
median and outer showing most plainly; the basal narrow, running out from
costa to subcostal vein, then turning back at a right angle straight to inner mar-
gin just out from base ; the median of the same shape, passing through discal
spot and reaching inner margin one-half out ; the outer with a deep rounded
sinus from costa. rounding backward, then at a sharp angle turning parallel with
outer margin to inner margin, wavy in its course ; hind wings with a double
wavy black line beyond middle, and another margined, all more distinct than
usual; discal spots of fore wings large, distinct, black; beneath nearly uniform
dark fuscous.

Colorado. From Mr. Bruce.

T. iiiinbicolor n. sp. — Expands 23 mm. Palpi of moderate length, heavily
haired, blackish, with gray at end of longer scales: front blackish; antennae
dull fuscous; thorax and abdomen lilackish gray, the abdomen interlined with
black. Wings very uniform blackish fuscous, blackish cross-lines very faintly
showing, the costa and outer margin of fore wings being somewhat darker than
rest of wing; hind wings uniform, all wings with marginal black line evident;
beneath very much as above.

Calgarry, Canada. From Mr. Wolley-Dod.

T. ninibosa n. sp. — Expands 24-26 mm. Palpi short, not heavy, light fus-
cous to fuscous; thorax, abdomen and wings light fuscous, the fore wings and
hind wings outwardly with shadings of dark fuscous; fore wings with fine
blackish basal line, a fine intra discal line and a corresponding geminate line

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270 GEORGE D. HUL8T,

enclosing slightly lighter color beyond, bending around discal spot, and somewhat
angulated below costa, an outer corresponding geminate line subparallel, reaching
inner mai'gin just within angle; a submarginal waved line not very distinct ;
discal spots distinct, black; hind wings with indications of lines along inner
margin, sometimes in part showing across wing.

Arizona, California, the latter taken in July.

T. longidens n. sp. — Expands 22-24 mm. An insect of the size and very
much the appearance of T. multisirigata. The palpi, however, are long, reaching
far beyond the head, and the fore wings have the middle black line running
from costa out to discal spot, there turning at an abrupt angle backward and run-
ning in nearly a straight line back to inner margin just beyond base ; the discal
spots are prominent, black ; the hind wings have an extra discal distinct median
line, rather evenly rounded, and followed by another submarginal, and still
another marginal : beneath the wings are more distinctly marked in dark bands
than usual, the rounded intra discal, extra discal and marginal bauds standing
out clearly on all wings, with distinct black, rather large discal spots.

Colorado. From Mr. Bruce.

T. multistrigata n. sp. — Expands 24 mm. Palpi small, gray ; front, tho-
rax and abdomen light gray, the latter with a lateral black line, the segments
interlined with blackish, except on dorsum ; fore wings light cinereous, marked
over with blackish scales; a faint geminate basal cross-line, another intra discal,
a third extra discal with strong angle beyond discal spot; outer geminate line
with a sharp angle inward at cell, then turned ba<'k at a sharp angle at vein 6,
thence nearly straight to inner margin , outer submarginal fine whitish line fol-
lowing the same course, but with a sharp inter angle just before reaching inner
margin ; discal spots nearly or quite obsolete, showing clearly in a white border-
ing lunule; hind wings light cinereous, darker, with black scales outwardly and
along inner margin with beginnings of two geminate cros.=-lines; discal spots
obsolete; marginal lines of black dashes, almost or quite continuous in places;
beneath reproducing the lines above more indistinctly.

Glen wood Springs, Colorado, August 18. From Mr. Barnes.

T. luultiscripta n. sp. — Expands 34 mm. An insect very much in ap-
pearance like T. muliistrigata, differing among other things as follows: The insect
is much larger, and is as large as any American species ; the palpi are considerably
longer; the body is less sharply checkered with black and gray ; the lines of the
wings are genei-ally more sharply distinct, the submarginal line being without
the pronuneut inner dentation near anal angle; the fore wings are more pointed,
and the hind wings less evenly rounded, in this species the anal angle being
quite well marked, and the outer margin being slightly bent in before it.

Colorado. From Mr. Bruce and Dr. Barnes, the specimens of the
latter taken in May.

T. stellata n. sp. — Expands 24 mm. Palpi, thorax and abdomen dark fus-
cous, the latter with dull reddish spots dorsally, one on eac^h segment; fore wings
reddish brown, basal space along costa to cell black, ending outwardly in a black
angulate cross-line ; a middle tield of black covering discal spot broad at costa,

AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 271

rapi.lly convergins; to behind cell, then continued narrowly almost brokenly to
vein 1, then broadening to inner margin ; on costa the shape to narrowest part is
triangular, and on inner margin subtriangular : faintly lighter lines on each side
the blackish space, a wavy submarginal lighter line ; hind wings fuscous, lighter
at middle and base, irregularly clouded outwardly and along inner margin ; be-
neath as above, but more indistinct, the costa of fore wings being black from base
to beyond middle field.

Colorado.

T. obscurior n. sp. — Expands 26-30 mm. Palpi, thorax and abdomen fus-
cous black ; palpi short, slender; fore wings blackish fuscous or brownish, tinted
with faint geminate lines; outer line more distinct, especially at costa, sometimes
light across the wing : it turns at nearly a right angle outward at cell, then rounds
opposite discal spot in nearly a straight line to inner margin ; the submedian is
black lined from base to middle; the submarginal line is very faint; hind wings
with blackish marginal space and broken blackish inner margin ; beneath nearly
even blackish fuscous, with black spots along costa.

California, Colorado.

T, bivittata. n. sp. — Expands 26 mm. Palpi ocher fuscous; thorax, clypeus
and abdomen dark fuscous; fore wings rather dark fuscous, slightly ocher tinged,
unicolorous or faintly mottled, being slightly darker on veins, the indications of
obsolete cross-lines; discal spots distinct, black, round; a whitish longitudinal
dash on both sides ; two outer marginal lighter lines very faint, running parallel
with outer margin continuing to costa just within apex; hind wings light fus-
cous at base, darker outwardly and along inner margin, a number of dark lines
soon obsolete showing along inner margin ; marginal lines in both wings black ;
beneath as above, less uniform, a dark outer line showing on fore wings rounded
somewhat at costa; hind wings with faint outer cross-line; marginal lines black ;
discal spots distinct on all wings.

Mendocino, Cal., June.

T. unicolor n. sp. — Expands 26-28 mm. Palpi fuscous ; head, thorax and
abdomen fuscous, with a violet-red tinge; all wings of same color, evenly frosted :
fore wings with a blackish basal line making a right angle at cell ; an interdiscal
line corresponding in color and direction, a little more distinct ; a corresponding
outer line with a deep outer sinus beyond discal spot, these two outer lines con-
tinued on hind wings; discal spots of all wings black, not very distinct; beneath
light fuscous, discal spots and outer line showing more broadly than above.

Colorado and California.

T. cestata n. sp. —Expanse 28-30 mm. Palpi blackish or dark gray whitish
at end ; face black below, whitish above ; thorax gray or whitish. Abdomen
dark fuscous, intermixed with gray scales and ringed with lighter color; fore
wings light gray, overlaid on all edges with fuscous black, sometimes with a
brownish tinge : this color following the costa from base, becoming a large trian-
gular spot at discal point and enlarging to another smaller triangular spot near
apex ; on outer margin it is obsolete below apex, then at middle becomes a large
rounded spot, with another at anal angle, these sometimes continuously joined as

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272 GEORGE D. HUL8T.

a raarginal hand ; the dark color is hroad along inner margin, especially centrally,
almost reaching the costal triangle; discal spots black, linear; hind wings gray,
overlaid outwardly with blackish, and along inner margin to base; beneath
ground color as above, and with much the same dark markings, except along
inner margin of fore wings.

California, very much like T. nevadata Pack., differing principally
in the color. It may be a variety of that species.

T. iniplorata n. sp. -Expands 26 mm. Palpi short, rather slender, fus-
cous; front light fuscous; thorax gray. Abdomen dark gray, ochreous at end ;
fore wings light gray or whitish, frosted, blackish in broken spots along costa. a
patch near apex being largest, somewhat brownish along inner margin, a black
basal cross-line, one geminate intra discal black line angulated outward on cell
and submedian vein, an outer black line distinct at costa, marked on veins poste-
riorly ; all veins lined with black on middle field, vein 2 heavier than the rest :
discal spot long, reaching along outer margin of cell, made of longer, somewhat
raised scales : marginal line heavy, black, somewhat broken ; hind wings long,
narrow, light gray, blackish on anal margin ; discal spot black, brownish tinted
at extreme edge; beneath faintly shadowing the surface above, the hind wings
with outward dotted cross-line.

California.

16. KIJCYlflATOGE Hiib.
Verz. 325, 1818.

Type togata Hiib.
Hypepirrifis Hiib.. Verz. 329, 1818, type impurata Hiib.
Orthonana Hiib.. Verz. 331. 1818, type vitalbata Hiib.
Hurisma Hiib., Verz. 331, 1818, type termia Hub.
Phibabipferyx Steph., Cat. 138, 1829, type te.rmUt Hiib.

Palpi moderate, scaled, porrect ; tongue developed ; cly}>eus with
small scale tuft ; antennae filiform, ciliate in both sexes ; thorax un-
tufted. Abdomen with scale tuft dorsally on each segment ; hind
tibite with all spurs present; fore wings often narrow, extended, 12
veined, two accessory cells ; hind wings 8 veins, 3 and 4 separate,
6 and 7 separate or stemmed, 8 anastomosing with cell to beyond
middle.

Species. — E. tenuata Hulst.

E. gelidata Moesch.

E. anticaria Wlk. (strattonata Pack.)

E. graefii Hulst, n. sp.

E. grandis Hulst, n. sp.

E. iutestinata Guen.

E. vitalbata Hiib.
I add E. vitnlbaia to our list as I have lately received specimens
from F. H. Wolley-Dod taken at Calgarry, Canada.

AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 273

K. graefii n. sp. — Expands 25-28 mm. Palpi rather long, gray or blackish
gray ; front strongly tufted, light gray or fuscous ; thorax fuscous. Abdomen
gray or fuscous; fore wings fuscous gray or gray, crossed by many wavy, or in
most instances very indistinct and indeterminate lines; the most prominent in
most cases are one close to base rounded dentate : a second intra discal with an
angle at subcostal and at vein la, and a third extra discal straight or slightly
concave from costa obliquely outward to between veins 5 and 6 there angled, and
then waved dentate, parallel with outer margin across the wing; the outer space
is more shaded than the middle and has a generally well marked, light, scalloped,
submarginal line ; discal spot large, distinct, blackish, oval ; hind wings fuscous
gray, faintly indicating wavy cross-lines ; discal spot dark, indistinct ; margins
of all wings black, broken at ends of veins; beneath lighter than above, silky,
with blackish along costa of fore wings, and the upper lines very faintly if at all
showing.

Mt. Hood, Washington. From Mr. E. L. Graef.

E. grsiiidis n. sp. — Expands 28 mm. Palpi rather long, fuscous ocher; front
light fuscous, tufted ; thorax fuscous, with an ocher tinge. Abdomen the same
color, with the tufts blackish ; fore wings base fuscous ocher, edged outwardly
with a fine rounded black line; beyond this to outer line the wing is lighter,
showing whitish at beginning, centrally within discal spot in a waved double
cross-line, and also in a double line at end of middle sjjace. these lighter lines
separated by fine dark lines ; outer line running obliquely outward to between
6 and 7, then turning at a right angle and following margin in quite even scal-
lops; outer spa(;e darker, especially within apex, and towards costa between the
outer line and a scalloped submarginal whitish line which runs parallel with
outer margin; margin darkly shaded on either side of ends of veins; hind
wings even, light fuscous gray, margin dark shaded on either side of veins ; be-
neath even light silky fuscous, darker and more ochreous on outer space.

Washington.

17. VENUSIA Curt.
Type camhrica Curt.

Palpi rather short, .somewhat recurved, scaled ; tongue developed ;
clypeus scaled, smooth ; antenntie of S bipectinate, of 9 filiform ;
thorax and abdomen untufted ; hind tibia? with all spurs present.
^yings rounded, fore wings 12 veins, one accessory cell ; hind wings
8 veins, 3 and 4 separate, 8 anastomosing with cell to beyond middle.

Species. — V. canibrica Curt.

f V. daodecimlineata Pack.

V. comptaria Wlk. (perlineata Pack.)
I\. incluiitaria Wlk.

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274 GEORGE D. HULST,

18. ElICHCECA Hiih.

Verz. 298, 1818.

Type obliterata Hiib,

Hydrcelin Hiib., Verz. 322. 1818. type sylvnfa Hiib.

Trichodezia Warr., Zoo. Nov. li. pt. 2, p. 119, 1895, type albovittata Guen.

Palpi short scaled, slender, porrect ; tongue developed ; front
smooth ; antennae filiform, ciliate ; thorax and abdomen untufted ;
hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs; fore wings 12 veins, one acces-
sory cell ; hind wings 8 veins, 8 anastomosing with cell to beyond
middle.

Mr. Warren says his genus Trichodezia, of which albovittata is
type, " has a long tuft of dark hairs towards the inner margin of
fore wing on underside." He does not say whether this is a sexual
j)eculiarity or common to both sexes. I have, however, been unable
to find the peculiarity in either sex after examining numerous speci-
mens, and so place it as a synonym. The venation of the hind
wings is, however, somewhat abnormal as 8 does not unite with the
cell through the basal half of the cell's length.
Species. — E. albovittata Guen.

E. californiata Pack.

E. cretaceata Pack.

E. lucata Guen.

E. albogilvaria Morr.

19. ASTHEIVA Hiib.
Verz. 310, 1818 {Epirrita Hiib., Tentanien 1810).

Type candidata Scbif.
Oporinia Hiib., Verz. 321. 1818, type dilufafa Bork.
Minoa Dup., Hist. Nat. Fr. viii. 545, 1829, type murinuta Sc.
Oporahia Steph., Ills, iii, 273, 1831, type dilutata Bork.

Palpi short, porrect ; front smooth, flat ; antennae filiform in both
sexes; thorax and abdomen untufted; fore tibiae unarmed, hind
tibiae with all spurs; fore wings 12 veins, two accessory cells; hind
wings 8 with cell to beyond middle.

As Mr. Meyrick remarks, there can be no doubt concerning the
application of this generic name, as only one species was placed
under it by Hiibner. It corresponds with the Tentamen name
Epirrita, whose type was dilutata Bork. As stated before I do not
recognize the Tentamen names, but indicate where they apply if any
])lease to make use of them.

Species. -^^4. dilutata Bork.

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20. CORYPHISTA n. gen.
Type meadii Pack.

Palpi porrect, rather long ; clypeus with a conical tuft ; antenna?
slender, flattened, minutely ciliate. Abdomen of % with lateral
pencil of hair on penultimate segment; hind tibia; with all spurs
present ; fore wings 12 veins, two accessory cells, 6 and 7 from a
point; hind wings scalloped, with lobe along inner margin in Z
near middle, with a ridge or brush of stout hairs on lower edge ;
hind wings with 8 veins, 3 and 4 separate, 6 and 7 stemmed, 8 with
cell half its length.

Species. — C meac^i/' Pack.

C. badiata Hy. Edw.

Close to Calocalpe Hub., but differing in the terminal abdominal
tuftings.

21. €AL,0€AL,PE Hub.

Verz. 330, 1818.

Type undidata Liun.
Eucosmia Stepli., 111. iii, 26.5, 1831, type undidata L.

Palpi moderate, scaled, porrect ; tongue developed ; clypeus with
scale tuft ; antennie ciliate in both sexes ; thorax and abdomen
scaled, untufted ; hind tibite with all spurs present, in % very short ;
fore wings 12 veined, with two accessory cells ; 3 and 4 separate ;
hind wings of % with fold along inner margin beneath containing
a hair tufting, 3 and 4 separate, 8 anastomosing with cell to beyond
middle.

Species.-/ C. andulata L.

22. CATO€L,OTHIS n. gen.
Cydica G/t., Can. Ent. xiv, 174, 1882.

Type fronddria Grt.

Palpi long, porrect, or somewhat drooping ; clypeus somewhat
drooping ; antennae of % bipectinate ; thorax with a dorsal posterior
tuft. Abdomen tufted at end ; hind legs with all spurs present ;
fore wings 11 veins, two accessory cells, 6 long stemmed with 7, 8
and 9 arising from nearly the same point as 7, 10 wanting; hind
wings 8 veins, 5 near 4, 6 and 7 stemmed, 8 with cell more than
half its length ; all wings extended.

Peculiar in having but 11 veins in the fore wings, and als(j in
having in the hind wings vein 5 arising almost at a point with 4 ;

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276 GEORGE D. HULST.

also in hind wings vein 8 is strongly divided at base forming an ap-
proach to the fovea sometimes seen in the Ennominse. The only
species known is very considerably like Selidosema (Boannia) in
appearance. The genus is abundantly distinct from Chesias, being
like it only in superficial appearance and the outward form of the
wings ; the antennse are bipectinate in the S , not dentate as Mr.
Grote says. Mr. Grote's name Cyclica is preoccupied.
Species. — C. frondaria Grt.

23. PHILEREIflE Hiib.
Verz. 330, 1818.

Type rhamnata Schif.

f^cotosia Steph.. Ills, iii, 259, IB.'il, type rhamnata Schif.

Palpi moderate, scaled, porrect ; tongue developcvl ; clypeus scale
tufted ; antennae ciliate in both sexes ; thorax sometimes tufted.
Abdomen untufted, in % with anal claspers large, exserted ; hind
tibiae with all spurs present ; fore wings 12 veined, two accessory
cells, 3 and 4 separate ; hind wings 8 veined, 3 and 4 separate, 8
with cell to beyond middle.

In my opinion a doubtful genus, as the distinctive character, the
exserted claspers of the % , seems to be comparative, and to some
extent variable as based upon the circumstances of the death of the
insect.

Species. — P. californiata Pack.
P. multivagata Hulst.
P. formosa Hulst, n. sp.

P. Torinosa n. sp. — Expands 35 mm. Palpi moderate fuscous ; thorax fus-
cous. Abdonieu ochreous, washed with fuscous, each segment lined with black
posteriorly ; fore wings light fuscous gray, banded and shaded with smoky fus-
cous; basal poi-tion with two faint shadow lines, followed by a smoky brown,
even broad shading, obsolete at costa, reaching from subcostal to inner margin ;
beyond this, edging the basal field a wavy black line ; the median space is smoky
fuscous, broader at costa than inner margin, outer line rounded between veins
forming an extended dull angle between 4 and 5 ; beyond this the ground color
and beyond this a submarginal waved dentate whitish line, edged both sides with
smoky fuscous, somewhat brownish on inner side ; an apical black spot, followed
beneatli by a second and larger one ; mai'ginal line black ; hind wings even light
ocher fusc^ous, the veins slightly darkened ; beneath on fore wings fuscous to
outer field then lighter, except towards apex ; hind wings with median black
line ; discal joints evident above and below, quite prominent on fore wings above.

Colorado. From Mr. Bruce.

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Differs from tlie typical Philereme in the fact that the thorax i?
tufted posteriorly, and the vestiture is very decidedly hairy on the
fore wings.

24. PHYL.ACE n. gen.
Type luteolata Hulst.

Palpi long, somewhat drooping or porrect, slender, rather heavily
haired ; clypeus with conical tuft ; antennse of S bipectinate, of 9
bidentate ; thorax with posterior dorsal tuft. Abdomen of l tufted
at end ; hind tibiae with all spurs present ; fore wings 12 veins, two
accessory cells, 6 somewhat stemmed with 7 ; hind wings 8 veins, 3
and 4 separate, 6 and 7 separate, 8 joined with cell one-half its
length.

Very close to Eustroma Hiib., from which it differs in tiie struc-
ture of the antenme, and the absence of the hair pencil of the fore
wings in % . It differs from Neolexia in the latter respect.
Species. — P. luteolata Hulst, n. sp.

/ P. luteolata n. sp. — Expands 32 40 mm. Palpi yellow ochreous, fuscous
or hlackish at extreme tip ; antennte, head, thorax, abdomen and wings yellow
ochreous, the thorax a little mixed with fuscous scales and the abdomen yellowish
laterally; fore wings with four yellowish brown lines arranged as in Neolexia
xyJina. and of the same general course, but without the base, middle field or outer
part being filled in with darker color: between these bands are fainter cross-lines,
or faint broader shadings of narrow bands of same color with the more distinct
cross-lines ; hind wings more yellowish outwardly, with indications of lines
within anal angle scarcely evident; beneath ochreous, the outer middle line evi-
dent on fore wings and a marginal subapical spot darker than the ground color ;
hind wings with two faint middle lines crossing the wing.

Two males, one female. Colorado and New Mexico. The insect is
very much of the color and general appearance of Eustroma diversi-
liiieatum, with the lines in the shape of those of E. populatum or E.
prunatum. It has probably been regarded as a fin-m of E. diver.n-
lineata, but is very distinct as having bipectinate antennae and want-
ing the hair pencil on the fore wings below in the male.

25. EUSTROMA Hiib.
Verz. 33.5, 1818.

Type prunuta L.

Palpi rather long, porrect ; front tufted ; antenme of % filiform
eiliate, or somewhat serrate ; fore tibiae unarmed, hind tibiae with all
spurs present, without hair pencil in % ; fore wings with two acces-
sory cells, 12 veins, in % with strong pencil of hairs beneath at
base of 16; hind wings 8 veins, 8 with base to beyond middle.

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278 GEORGE D. HULST.

Species./- E. diversilineatum Hub.
E. populatam L.
E. testatum, L.
E. destinatum Moesch.
E. pnuiatum L.
fE. imbilatum Pack.
E. atrocoloratwn Grt.
E. explanatum Walk, (cunigerata Wlk.)

26. JKEOL.EXIA n. gen.
Type xylina Hulst.

Palpi long, porrect, or somewhat drooping, second segment long
haired ; tongue quite strong ; clypeus with a conical tuft ; antenna'
of % bipectinate ; thorax with dorsal tuft of hairs posteriorly. Legs
with all spurs present ; fore wings 12 veined, with two accessory cells
and with a strong pencil of hairs below near base of 1 b ; hind wings
8 veins, 4 and 5 separate, 6 and 7 separate, 8 joined with the cell
one-half its length.

Species. — N. xylina Hulst, n. sp.
N. speciosa Hulst, n. sp.

N. xylina n. sp. — Expands 38-40 mm. Palpi and head ocbreous fuscous;
antenuie fuscous, with a slight ochreous tinge ; thorax ocbreous. the post-dorsal
tuft yellowish. Abdomen buif on the sides, posteriorly somewhat reddish bri)wn ;
fore wings grayish and brown, the latter forming a broad band filling the basal
field about one-fourth of the length of wing along costa, with two or three rather
faint, darker, subparallel cross-lines included, the outer margin unevenly sinuate,
the most prominent bend, almost a dentation, being on cell ; this is followed by a
band of grayish considerably stained with brown, the outer edge being unevenly
sinuous, the strongest bend being at the submedian tiutwardly, then follows a
very broad brown band, broader at costa than on the inner margin with tAvo in-
cluded sinuate shade lines near middle, these showing with whitish along costa;
the outer edge of the band is unevenly sinuate, rounded inwardly below costa,
where it is edged outwardly with whitish, then rounded outwardly and strongly
at the middle and again below, then running straight to costa. the scallops being
divided by teeth at veins 2, 3 and 4, that at 4 being the least prominent ; beyond
the wing is grayish with brown tintings, with three black triangular spots, base
inward beyond the white lunul« beyond disc, and with a brownish subtriangular
spot on outer edge below apex ; marginal line black broken ; hind wings fuscous
gray, blackish lines showing on inner margin outwardly and fading into indis-
tinct dentate lines across the wing ; beneath ochreous gray, powdered with brown-
ish on the f()re wings, the outer part of the middle band and the outer subapical
spot showing; on hind wings a faint submarginal line dentate emphasized at the
points giving the appearance of a row of faint blackish spots.

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New York, Washington, Montana, Alberta, Canada. Very much
in appearance like Eastroma prunata, with which it may have been
confounded, but easily distinguished by the bipectinate antennae.

The specimen received from Calgarry has the cross-bands blackish
instead of brown, and the hind wings have a more distinct banding.

Bf . Kpeciosn n. sp. — Expands 40 mm. Palpi dark fuscous : front blackish
fuscous : front black ; antennte black above, fuscous ochreous below ; thorax dark
fuscous, the tufts bright orange-yellow. Abdomen gray, mixed with fuscous,
with white dorsal line and with each segment black subdorsally and posteriorly ;
fore wings base black with some gray scales across middle, a broad white intra-
discal band beyond, shaded with yellowish, except at edges, and with some mixing
of blackish scales, a discal band beyond this black, rather narrower than the
intra-discal, very slightly lightened at middle: outer space white shaded with
yellow and olive to edge ; a scalloped submarginal line, the lunules white without
black within, with two heavy black triangular spots below costa near apex, and
a large subapical black spot along edge lined above and inwardly with white ; a
broken submarginal black line; hind wings smoky gray with two outer scalloped
lines both edged with whitish outwardly ; beneath smoky to outer part of discal
band on both wings, then a whitish band ; on fore wings beyond this smoky, with
whitish at apex, and on hind wings with a blackish cross-line, the outer space
whitish.

One % , Calgarry, Alberta, Canada. From Mr. F. H. Wolley-Dod.

This may be a variety of N. xyliiia Hulst, but the color and
shaping of the bands is different, and there is difference of position
in the lines of the hind wings.

27. PL,EMYRIA Hiib.
Verz. 327, 1818 {Rheumaptera Hiib. Tentamen 1810).
Type bicolorafa Hiib.

Cosmorhoe Hiib., V'erz. 326, 1818, type galiata Hiib.
Epirrhoe Hiib., Verz. 328, 1818, type rivata Hiib.
Eidypa Hiib., Verz., 328, 1818. type hastata L.
Melariippe Dup., Hist. Nat. viii, 277, 1829, type hast.aia L.

Palpi moderate, scaled ; tongue developed ; clypeus somewhat
scale tufted ; antennae filiform ciliate in both sexes ; thorax and ab-
domen smooth; hind tibite w'ith all spurs; fore wings 12 veins, one
accessory cell ; hind wings, 8 veins, 6 and 7 stemmed, 8 with cell to
beyond middle.

This corresponds to the Tentamen genus Rheumaptera, the type
of which was hastata. Mr. Meyrick calls this genus Plemyria, of
which hicolorata Hiib. is the type. Cosmorhoe was named by Hiib-
ner with galiata Hiib. as type. Galiata and bicolorata are conge-

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280 GEORGE D. HULST.

neric. Cosmorhoe has priority of page, though not of time. The
name Pleviyria must stand as the genus name, however, under the
code.

Species. — P. hastata L.

P. tristata L.

P. sociata L.

P. delimitata Warr.

P. georgii Hulst, n. sp.
/p. ruhrosuifumta Pack.

P. obductata Moesch.

P. georgii u. sp. — Expands 28-31 mm. Palpi quite long, prominent, por-
rect, end member drooping, fuscous gray ; clypeus and thorax dark gray. Abdo-
men mouse-gray to blackish gray ; fore wings mouse or fuscous gray, with a faint
violet tinge ; basal line lighter, distinct, sinuous, edged within with a darkish
band ; a middle black line narrow, rounded to behind cell then pointed outwardly
on veins, extending in general direction outwardly towards inner margin; an
outer fine black line rounded outwardly to vein 3, then angulated inwardly on
veins to inner margin, the lines on veins joining those of median line separating
the median space into rounded dots, these sometimes entirely separated, the veins
becoming lighter between the parted black line ; the lines have a darker brownish
or reddish band within the middle space forming a large rounded discal anniilus,
which is lighter in the middle, this enclosing the discal spot; outer space darker,
again enclosing an evenly scalloped, distinct, whitish outer line ; marginal line
broken black ; hind wings mouse-gray or ocher-gray, with a gubmarginal cloud-
ing forming an indistinct band ; beneath gray fuscous ; fore wings with faint line
beyond discal spot and faint submarginal band ; hind wings w'ith black discal
spot, and a fine, quite distinct line beyond marginal space, some darker.

California, Nevada, Washington, Vancouver Island.

28. ZENOPHLEPS n. gen.
Type lignocolorata Pack.

Palpi prominent, heavy, porrect ; tongue developed ; clypeus
scaled with strongly developed scale tuft ; antennte bipectinate in
% , filiform in $ ; thorax untufted. Abdomen .somewhat tufted at
end in S ; hind tibiae with all spurs present. Wings broad, even ;
fore wings 12 veined, one accessory cell, 5 nearer 6 than 4, 6 and 7
stemmed, separate from 8 and 9 ; hind wings 8 veins, 8 with cell to
beyond middle.

As Mr. Meyrick remarks, in speaking of Cataclysme Hiib., a cor-
responding European genus, the venation is very anomalous among
the Hydriomenidse, and is, so far as the relations of 6 and 7 with 8
and 9 of the fore wings go, the same as the distinctive venation of
the Strophidiinse. The rest of the venation is distinctively of the

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present family, as is the whole aspect of the species. Mr. Meyrick
explains these as anomalous forms in which the posterior wall of the
second accessory cell has become obsolete ; he therefore speaks of
the insect as having two accessory cells in fore wings. Zenophlep-f
differs^'om Catachjsme Hiib. in having bipectinate antennae in the S .
jf>6\)ec'ies.-~Z._Ug)d&alaaxULPack,^

Z. obscunda Hulst, n. sp.

Z. «bsciirat« ii. sp. — Expands 26 mm. Palpi ochreous brown, blackish
towards end ; head ochreous fuscous, with thorax and abdomen of same color;
fore wings grayish, well mixed with blackish scales, and with many not very
decided blackish cross-lines, and the whole washed with yellow ochreous, espe-
cially on the outer third ; the lines are arranged in three bands, the first basal,
the second median within the black discal spot, the third beyond the discal spot ;
they all are lighter between the limiting lines, are quite evenly rounded out-
wardly, pretty evenly dentate on lioth sides the middle one being the most even :
the outer one has two or three little white spots outwardly at veins 2. 3 and 4;
outer space arranged in two or three lighter and darker bauds, sharply and evenly
dentate; a line of black marginal spots: fringe concolorous with outer part of
wing ; hind wings corresponding very much to pattern of fore wings, but all basal
markings lost, and middle band showing in a rounded, distinct, blackish line;
beneath fuscous gray, the bajids on both wings showing in deejier color, rather
solid and quite decidedly manifest in a broad marginal band on both wings.

One male, Siskiyou County, California.

29. ENCHORIA n. gen.
Type osculata Hulst.

Palpi short, rough, hairy ; front rough scaled, scarcely tufted ;
tongue developed ; antennae of % flattened, dentate, finely ciliate
below ; thorax with a double anterior tuft, and also a low postei'ior
tuft. Abdomen slightly tufted at end ; hind tibiae with two pairs
of spurs; fore wings two accessory cells, 12 veins; hind wings 8
veins, H and 7 stemmed, 8 with cell to beyond middle.

Differs from Gijpsochroa Hiib. in that the antennae are eveidv
ciliate, not fascicled with hairs.

Species. — E. osculata Hulst, n. s^:*.

E. osculata n. sp.— Expands 24 mm. Palpi, front and thorax fuscous, with
black scales intermixed, the whole vestiture being squamose and diifuse. Abdo-
men ditf .ise, fuscous, the first segment being more blackish and the fourth blackish
doi-sally ; fore wings fuscous, the whole surface covered with more or le.ss faint,
dentate, or wavy lines, parallel with the rounded outer margin ; these show most
decidedly by a faint basal cross-band, somewhat darker than the ground color,
edged inwardly and outwardly by a more grayish color, tiie dentations of the
outer lines marked with black ou veins ; discal si)ots iironiinent black with wliitjsii

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flecks beyond ; outer lines most prominent, geminate, gray, sinusecl outwardly
between veins 5 and 2, dentate wavy all their length ; a submarginal, faint, wavy
gray line : fringes color of wings with lighter intermissions ; hind wings rather
satiny white, slightly stained with fuscous and with black atoms basally and
along inner margin : beneath dull white on all wings, fuscous stained along costa,
speckled with black scales basally on fore wings and all over hind wings with
large blackish spot at apex of fore wings divided by whitish line, all wings with
black discal spots.

Southern California.

30. PERCIVOPTILOTA n. gen.
Type flnvuda Hiib.
Plemyrie Hiib., Verz. 334. 1818, type fluviafa Hiib.

Palpi rather long, porrect ; tongue developed ; front with conical
tuft of scales ; antennae of S filiform, with fascicles of hairs on
each segment ; thorax without posterior tuft. Abdomen tufted at
end; hind tibi?e with two pairs of spurs; fore wings 12 veined, two
accessory cells; hind wings 8 veins, 6 and 7 stemmed, 8 with cell to
beyond middle.

Plemyrie Hiib., applied to this species, is preoccupied by Plemyria
Hiib., the names being the same, one partially, the other entirely
latinized. _

Species.^ P. fiuviaia Hiib.

31. IflESOLEVCA Hiib.
Verz. 326, 1818.

Type (dbicillafa Linn.
Glaucopteryx Hiib., Verz. 332. 1818, type csesiata Lang.
Melanthia Dup., Hist. Nat. viii, 252, 1829, type procellata Fab.
Camptogramma Steph., 111. iii, 263, 1831, type bilineafa L.

Palpi moderate ; front with tuft of scales ; tongue developed ; an-
tennae of % filiform ciliate ; thorax with or without posterior tuft.
Abdomen sometimes tufted at end ; hind tibiae with all spurs, fore
wings with two accessory cells, 12 veins ; hind wings 8 veins, 6 and
7 stemmed, 8 with cell to bevond middle.

JM. ruficiliata^juen. 31. silaceata var. defiavata Stand.

(M. qratulata Walk, (brunneicil- M. albolineata Pack.

/ J/, ciemtid Bork. [lata Pack.) 31. suspectata Moesch.

/ 31. lacudnda Guen. 31. hersiliata Guen.

31. brutmeimaculata Bates. M. ethela Hnlst, n. sp.

31. truncata Hiib. (31. vasal iata Guen.

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M. etiiela n. sp. — Expands 30 mm. Palpi and head fuscous ochreous ; an-
tennae fuscous; thorax fuscous ochreous. Abdomen fuscous gray; fore wings
cream color from base one-third out, with a shading of blackish scales along costa
at base, terminated outwardly by a rounded dentate line ; beyond, a broad dark
gray band with veins all somewhat darker lined, this baud sciilloped outwardly,
the scallop being most prominent at vein 4, and the dentations marked by the
veins; beyond this band a cream colored line broadening towards costa, followed
by a broad dark gray submarginal band, which is somewhat reddish next to the
cream colored line ; margin blackish ; hind wings whitish, a little fuscous tinted
outwardly, with line of blackish marginal spots along outer border; beneath
light cream fuscous, with darker outer shadings; hind wings whitish fuscous.

One % Sierra Nevada, California.

32. HYDRIOMENA Hub.
Verz. 322, 1818.

Type trifasciata Bork.
Euphyia Hiib., Verz. 326, 1818, type picata Hiib.
f Perisoma Hiib.. Verz. 331, 1818, type adsequata Bork.
f Enfephria Hiib., Verz. 331, 1818, type Jlavicinctata Hiib.
Chlorodysta Hiib.. Verz. 332, 1818, type miata L.
Dysstroma Hiib., Verz. 333, 1818, type iruncata Hufn.
Harpahjce Steph., Cat. ii, 131, 1829, type fulvata Forst.
Ypsipetes Steph., Cat. ii, 138, 1829, type trifasciata Bork.
Einmelesia Steph., Cat. ii. 147, 1829, type decolorata Hiib.
Msesia Steph., 111. iii, 150, 1831, type decolorata Hiib.
Poli/phrasia Steph., 111. iii, 227, 1831, type immanafa Haw.
Enthalia Steph., 111. iii. 252, 1831. type miata L.
Thera Steph.. 111. iii. 271, 1831, type simnlata Hiib.
Phasylc Dup., Cat. Meth. 254, 1844, type malvafa Eamb.
Ceratodalia Pack., Geom. Moths. .322, 1876, type gueneata Pack.

Palpi moderate or long; tongue of % developed; front with or
without scale tuft ; antennae flattened, often naked, shortly and finely
ciliate below ; thorax ,vith posterior tuft more or less developed.
Abdomen often tufted at end ; hind tibise with all sjDurs ; fore wing.«
with two accessory cells, 12 veins; hind wings 8 veins, 6 and 7
stemmed, 8 with cell to beyond middle.

Tins genus, with what I have placed under Mesoleuca, Cceiiocalpe,
Trijjhosa, Enchoria and (jri/psoehroa, are all grouped by Mr. Mey-
rick under Hijdriomeim. He recognises there are very considerable
diffei'ences in structure which would easily warrant generic separa-
tion, but tliinks the species .so intergrade in every structural point
that it is impossible to draw a distinct line anywhere. I agree with
him entirely, yet think it wiser to draw an artificial Hne than to
lump very widely variant species under one genus, wliicli thus be-
comes very large and unwieldy, as well as discordant. In very few

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284 GEORGE D. HULST.

.species is there any doubt as to the group in which they natural!}'
fall, and I have in a sort of a way made Hydrloniena the refuge of
species whose S I have not seen, and whose exact reference cannot
therefore be given. The sjiecies under it are yet in respect to palpi,
antennae, thoracic tuftings, and the position of vein 6 of fore wings
very variable, but I hesitate to make any further divisions, as the
bulk of species lie midway between the extremes. Trifasclata, the
type of Hydrioinena, has very long palpi, and is in some other re-
spects rather an extreme species.

Species : —

H. sordidata Fab. (H. mulUferata Walk.

H. trifasciata Bork, H. curviUnea Hulst, u. sj).

H. californiata Pack. H. immediata Grt.

H. speciosata Pack. H. costiguttata Hulst, n. sp.

H. reflata Grt. H. gueneata Pack.

H. similaris Hulst, n. sp. H. mirabilata Grt.

H. contmcta Pack. H. unangulata Haw.

H. sparsimacula Hulst, n. sp. H. neomexicana Hulst, n. sp.

H. herbicohda Hulst, n. sp. H. audvalata Hulst.

H. basaliata AValk. H. custodlata Gueu.

H. latirnpta Walk. If. ahhda Hulst, n. sp.

H. similaris n. sp. — Expands 28-31 mm. Palpi blackish gray ; front dark
gray; thorax same color with more of gray, with a posterior tufting blackish at
end. Abdomen fuscous; fore wings base gray, mixed with scattered black scales,
limited by a black line somewhat oblique, angled at cell, then a broad band of
blackish, lightened with gray scales which run in the form of two narrow broad
cross-lines; this band reaches only to the discal point, the outer limiting black
line passing through the discal point rounding out to it from costa thence in-
wardly to below cell, then outwardly to inner margin ; then comes a compara-
tively narrow grayish band, not distinctly limited outwardly, having near its
outer edge the outer black cross-line which is wavy dentate, with its two most
jn-ominent and equal protuberances between veins 2 and 3 and 3 and 4 ; outer
space dark, much lightened behind middle, and with two or three subapical
l>lack dashes ; hind wings light fuscous; all margins blackish ; beneath, color of
hind wijigs above, on fore wings darker along costa and outwardly towards apex'

C/olorado. From Mr. Graef.

H. siblata n. sp. — Expands 28 mm. Palpi fuscous gray ; thorax and front
fuscous. Abdomen fuscous, each segment with a black anterior line ; fore wings
light gray, with blackish lines and shadings : base dark fuscous, mixed with gray ;
))asal line rounded outwardly at cell, and angled inwardly at la ,• beyond base an
intra-discal gray band sprinkled with black scales, then a blackish discal band
narrower than usual, scalloped on both sides, the teeth on the veins and towards

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each other reaching so far in towards hiiier margin as to almost form ringlets,
then an extra-discal gray band much clouded and striated with blackish scales,
with a deep cloud along costa. with a black siibmarginal line, scallojjed, outwardly
dentate; marginal space blackish below apex; hind wings fuscous, with a faint
middle lighter cross-line; beneath light fuscous, faintly revealing the markings
above.

Arizona.

H. sparsiinaciila n. sp. — Expands 28 mm. Palpi light cinereous, black
at end ; front and thorax gray. Abdomen fuscous dorsally, much lighter on sides
and below: fore wings light glaucous gray, washed with fuscous, with dark mark-
ings along costa showing the beginning of basal, discal, extra-discal and outer
cross-lines, these discernible across the wing only by the lighter edgir.g cross-lines
and a few black scales; a black spot at middle of inner margin and another at
anal angle ; also one or two small black spots at apex ; hind wings dull whitish,
with two faint, even rounded, broad cross-lines, and a faint submarginal line ;
beneath even, lighter, very faintly showing markings above.

California ; near some variations of H. caiifoniiata Pack., espe-
cially those of the glaucata form.

H. neo-mexicaiia u. sp. — Expands 38-42 mm. Palpi fuscous above,
blackish on sides and below; under part of head whitish ;. face fuscous black;
thorax dark fuscous to grayish black. Abdomen dark fuscous, ringed with lighter
fuscous, a blackish spot dorsally on each segment. Wings varying from light to
dark fuscous, in fresh specimens darker, and then with a grayish olive shading;
the whole surface of the fore wings is covered with scalloped cross-lines of vary-
ing intensity, the rounded part outward and generally subparallel, the lines being
of a lighter color, the intersi)aces darker; at the base the darker color is empha-
sized by blackish forming a darker basal space, then a broad, genex'ally lighter
space to a broad central darker band, the inner line of this heavily shaded with
blackish outwardly, the outer line with blackish inwardly, the inner dentate
scalloped, the outer more irregular than usual with two strongly projecting outer
scallops on veins 3 and 4; a submarginal outer line whitish, serrate on both sides ;
hind wings rather even fuscous, with faint indications of scalloped lines out-
wardly, especially near inner angle ; beneath both wing-s light fuscous with a
♦[uite blackish undulating hair line beyond middle, and a broad, even, submar-
ginal, blackish band ; marginal lighter, fringe checkered with black at end of
veins.

Described from a number of specimens in collection of Neumoegen
and myself. Mr. Neumoegen's specimens are without locality,
though I think they were said to be from Florida. My own speci-
mens are from New Mexico (Cockerell), Colorado (Gillette) and
Florida.

H. herbicolata n. s]). — Expands 18-20 mm. Palpi short, rather coai-sely
haired, blackish or black and ocher gray mixed ; clypeus rather coarsely long
haired, somewhat tufted ; tliorax rather squamose, black and gray intermixed.
Abdomen fuscous ocher and black intermixed, the basal segment darker than the

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286 GEORGE D. HULST.

rest ; fore wings light fuscous gray, basal space blackish followed by an indeter-
minate broad cross-line somewhat angulated, which is followed by an indistinct
dark band often showing only on the outer edges, this band being wavy sinuous
and of the same width across the wing, and on its outer side almost touching the
black discal spot; an outer sinuous whitish line, often clear white on costal half,
angulated outward at vein 6, then an irregular inner sinus running outward to
an angle at vein 4, this angle almost reaching the edge of wing, thence the line
is wavy angulate, subparallel with edge of wing to inner margin ; this line is
edged within with a broad dark band which generally is evident only on lines
limiting edge and is sometimes faint and indeterminate, sometimes with black
dashes on veins 2, 3 and 4 ; outer space clouded below apex and a marginal line
of black dashes hardly broken ; hind wings light gray, darker towards base with
black discal spot: beneath lighter than above, the outer lines showing, the white
line much broader with whiiish apical spot; hind wings color as above with two
fine cross-lines, the inner straight across the wings, the outer rounded, scalloped.

Havilah, Cal., two males, two females. From Hy. Edwards, No.
7641.

There is much difference in the two sexes, the males being much
more distinctly marked and lined, and especially with the outer white
line.

H. cnrvilinea. n. sp. — Expands 28 mm. Palpi short, somewhat long scaled,
black and gray intermixed ; clypeus and thorax gray. Abdomen ochreous ; fore
wings dull clay white, a blackish even basal cross-baud scarcely curved, another
corresponding band on middle field evenly curved across wing, edged within by
a faint light tinge; outer field with a band distinct at costa, broken and indeter-
minate across wings, showing mostly as dark dashes on veins ; outer space dai'ker,
more broad apically, showing an included dentate line parallel with outer margin ;
marginal line black ; hind wings light clay fuscous with faint double median
cross-line; beneath much as above, but much fainter.

Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

H. COStiguttata n. sp. — Expands 25 mm. Palpi blackish gray ; front gray,
black below ; thorax light gray on extreme front, collar and posteriorly, with a
black band across between anterior half of base of fore wings. Abdomen white,
stained somewhat on antei'ior part of segments with fuscous. Wings white,
somewhat stained with fuscous ; fore wings with two subtriangular black spots
along costa, followed in each case by fine geminate wavy black lines limiting the
middle field, the course being much as in X. abrasnria H.-Sch., the veins on the
course of these lines somewhat marked with black dashes; outer field clouded,
faintly showing submarginal lighter scalhiped line; marginal line black, broken,
two spots between each of the veins; hind wings with faint median line, mar-
ginal line as on fore wings; beneath slightly darker, costal .spots indistinct, lines
indistinct, almost obsolete.

California, from Hy. Edwards. In a2:)pearance very much like
Thamnonoma subcessuria Walk.

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33. TRIPHOSA Steph.
Cat. 44, 1829.

Type dnhitata L.

Palpi rather long, stout, long scaled at base, subascending ; tongue
developed ; front with scale tuft ; antennae of % slightly flattened,
finely ciliate ; thorax tufted posteriorly. Abdomen tufted at end ;
hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs ; fore wings two accessory cells,
12 veins; hind wings 8 veins, 6 and 7 stemmed, 8 with cell to be-
yond middle, outer margin of wings scalloped.

Plerocyinia Hiib., Verz. 330, 1818, has dubitata catalogued under
it, but the first and more prominent species, eervinata has bipectinate
antennae, and taking that as type, the genus becomes a synonym of
Xanthorhce Hiib., Verz. 327, 1818.
Species. — T. dubitata Linn.

T. progressata Walk, (indubitata Grt.)

34. C<E]¥OCAl,PE Hiib.

Verz. 330. 1818.
Coryihea Dup., Cat. Meth. 257, 1844, type juniperata L.
Stnmnodes Guen., Phal. ii, 515, 1857, typo pauperaria Evers.

Palpi moderate, or quite long ; tongue developed ; front smooth,
.sometimes flat, sometimes rounded and protuberant ; antennae of %
filiform, flattened, finely ciliate beneath ; thorax and abdomen un-
tufted ; fore tibiae unarmed ; hind tibiae with all spurs ; fore wings
12 veins, two accessory cells; hind wings 8 with cell to beyond
middle.

A genus as here limited with considerable variation in structure.
The species agree, however, in the flattened antennae of the S .

Species : —
C. aurata Grt. fc. gibbocostata Walk.

iTj. maqnoliata Guen. C. annellata Hulst.

f C._ oxuqramma, Hulst. n. sp. C. morrisata Hulst.

' G carneaia Pack^ C. tessellata Pack.

C. alaskce Hulst, n. sp. C. fervifactaria Grt.

fC. parinotata^felL (C. formo.mta Streck,

fc. polygrammata Hulst. n. sp. C. seifertii Neum.

C. alaskse n. sp.— Expands 28 mm. Palpi blackish and ochreous, slender, por-
rect, strongly scaled ; clypeus tufted ; antennse fuscous ochreous, flattened, scarcely
ciliate beneath; thorax ochreous. Abdomen ochreous, interlined with fuscous
ochreous on each segment ; fore wings ochreous brown, darker on basal field and
medially, the latter forming a distinct band quite even and of even width en-

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288 GEORGE D. HULST.

closing the distinct discal spot at about its middle: outer space also darker, edged
within with a sinuous dark line followed by a line of ground color, and the band
broken by the lighter veins which are of the ground color of the wings ; mar-
ginal line brown ; hind wings light oehreous, becoming more pronounced ochre-
ous outwardly : beneath all wings of an even smoky oehreous color, the fore
wings showing a shade darker outwardly, and within apex along costa.

Alaska. Two specimens from Prof. Riley, neither in good con-
dition.

V. |»olygraniinata n. sp.— Expands 18-22 mm. Palpi gray or blackisli
gray, extended, heavy, porrect or drooping; clypeus tufted, gray or blackish
gray : thorax slightly tufted posteriorly, gray or blackish gray. Abdomen ringed,
varying from light to dark gray, and also sometimes stained with ocher ; fore
wings light gray to gray crossed by many nearly parallel cross-lines, these not so
heavy generally on basal space, and on outer space, giving in most cases the ap-
pearance of a broad central band running evenly across the wing, the discal por-
tion narrowly being a shade lighter, and the outer and inner lines here being
less parallel ; the outer space is sometimes narrowly lighter outside middle band,
often broadly so, the whole space being of the same color, and this and basal
spa(!e often also tinted with ocher yellow : margin somewhat darker, with a nar-
row, even, dentate, whitish line parallel with outer margin.

Colorado, from Mr. Bruce ; California, from Dr. Riley ; Ariz.

C. oxygi-amiiia n. sp.— Expands 34 mm. Palpi and face fuscous gray, the
palpi short and scaly : thorax light gray, patagise whitish. Abdomen ringed with
gray and whitish, ocher tinted towards end; fore wings white, somewhat dull,
with blackish cross-lines, the first basal bent even, extreme base blackish, then a
narrow band within discal spot bent outward at cell, then wavy to before vein 1,
there bent at a right angle towards base following the Hue, then again bent at a
right angle to inner margin, this darker on margins and the same width across
the wing; another band of like width and color beyond discal spot sinuous, with
three bends across the wing in the general direction of outer margin merging
with previous band at middle of wing and then separating to inner margin, the
two bands thus enclosing a long costal space and a rounded triangular space at
inner margin ; another band inc(miplete, but well marked near apex and again
at vein 5, almost obsolete otherwise ; marginal line of black dots, discal spot
black, the outer cell and veins tinged with yellow ; hind wings light gray, with
trace of median and marginal cross-lines: beneath as above, but less distinct, the
two middle bands scarcely joining.

Havilah, Cal. From Henry Edwards.

35. 9IEL.A:V0I*TIL0X H.-Sch.
Aiisen. Schme. 1855.

Tyjjc bifenesfntfinn H.-Sch.
Emplocia Guen., Phal. ii, .531, 1857, type hespe rid arid Guen.
Palj)i short, porrect ; tongue developed ; front short scaled, broad,
somewhat rounded ; anteiuue flattened, even, or suhdentate in % ,
flattened, filiform in 9 . Thorax and abdomen untufted, very closely

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scaled ; fore tibiae unarmed, hind tibiae with all spurs. Wings very
closely short scaled ; fore wings very rounded at apex, 12 veins, two
accessory cells, 10 and 11 from cell; hind wings 8 veins, 3 and 4
widely separate, 5 nearer 4 than 6, 6 and 7 stemmed, 8 with cell to
beyond middle.

The genus is scarcely warranted, as it is not sharply distinct struc-
turally from C(enocalpe, but it has a very different color aspect, has
rounded fore wings, and the vestiture of body and wings is veiy
short and close.

Species. — M. cephisarimn Grt.

31. cephisarium Grt. may be Melanchoria inconstans Hiib.

36. MARMOPTERYX Pack.
Geom. Moths, 259, 1876.

Type marmorata Pack.
Marmaropteryx Gump. Nova Act. Halle, 49, 332, 1887.

Palpi short, rather heavy ; tongue developed ; clypeus very promi-
nent, rounded, swollen, scaled, subcircular; antennae of % flattened,
the segments even, of 9 filiform ; thorax and abdomen untufted ;
fore legs with tibiae spined at end ; hind legs with two pairs of spurs ;
fore wings 12 veined, two accessory cells, 10 and 11 from cell, 3 and
4 from a point ; hind wings 8 veins, 3 and 4 separate, 6 and 7 short
stemmed, 8 anastomosing with cell to beyond middle.

The species of this genus and other species formerly grouped
under 3Iarmopteryx beyond question belong to the Hydriomeuidte.
They have no affinities whatever, so far as I can see, with the En-
nomidae, or the old subfamily Macariidse, where they were formerly
placed.

Species. — 31. marmorata Pack.

31. odontata Hulst, n. sp.

M. odontata n. sp. — Expands 38-44 mm. Near 31. mnrmoratn Pack., of
which it may be the Colorado form, though very different in appearance. Palpi
reddish ocher: front less reddish, summit of head ocher; collar and anterior part
of patajiiiB reddish ocher, the rest of the thorax light ocher, as is also the abdo-
men. Wings light ocher. more reddish along costa and on outer field, and de-
cidedly so on either side costally of the outer line. The color of costa broken
by two squares of lighter color ; outer line distinct towards costa. broad, whitish,
rounded at vein 5. fading out towards inner margin ; hind wings evenly colored,
the band below faintly showing through ; fringes of fore wings checkered with
white, of hind wings uniform white; beneath as above in markings, the outer
field lighter, the rest of the wing darker than above; outer field white at apex,
smoky posteriorly, reddish on both sides of outer line at costa; hind wings white.

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brown striations forming an indistinct band on outer margin, a similar band
beginning at anal angle and reaching one-half across wing ; at the middle another
even band, red, forming an angle at vein 6; base somewhat striated with brown.
Legs darker than thorax.

Colorado. The general markings are like marmorata Pack, above,
but differ very decidedly below.

37. GYPSOC'HROA Hiib.
Verz. 336, 1818.

Type albiilata Scbif.

Cidaria Treits., Sch. Eu. vi, 2, 242. 1828, type designnta Rott.

Z nodonfa Sodof., Bull. Soc. Mosc. p. 126, 1837, type designata Rott.

Palpi moderate, or quite long, porrect ; front with tuft of scales ;
tongue developed ; antennae dentate, with fascicles of hairs on each
.segment ; thorax with low posterior tuft. Abdomen tufted at end ;
hind tibise with all spurs; fore wings 12 veins, two accessory cells ;
hind wings 8 veins, 6 and 7 stemmed, 8 with cell to beyond middle.
Species. -/-G. designata Bork.

G. hcesitata Guen. (albosignata Pack).

38. EURHINOSEA Pack.
Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, xvi, 35. 1874.

Type flavata Pack.
Palpi long, somewhat drooping at end ; tongue developed ; cly-
peus slightly or not at all tufted ; antennae of % dentate and strongly
pubescent ; ? ciliate ; thorax and abdomen untufted ; hind tibiae
with two pairs of spurs ; fore wings 12 veined, one accessory cell, 3
and 4 separate, 5 nearer 4 than 6, 10 on 11, 11 from cell, 12 free;
hind wings 3 and 4 separate, 5 nearer 4 than 6, 6 and 7 stemmed,
8 anastomosing v/ith cell to beyond middle.
Species. — E. flavata Pack.

E. leoninata Pack.
E. maneipata Guen.

39. PSVCHOPHORA Curt.
Type sabinii Curt.

Palpi porrect, rough haired, moderate; tongue developed; cly-
peus very broad, flattish, rough scaled ; antennae bipectinate in % ,
filiform pubescent in $ ; thorax rough hairy. Abdomen rough
hairy, untufted. Wings vestiture hairy, fore wings 12 veined, two
accessorv cells, 3 and 4 close at base, 10 and 11 from cell, 12 free ;

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hind wings 8 veined, 3 and 4 close together, 5 at the middle of cell,
6 and 7 stemmed, 8 anastomosing with cell to. beyond middle ; hind
legs with two pairs of spurs.

I have a specimen of P. phocata sent me by Mr. Moeschler, and
therefore typical, and I can see no difference between it and P.
sabinii Curt., of which I saw the type in the British Museum.
Species. — P. sabinii Curt, (phocata Moesch.)

40. TRICHOCHL.AMYS n. gen.
Type polata Hiib.

Palpi moderate, porrect, long haired ; tongue developed ; front
rough with projecting hairs ; antennae flattened, even, finely ciliate,
or nearly naked in % , filiform ciliate in 9 ; thorax loosely rough
hairy scaled or hairy. Abdomen rough scaled ; hind tibiae with all
spurs; fore wings 12 veins, two accessory cells ; hind wings 8 veins,
8 with cell to beyond middle.

Mr. Meyrick catalogues polata under Dasyuris Guen., which it
closely approaches But Dasyuris has the antennae of % dentate,
which polata has not. I therefore propose the above as a designa-
tion of the genus.

Species. — T. polata Hiib.
T. lacteata Pack.

41. ERSEFHIIiA n. gen.
Type grandipennis Hulst.
Palpi long, subascending, end member horizontal ; front smooth,
rounded, prominent ; antennae shortly bipectinate, fasciculate in Z ,
filiform in 9 ; thorax with posterior tuft. Abdomen of S with
anal tuft ; fore tibiae unarmed, hind tibiae wnth all spurs ; fore wings
12 veins, two accessory cells; hind wings extended, broad, 8 veins,
5 near 4, 6 and 7 stemmed, 8 with cell to beyond middle.

Near Xanthorhoe, but with long palpi. Nearer Hydriomena, but
the antennae have short pectinations.

Species. — E. grandipeiDm Hulst, n. sp.

E. graiiclipeiinis n. sp. — Expands 42-52 mm. Palpi, head, thorax and
abdomen fuscous gray, the thorax more mixed with black scales ; antennae dark
fuscous; fore wings gray, somewhat washed with fuscous, and marked with va-
rious black cross-lines; the first basal broken, the next close to the first, rounded,
broad near middle , the next one-third out, and rather an intermitted band show-
ing in a broad blackish spot subcostally and next to inner margin ; the next line
is about the middle, narrow, quite distinct, rounded outwaidly at submedian,

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292 GEORGE D. HULST.

dentate outward on vein 2, with a deep sinus following, then rounding out to
inner margin ; another line subparallel, but not so irregular, beyond this: finally
one beginning at a blackish spot on costa, strongly dentate on veins to middle,
then faint and quite straight to within posterior angle ; hind wings fuscous gray,
veins a little darker, a faint lighter band beyond middle, the wings becoming
dark fuscous outwardly ; marginal line on fore wings black, broken, the fringes
checkered ; on hind wing marginal band present, continuous, fringes interlined ;
beneath dark cinereous, the markings above reproduced, but less definitely.
Colorado, from Mr. Bruce, also from California and Washington.

42. XANTHORHOK Hiib.
Verz. 327, 1818 (Petrophora Hiib. Tentamen 1810).

Type montanata Bork.
•Calostygia Hiib.. Verz. 328, 1818, type turbafa Hiib.
Melanydris Hiib.. Verz. 329, 1818, type incursata Hiib.
Plerocymia Hiib.. Verz. 330, 1818, type cervinata Schilf.
Amwba Hiib., Verz. 333. 1818, type viridnria Fab.
Ochyria Hiib., Verz. 334. 1818, type qnadrifasciaria Clerck.
Onychia Hiib., Verz. 334, 1818, type peribolata Harv.
f<cotopteryx Hiib.. Verz. 338, 1818, type coarctata Hiib.
Ortholifha Hiib., Verz. 338. 1818, type plumbaria Fab.
Mesotype Hiib., Verz. 338, 1818. ty^te parallelaria Hiib.
Euboliu Dup.. Hist. Nat. viii, 162, 1829, type limifatn Scop.
Larentia Dup., Hist. Nat. viii. 358. 1829. type cervinata Schifi^.
Zeryntha Curt., Brit. Ent. 296, 1830, type didymnta L.
Cymazonita Sodof , Bull. Imp. Soc. Mosc. 126 1837, type montanata Bork.
Eusebia Dup., Cat. Meth. 249, 1844, type bipunctaria Schif.
Coremia Guen., Phal. ii, 408, 1857, type munitaia Hiib.

Palpi moderate, porrect ; tongue developed ; clypeus smooth, or
slightly tufted ; antennae of % bipeetinate, of 9 filiform ; thorax
and abdomen untufted ; fore tibi;* unarmed ; hind tibiae with all
spurs; fore wings 12 veins, two accessory cells, 6 shortly stemmed
with 7 or separate ; hind wings 8 veins, 8 with cell to beyond middle

Species : —
X. volucer Hulst, n. sp. A", mimitata Hiib.

A', incurmta Hiib. fX. ferragata Hiib.

fX. abrasaj'la H.-8ch. [_Gn.) X. uiiidentaria Haw.

A", multllmeata Pack, (implicata A', montaitata Haw.
X. illocata Hulst, n. sp. / A"^. convallaria Guen.

X. borealis Hulst, n. sp. X. defensaria Guen.

X. nemorella Hulst, n. sp. X. fiuctuata L.

X. algiduta Moesch.

X. borealis n. sp. — Expands 26 mm. Antennte blackish ; head fuscous
brown, reddish at summit; thorax and abdomen dark fuscous. Wings dull fus-

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cous ophreous ; base dark brown, aud a central broad band of tbe same color.
The central band evenly rounded within, and the basal portion rounded without,
the ground color between having its sides subparallel and nearly as wide at costa
as at inner margin ; outer edge of central band somewhat sinuous wavy, the band
itself being nearly as broad at inner margin as at costa, an outer scalloped line
brown, the teeth inward; faint indications of submargiual wavy lines; hind
wings same color as fore wings with the wing to middle considerably darker ;
faint indications of outer wavy lines; discal spots black, distinct on all wings,
somewhat elongate on fore wings; underneath fuscous, the inner half of all
wings darker: discal spots as above.

Alaska.

X. ueinorella n. sp — Expands 31 33 mm. Head, thorax and abdomen
dark fuscous ochreous. Wings smoky ochreous, with a baud of chocolate-brown
on fore wings near middle. This band is evenly rounded within, sinuous without,
three to four times broader at costa than at inner margin : faint indications of
submargiual wavy shades; hind wings without band, but with faint wavy shad-
ings; discal spots wanting on hind wings, and scarcely or not at all evident on
fore wings ; veins on fore wings bi-okeuly lined with black ; beneath as above,
with a strong reddish shading, the central band faiutl.v showing on fore wings,
and a faint dentated central line on hind wings.

California ; Alaska ; Aleutian Islands. Very much like the pre-
ceding species, but with fore wings more pointed and subfalcate,
larger, and with a differently shaped central band.

X. illocata n. sp. — Expands 30-32 mm. Head fuscous; thorax and abdo-
men fuscous cinereous; fore wings pointed, somewhat falcate, light cinereous,
with a smoky washing ; fore wings without band, in some specimens without in-
dications of one, in others with outer lines of a central band present, black, wavy
on both sides, more separate at costa than at inner margin; hind wings unicol-
oroHs, discal spots faint or absent on all wings ; beneath color as ground color
above without markings.

Alaska ; Oregon. This is closely allied with the two preceding.
My material is not very large, and it is possible that with more ma-
terial they may be found to intergrade. A'^. nemorella has superfi-
cially very much the sauie appearance as Zoiophleps lignicolorata
Pack., though the band of the fore wings is much more distinct.

X. volucer n. sp. — Expands 30-34 mm. Palpi ocher fuscous or blackish ;
front and tliorax ocher fuscous, or fuscous gray. Abdomen ochreous ; fore wings
mouse-gray to ocher gray, darker narrowly along costa, unicolorous, except a
broad outer lightening of color beginning at costa extending backward to vein 5,
then making almost a right angle inward, gradually fading from costa and be-
coming lost beyond the angle : hind wings color of fore wings, or a sliade lighter,
unicolorous, or with a faint dentate black line running from middle of inner
margin subparallel with outer margin and on submargiual space ; beneath much
as above on fore wings, but the marginal field darker; costal edge at base jet
black, and an indication of a black line at costa within outer band, which is

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294 GEORGE D. HUL8T.

fainter than above ; hind wings mouse-gray, veins at cell some marked with black
scales; an outer black line beginning at middle of inner margin ringing out-
wardly subparallel with outer margin, with outward teeth on veins becoming
broken, indistinct and deeply dentate on veins towards anterior margin.

New Mexico ; Arizona ; Colorado. The New Mexico specimen
from Mr. Cockerell taken at 8auta Fe in July.

43. L.0X0FID01VIA Pack.
Geom. Moths, 213, 1876.

Type acidaliata Pack.
Thyone Meyr, Tr. N. Zeal. Inst, xvi, 61, 1883, type abrogatn Walk.
Asaphodes Meyr. Tr. N. Zeal. Inst, xviii, 184, 1885, type abrogata Walk.

Palpi long, porrect, long rough scaled, or hairy ; tongue devel-
oped ; front rough scaled ; antennse of % bipectinate ; thorax and
abdomen rough scaled or hairy, untufted ; hind tibiae with all spurs.
Wings broad, even ; fore wings 12 veins, one accessory cell, 5 nearer
6 than 4 in type ; hind wings 8 veins, 8 with cell almost its whole
length.

The synonyms are given on authority of Mr. Meyrick.
Species. — L. acidaliata Pack.
L. frigidaria Guen.

MONOCTENIIN^.

Synopsis of Genera.

1. Antennae of % bipectinate 2.

Antennae of % not bipectinate 2. $!iynoinila.

2. Fore wings 7 stemmed with 8 3.

Fore wings 7 separate from 8 1. Iflelanuiniiia.

3. Antennae of %, with fascicles of hairs on short pectinations 4. Paota.

Antennae of % with long pectinations without fascicles of hairs.

3. Hsematopsis.

1. IIII:L.A]IV0]VI]»IA Grt.
Tr. A. E. S. 5. 117, 1875.

Type auricinctarium Grt.

Palj)i long, slender, erect, or strongly ascending, end member lon-
ger than usual ; tongue developed ; antennae of % bipectinate, of
$ filiform with a spinous hair from summit of each segment ; hind
tibiae with all spurs ; 12 veins, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 separate, 6 below
middle of cell, 12 free ; hind wings, 3 and 4 short stemmed ; 5 near
to 4, 6 and 7 stemmed, 8 shortly joined to cell at base, diverging
almost Sterrhid like.

AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 295

I place this genus here doubtfully, as I am not altogether sure it
is a Geometer. The venation of the hind wings is about as much
like that of the Sterrhinse as of this subfamily, but, in other respects
while peculiar, it seems better placed here. I have no % , and can
give only the character of the % antennse, which was the only
structual character of the % given by Mr. Grote.
Species. — 31. auricinctarium Grt.

2. SYNOMIL,A n. gen.
Type, subochreata Hulst.

Palpi short, slender ; tongue obsolete ; front flat ; antennae filiform
pubescent in both sexes ; hind legs without spurs, weak, somewhat
aborted in % ; fore wings one accessory cell, 12 veins, 6 separate ;
hind wings 8 veins, 3 and 4 separate, 6 and 7 stemmed, 8 with cell
nearly to middle.

Species. — S. subochreata Hulst.

3. H^MATOPSIS Hiib.
Vera. 301, 1818.

Type grataria Fab.

Palpi short, slender ; tongue developed ; front bulging, flattened ;
antennae strongly bipectinate in S , simple in 9 ; hind tibiae with
two pairs of spurs in both sexes ; fore wings, one accessory cell, 12
veined, 6 separate ; hind wings 8 veins, 3 and 4 separate, 6 and 7
.stemmed ; 8 joined with cell, but separating before middle.
Species. — H. grataria Fab.

4.. PAOTA n. gen.
Type fuUaria Grt.

Palpi moderate, slender, porrect ; front flattened, scaled, untufted ;
tongue developed ; antennae shortly bipectinate in % , with a fascicle
of hairs on each pectination ; hind tibiae with all spurs ; fore wings
12 veins, one accessory cell, 6 and 7 separate; hind wings 8 veins,
3 and 4 separate, 6 and 7 stemmed, 8 joined with cell nearly to
middle.

Species. — P. fultaria Grt.

STERRHIN^.

The Sterrhinae are a group separated by the peculiar merging of
vein 8 of hind wings with the cell. They are, in the main, small,
frail insects, and in the more specialized forms show decided pecu-

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296 GEORGE D. HULST.

liarities. A very common, and perhaps the most remarkable of
these, is the tendency of the hind legs to obsolescence, in part or as
a whole. The spurs are often partly or altogether absent. Some-
times the hind tibice are largely developed with heavy hair pencil in
the males, the tarsi being much shortened, and again the whole leg
is sometimes practically obsolete in the males. The development
seems to have been as follows : The hair pencil has developed on the
hind tibipe, and, with its increased development and use for orna-
mentation, the spurs and tarsi have been absorbed, so that the hind
legs have become useless for their normal purpose. A change of
development then seems to have taken place ; the pencil has been
gradually aborted, and the leg being useless for its normal purpose
has tended to become obsolete. I have found no instance where the
leg is absolutely wanting, but there are many where it is very de-
cidedly reduced. This tendency, also shown among the Geometrinse,
is, so far as I knowj unique among the Lepidoptera.

In this family the tongue is always developed, the fore tibiae are
never clawed, and the clypeus never tubercled. The venation of
the fore wings is to an extent variable, but the number of accessory
cells is rarely subject to variation. A peculiar feature is the ab-
normal and deltoid development of the palpi in a few species.

Of the typical genus Sterrha Hiib., of which Acidalia Treit. is a
synonym, I have as yet found no representative in our fauna.

STERRHIN^.

Synopsis of Genera.

1. Hind tibise of 9 with upper spurs present 2.

Hind tibise of 9 with upper spurs absent 13.

2. Hind tibise of % witii end spurs present 3.

Hind tibise of % with end spurs absent 9.

3. Hind tibise of % with upper spurs present 4.

Hind tibise of % with upper spurs absent 6.

4. Palpi long 5.

Palpi moderate 1. Calothysanis.

5. Pal])i very long, deltoid ; fore wings 10 on 9 5. flycteropliora.

Palpi long, fore wings 10 on 11 4. ProNaparia.

6. Antennse of % bipectinate 7.

Antennse of % not bipectinate 8.

7. Fore wings with accessory cell 7. Lieucoplitlialiiiia.

Fore wings without accessory cell 6. Deptalia.

8. Fore wings with accessory cell 10. Ciiiglis.

Fore wings without accessory cell 17. Hiigela.

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9 Fore wings with no accessory cell, or one only 10.

Fore wings with two accessory cells 11.

10. Abdomen of % tufted laterally at end 8 Synelys.

Abdomen of ^ not tufted laterally at end 13. L.eptoilieris.

11. Fore wings extended, acute; hind wings strongly angulate 2. Pigia.

Fore wings uomial ; hind wings rounded 12.

12. Hind wings with fringe of hairs beneath at base of vein 8.

11. Scelolophia.
Hind wings with no such fringe 12. Cliaroiiiinatsea.

13. Hind tibise of % with end spurs present 15. I<:inniiltis.

Hind tibise of % with end spurs absent 14.

14. Antennae of % bipectinate 9. Xystrota.

Antennae of "J, not bipectinate 15.

15. Middle and hind legs fringed with hairs 16. Pteuopoda.

Middle and hind legs not fringed with hairs 16.

16. Hind wings of % with hair fringe along inner margin 17.

Hind wings of % without such fringe 18.

17. Fore wings 8 veined 19. Goiiiacidalia.

Fore wings 12 veined 18. Lophosis.

18. Hind wings rounded inwardly at vein 5 3. Eiiacidalia.

Hind wings not rounded inwardly at vein 5 14. EoiN.

1. CAL,OTHYSA»fIS Hiib.

Verz. 301, 1818 (Erastria Hiib., Tentamen 1810).

Type amata Linn.

Bradypetes Steph., Cat. 128, 1829, type amata L.
Timandra Dup., Hist. Nat. viii, 224, 1829, type amata L.

Palpi short, slender ; face fla^t ; tongue developed ; antennae strongly
bipectinate ; hind tibise with two pairs of spurs in both sexes ; fore
wings, one accessory cell, 12 veins, 6 separate, 11 from cell; hind
wings, 8 veins, 6 and 7 separate or stemmed, 8 shortly joined with
cell near base then rapidly diverging.
Species. — C amaturaria Wlk.

C. viridipennaria Guen.

' 2. PIGIA Guen.
• Phal. ii. 19, 1857.

Type tergeminaria H.-Sch.

Palpi moderate, porrect, rather stout ; tongue developed ; front
flat, narrow ; antennte of % simple, with fine fascicles of hairs, 4 on
each segment ; hind tibise of % without spurs, swollen, with strong
hair pencil, tarsi nearly aborted ; hind tibise of 9 Avith two pairs
of spurs ; fore wings, 12 veins, two accessory cells, 6 separate ; hind
wings, 8 veins, 3 and 4 separate, 6 and 7 separate or stemmed, 8

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298 GEORGE D. HULST.

shortly joined with cell then rapidly diverging ; fore wing with apex
extended, acute ; hind wings quadrate with strong angle at vein 4
on outer margin.

Species. — P. multilineata Hulst.

3. EUACIDAIilA Pack.
Fifth Report Peab. Acad. Sci. 69, 1873.

Type sericeata Pack.

Palpi moderate, slender, ascending ; front smooth ; antennae of
% dentate ciliate ; hind tibiae of S without spurs, without hair
pencil, very weak and partially aborted, of 9 with end spurs only ;
fore wings 12 veins, 6 separate, 10 on 9, 11 from cell ; hind wings
8 veins, 6 and 7 stemmed ; the outer edge of the wing is rounded in
at vein 5, and again more slightly just above anal angle, this latter
being more decided in the 9 than in the S .

Very near to Eois, and distinguished only by the inner sinus of
the hind wings at vein 5.

(Species. — E. sericeata Pack.

4. PROS A PARI A Grt.
Can. Ent. xv, 130, 1883.

Type perfuscaria Grt.

Palpi very long, projected forward, porrect or subascending ; cly-
peus flat, close scaled ; antennae of S bipectinate ; tongue obsolete ;
thorax and abdomen untufted ; fore tibiae unarmed ; hind tibiae with
two pairs of spurs ; fore wings apex pointed, outer margin even, two
accessory cells, 12 veins, 3 and 4 separate, 5 near 4, 6 separate, 7
separate, 8 stemmed with 9, 10 stemmed with 11, 12 separate; hind
wings 8 veins, 3 and 4 separate, 5 near 4, 6 and 7 separate, 8 joined
with cell shortly, then rapidly diverging.
Species. — P. fuscaria Grt.

5. MYC'TEROPHORA n. gen.
Type monticola Hulst.
Palpi very long, deltoid like, slender, porrect, second member
much the longest ; tongue developed ; antennae strongly bipectinate
in Z , ciliate in $ ; front with loose hairs, scarcely tufted ; hind
tibiae with two pairs of spurs ; fore wings one accessory cell, 12 veins,
3 and 4 separate, 5 nearer 4 than 6, 6 separate from 7, 11 from cell
separate from accessory cell ; hind wings 8 veins, 3 and 4 separate,
5 nearer 4 than 6, 6 and 7 short stemmed, 8 shortly joined to cell,
then rajjidly diverging.

AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 299

An aberrant genus, distinguished by the extraordinarily long
palpi, which are much more extended than in any other American
genus. I have only the % of one species, and only the 9 of the
other, but as far as these give characteristics they are congeneric.
Species. — 31. monticola Hulst, n. sp.

M. longipalpata Hulst, n. sp.

M. monticola n. sp. — Expands 32 mm. Palpi grayish black, ascending
slightly, round, with loose projecting scales, end member black at base, blackish
gray at end ; front black, loosely scaled ; summit buff colored ; antennae of %
black; thorax buff colored. Legs blackish, mixed with ocher. becoming ochre-
ous at ends of joints; fore wings buff color, with an intermixing of fuscous scales,
the color quite even over all wings: a basal black cross-line angulated at middle;
a broad black cross-line at middle of wing, even, rounded on cell ; an outer black
cross-line narrower than the preceding, and nearly parallel with it, shortly den-
tate its whole length ; the outer field slightly shaded : marginal line black ; a
black spot on cell half way between basal and middle cross lines, much further
towards base than the ordinary position of the discal spot; hind wings with the
lines of the fore wings continued, except that the basal is obsolete ; the outer
edge of the wings somewhat wavy : beneath faintly showing the markings above ;
colors all lighter.

Sierra Nevada, California.

M. longipalpata n. sp. — Expands 26 mm. Palpi dark gray, lighter to-
wards base, rounded with loose scales ; front black, summit gray ; autennse inter-
lined, light gray and blackish; thorax fuscous gray: fore wings fuscous, pretty
evenly sprinkled with blackish scales giving a dark fuscous gray color, there are
also a few scattered scales of a violet-red color, these being more prevalent at
base of fore wings, within discal spot, and over the middle and outer field of hind
wings giving a faint violet shading to the wings ; fore wings with a broken black
basal line, a broken middle band, and a more distinct extra-disi.al line, narrow,
black, broadly rounded at cell, wavy scalloped ; a black spot on cell between first
and second lines; marginal line black ; hind wings with cuter and marginal lines
of fore wings ; discal spot large, black, lengthened ; both the fore and hind wings
have waved outer margins ; beneath as above, lighter and fainter.

Soda Springs, Siskiyou County, California. From Mr. Behrens,

July 19.

^

6. DEFTAL.IA n. gen.
Type insularia Guen.
Palpi erect, reaching above head ; tongue developed ; front rounded,
short scaled ; antennpe strongly bipectinate in S ; hind tibiae of %
with only end pair of spurs present, not swollen, without hair pencil ;
hind tibiae of 9 with both pairs of spurs present; fore wings with-
out accessory cell, discal cell short, 12 veins, 3 and 4 from a point,
6 separate, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 on one stem ; a tufting of long scales

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800 GEORGE D, HULST.

at base of wing on subcostal vein ; hind wings S veins, cell short,
triangular, 3 and 4 stemmed, 6 and 7 stemmed, 8 shortly joined with
cell near base, then rapidly diverging.
, Species. — D. insularia Gn.

7. L.EUCOPHTHAL.MIA Hiib.
Verz. 302, 1818 (Cydophora Hiib., Tentameu 1810).

Type annulata Schif.
Cydophora Hiib., Verz. .SO'2, 1818, type annulata Schlz.
Cosymbia Hiib., Verz. 302, 1818, type pnpiillaria Hiib.
» Codouia Hiib.. Verz. 302, 1818, type punctaria L.
Pyctis Hiib., Verz. 309. 1818. type frilhiearia Bork.
Ephyra Dup., Hist. Nat. viii, 20, 1829, type pendulinar}.a CI.
Zonosoma Led., Z. B. Ges. Wien, 194, 1853, type pendidinaria CI.

Palpi moderate, subascending, slender ; front smooth ; antennae of
% bipectinate, of 9 filiform ; hind tibise of % with end spurs only
not swollen and without hair pencil ; hind tibise of 9 with all
spurs present; fore wings 12 veins, one accessory cell, 6 separate,

11 from cell ; hind wings 8 veins, 3 and 4 separate, 6 and 7 stenniied,
8 shortly joined with cell, then rapidly diverging.

Mr. Meyrick calls this genus Leacophthalmia. Cosymbia is printed
before it in the Verzeichniss, and so has priority in location, but
under the rules the choice of Mr. Meyrick must be followed. Cydo-
phora is preoccupied in the Molusca.
Species : —
[_(]■ myrtarid Guen. C. dataria Hulst.

C. callcarla Guen. [Guen.) C. albocostaliata Pack.

vC. /wme'iaria Hiib. (pendulinaria C. pannaria Guen.
C. serrulaia T'acE.

8. SYNELYS n. gen.
Type ennudeata Guen.

Palpi short, porrect ; tongue developed ; front flat, short scaled ;
antenne dentate fascicled in S , ciliate in 9 . Abdomen of % with
small pencil of hairs laterally on last segment ; hind tibiae of %
lengthened, swollen, with hair pencil, without spurs, tarsi very short
and small ; of 9 with two pairs of spurs, not swollen ; fore wings

12 veins, one accessory cell, 6 widely separate, 10 on 9, 11 from cell ;
hind wings 8 veins, 6 and 7 separate, the wings with an angle at end
of vein 4.

Species : —

'-^.L ennudeata Gn. [ Wlk.) S. ordinata Wlk.

S. alahastaria Hiib. (reconditaria 8. xubqLuuh-aki Gn.

S. timandrata Wlk. IS. uinblllcata Gn.

AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 301

j/9. XYSTROTA u. gen.
Type hepaticaria Guen.

Palpi short, porrect ; front smooth ; antennse of % bipectiuate
with fascicle of hairs at end of each pectination ; hind tibiae of S
without spurs or hair pencil, the whole leg almost obsolete; hind
tibite of 9 without median spurs; fore wings 12 veins, 10 out of 9,
two accessory cells ; hind wings 8 veins, 6 and 7 stemmed.
[^Species. — A"^. hepaticaria Guen.

10. €IiyGIiI»i Guen.
Phal. ii, 114, 1857.

Type humifusaria Evers.

Palpi moderate, porrect, rough scaled ; face smooth ; antennae of
% bipectinated, pectinations short, ending in fascicles of long cilia ;
thorax glabrous beneath ; femora glabrous ; posterior tibiae of %
without median spurs, slender; of 9 with all spurs present; fore
wings 10 out of 9, 11 anastomosing with 9; hind wings 6 and 7
stenniied.

This is Mr. Meyrick's description of the genus. I have not seen
the type.

Species : —
/ C. luteolata Hulst. C. compensata, Wlk.

([ ■■<initloi-i(( Walk. 'C. ancellata Hulst.

/ C. quad r Hi near ia Pack. C, fuseata Hulst.

C. purata Gn. ; C. albidula Hulstj^ n. sp.

<J. albidula n. sp. — Expands 21 mm. Palpi whitish below, blackish above ;
front blackish ; thorax and abdomen white; all wings pure snow-white, with a
few scattered black scales intermixed ; fore wings with a faint blackish basal line,
not on hind wings; also, and' continued on the hind wings, an intra-discal scal-
loped line, dentate outwardly on veins where the black is emphasized ; this is
slightly rounding in its course on both wings ; on the hind wings the black discal
point is outwardly in one of the scallops; a submarginal, slightly wavy, dentate
black line, parallel with outer margin, and on hind wings as well : marginal line
fine black ; discal spots on all wings, fine, black ; beneath as above, more faintly
revealing the cross-lines.

S. Florida. From Mrs. Slosson.

11. SCELOLOPHIA n. gen.
Type /ormo«rt Hulst.

Palpi short, slender ; front closely scaled ; antennae subdentate,
fascicled ciliate ; thorax even. Abdomen even, tufted laterally on
last segment, and with strong hair tufts on second and third segments

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302 GEORGE D. HULST.

below ; hind tibioe in % short, without spurs, with strong hair pencil,
and the whole tibia with a fringe of hair ; tarsi short. Wings even,
the hind wings below with a fringe of hairs bent backward at base
of vein 8, and a smaller fringe at vein la.

I have the S only, and can give a diagnosis from it alone.
Species. — S.formosa Hulst, n. sp.

S. ft>rniosa n. sp. — Expands 18 mm. Palpi ochreous, with a reddish tinge:
front dull reddish ochreous; thorax light violet lavender. Abdomen ochreous :
fore wings light violet lavender, with some scattered blackish scales ; fore wings
with costa dull red ; cross-lines broad, faint, yellow ocher, one intra-discal. a
second extra-discal, a third outer, and a fourth submarginal ; the outer line is
undulate with a rounding outward at cell and vein 2; the submarginal line runs
into the outer margin at vein 3 ; margin rather darker reddish : hind wings cor-
responding to fore wings, but third line becomes submarginal, and fourth line is
wanting, all very faint as in fore wings; beneath fore wings light reddish ochre-
ous, hind wings yellow ocher at base, light ocher outwardly.
Texas.

12. CHAROMMAT^A n. gen.
Type ella Hulst.

Palpi moderate, porrect, rather stout, long scaled below ; tongue
developed ; front close scaled, smooth ; antennae simple, fascicled
ciliate ; thorax and abdomen smooth ; hind tibiae of S swollen,
rather short, with pencil or fringe of long fine hairs clothing inner
side ; no spurs present ; upper tarsus swollen, lengthened ; also edged
with long fine hairs, end tarsi slightly developed ; hind tibiae in $
with two pairs of spurs ; fore wings rounded, even, two accessory
cells, 12 veins, 6 separate from 7 ; hind wings rounded, with a slight
tendency to angulation at vein 4, 8 veins, 3 and 4 separate or at a
point.

Easily known by the unique shape and pencilings of the hind legs
in % . The only species is very different in coloration from any of
our other species, and would scarcely be taken for a Sterrhid.
Species. — C. ella Hulst, n. sp.

C. ella n. sp. — Expands 25-30 mm. Palpi dull purple reddish ; front dull
reddish ; thorax bright golden-yellow. Abdomen fuscous yellow. Wings bright
clear yellow ; fore wings with faint, rather broad blackish basal line showing in
three or four spots; a faint extra-discal line, and an outer row of spots showing
between the veins ; this is followed by a submarginal band of spots, larger and
more strongly marked, the ones at anal angle and middle of the wings being
much larger and more distinct ; a marginal row of black dots between the veins;
discal spot large, round, distinct, blackish ; hind wings with the lines of the fore
wings continued, except basal line; beneath as above, but washed with purple
reddish.

AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 303

Central Texas. Very different in appearance from any other
Sterrhid, and a most beautiful insect.

C ella var. ellafina u. var.

I have specimens from San Antonio, Texas, where the brilliant
golden yellow is buff with a reddish tinge, with the lines more dis-
tinct, and the red below more decided, and to them I give this va-
rietal name. They have quite a distinct appearance.

13. liEPTOMERIS Hiib.
Verz. 310. 1818.

Type umbellaria Hiib.

Craspedia Hiib., Verz. 312, 1818, type ornafa Scop.
Dosithea Dup., Hist. Nat. viii, 43, 1829, type ornata Scop.

Palpi short or moderate, subascending ; face smooth ; antennae
serrate, or dentate fascicled ; hind tibiae of % swollen, long, with
hair pencil, without spurs ; of 9 with all spurs ; hind tarsi of %
short, weak ; fore wings 12 veined, 10 out of 9, 11 from cell anasto-
mosing with 9 ; hind wings with 6 and 7 separate or stemmed.

Species : — ^

L. gemmata Pack. [^Hulst.) \L. quinquelinearia Pack,

"fL. laifdaria Hiib. (minutularia /X. sentinaria Hiib.
L. occidentata Pack. L. ma(jii('tiiria Gn.

L. kevitaria Hiib. (floridata PA;.) L. frigUhtria Moesch.
L. roseotinda Hulst, n. sp. L. ostentaria Walk.

L. (emulata Hulst, n. sp. L. plantagenaria Hulst.

li. roseotincta. n. sp. — Expands 18 mm. Palpi reddish ocher; front and
thoi-ax reddish ocher. Abdomen ocher, with a reddish tinge, the segments inter-
lined with blackish. Wings bright straw-yellow, basal field on all wings reddish
pink, and on all wings an onter rather broad band of the same color, irregular on
margins ; on fore wings there is an extension outwardly to outer margin between
veins 3 and 4, and the same on hind wings from veins 2 to 4 ; beneath as above
exactly, and just as bright in color. Legs white or ocher. tinged with reddish.

Florida.

"li. semulata; n. sp. — Expands 18-20 mm. Palpi dark fuscous, black at end ;
front blackish; summit ocher; thorax ocher to whitish, with a few black scales
intermixed. Abdomen whitish at base, becoming ocher posteriorly, and with
blackish interlinings ; all wings dull clay-white with an ocher tinge, powdered
slightly with loose, scattered, blackish scales ; fore wings with a faint, dark fus-
cous, extra-discal band, subparallel with outer margin, generally obsolete ante-
riorly, more definite towards inner margin ; submarginal space fuscous, more
decided towards anal angle with an inner row of black dots on veins, and an
included wavy lighter line, marginal spots black ; hind wings with the bands and
lines of fore wings continued, but darker and more distinct ; all discal spots black,

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304 GEORGE D. HULST.

distinct: beneath as above, the black powdering more dense and distinct and the
darker bands more emphasized.

Charlotte Harbor, Florida, from Mrs. Slosson, taken in March.
The specimens are not bright in color and may have hibernated.
The species is in appearance very much like Cinglis compensata Wlk,

14. EOI$$ Hub.

Verz. 308, 1818.

Type muricata Hufn.
Arrhostia Hiib., Verz. 311, 1818, type aversata L.
Ftychopoda Steph., Cat. 150, 1829, type dilutaria Hiib.
Hyria Steph., Cat. 150, 1829, type muricata Hiib.
Carphoxera Riley, Insect Life, iv, 112, 1892, type ptelearia Riley.

Palpi short or moderate, rather slender ; front smooth ; antenna?
serrate or dentate in % , with fascicles of hairs ; hind tibise without
spurs in % , the whole leg more or less aborted, tibise with hair pen-
cil; in 9 middle spurs wanting; fore wings 12 veins, 10 on 9, 11
from cell ; hind wings 8 veins, 6 and 7 stemmed or rarely separate.

Species : —
E. parvularia Hulst. E. pallida Hulst, n. sp.

E. ptelearia Riley. E. eburiieata Guen.

E. scintillaria Hulst. [^Pack.) E. lacteolata Lint, [briata Pk.)
E. demissaria Hiib. (ferrugata E. obfustaria Walk, {punctolim-
E. hilliata Hulst. E. volucrata Hulst.

E. Jiavescens Hulst, n. sp. E. quoisitata Hulst.

E. microphysa Hulst, n. sp. E. rotundopennata Pack.

E. delicata Hulst, n. sp. E. inductata Guen.

(E. peralbata Pack. E. productata Pack.

E. longipennata Pack. E. australis Hulst, n. sj).

^ E. nimbicolor Hulst, n. sp. E. sideraria Guen. \_Pack.')

i.E. ossularia Hiib. E. anticaria Walk, (subalbata

E. granitata Pack. E. basipunctaria Walk.

E. lanceolata Hulst, n. sp. E. refractaria Walk.

E. balistaria Hiib. (perirrorata E. albifera Walk.
E. rufescens Hulst, u. sp. l^Pack. )

E. flavescens n. sp. — Expands 20 mm. Palpi ocher ; front fuscous ocher ;
thorax, abdomen and all wings light ocher; the fore wings are slightly darker
basally along costa, and there is a very faint, slightly darker outer rounded line :
discal spot very faint on fore wdngs, smaller, more distinct ou hind wings, black-
ish ; beneath as above, the outer line of fore wings showing a little more plainly.

Locality unknown, but from the United States, and probably
from Texas.

AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 305

E. niicrophysa n. sp. — Expands 14 mm. Palpi and front jet black ; sum-
mit between tlie antennae, pure white ; collar blackish ; thorax dark gray. Ab-
domen dark gray, interlined with blackish ; all wings light gray, very thickly
powdered with blackish and fuscous scales giving a general dark gray color, this
varying in intensity a little, and thus showing faintly a broad extra basal band
running nearly parallel with outer margin, also a slight lightening into a sub-
marginal shading parallel with margin, the hind wings continuing these; discal
spots blackish, fairly distinct; beneath much as above, but more fuscous and less
clear.

Pauamint Valley, California. From Dr. Riley, taken by Mr.
Koebele on the Death Valley Expedition. In National Museum
collection.

E, delicata n. sp. — Expands 17 mm. Palpi and front fuscous ocher ; thorax
ochreous, as is also the abdomen ; all wings straw ochreous ; fore wings extended,
pointed, very rounded at anal angle giving the wings an almost even lanceolate
form ; a black, rather broad basal line, angulated outwardly on cell, from thence
straight to inner margin ; a blackish intra-discal band and a black extra-discal
line slightly bent outward beyond discal spot and inward near inner margin ; a
submarginal fuscous cloud, broadest at vein 6 and between veins 3 and 5; hind
wings with the middle and outer lines and the submarginal shading of the fore
wings continued, the shading broadest between veins 2 and 4. and between 6 and
7; beneath as above, but fainter.

Las Cruces, New Mex., from Mr. Cockerell.

E. iiiinbicolor n. sp. — Expands 17 mm. — Palpi dark fuscous gray; front
blackish ; thorax gray. Abdomen fuscous gray. Wings even light ash-gray, with
three not very distinct black wavy cross-lines, generally showing in scattered
black scales, one intra-discal, another extra-discal, rather broad, showing more
distinctly at costa and on the wings; a third line outer, finer, very indistinct on
fore wings, except at costa ; more distinct in black dots on hind wings : discal
spot on bind wings faint, on fore wings not evident ; below even cinereous.

Florida, taken in April.

E. lanceolata n. sp. — Expands 18-20 mm. Very much in coloration and
appearance as Eois nivalis, the wings scarcely so extended and pointed. Palpi
gray, blackish on tip ; front and thorax white, with an intermixture of blackish
scales. Abdomen white, with interlining of fuscous: all wings white, with scat-
tered fuscous scales a little thicker in spots and lines ; a broad intra-discal fuscous
cross-line, not very distinct, and the submarginal space fuscous, inner edge even,
parallel with outer margin ; hind wings with corresponding bands, marginal lines
fuscous, narrow, fringes white, with scattered dark scales; beneatli as above,
more clear and distinct.

Argus Mountains, California, April, from Dr. Riley, and taken
by Mr. Koebele on, I believe, the Death Valley Expedition. In
National Museum collection.

E. riifescens n. sp.— Expands 20 mm. Palpi whitish, fuscous tinged ; front
the same color ; thorax ochreous fuscous. Abdomen ochreous; fore wings rusty
ochi'eous, even in color, with blackish discal spot and faint indications in a light-

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306 GEORGE D. HULST.

ened color of even, straight, submarginal lines, nearly parallel with outer margin ;
marginal line blackish, fringes white, interlined with black ; hind wings dirty
light fuscous, with faint shadings of extra-discal darker lines ; discal spot black-
ish ; marginal line blackish: fringes white, with blackish scales intermixed;
beneath lighter and more clear in color than above, the fore wings powdered with
black apically and submarginally, and the hind wings over the whole surface ;
discal spots clear, distinct.

Austin, Texas. Very near in the shape and character of mark-
ings, so far as they are apparent, to E. perirrorata Pack.

E. pallida n. sp. — Expands 18 mm. Palpi and front jet black ; thorax
sordid gray. Abdomen gray at base, ochreous posteriorly, with a jet black lateral
longitudinal dash on third and fourth segments ; antennae with fascicles of hairs
in % ; all wings whitish, pretty generally sprinkled over with fuscous scales,
giving a general dull whitish appearance ; fore wings with a broken, indefinite
black basal line, another extra-discal. more distinct, but yet broken, rounding at
discal spot, irregular, extending within discal spot rather evenly, and more dis-
tinct across hind wings : an outer black line, broken, very irregular and indefi-
nite, continued clearly and sharply across hind wings, where it is irregularly and
deeply dentate ; marginal line of black spots largely obsolete ; discal spots black ;
beneath as above, the lines more indistinct and costa dark fuscous.

Blanco County, Texas.

E. aiistralis n. sp. — Expands 26 mm. Palpi fuscous ocher ; front black ;
thorax and abdomen ocher ; all wings ocher, sligbtly washed with fuscous, and
with scattered fuscous scales ; on the fore wings the fuscous is slightly deepened,
giving faint indications of an extra-discal and outer waved cross-lines, which are
continued a little more distinctly across hind wings ; margins slightly fuscous ;
beneath as above, slightly lighter in color, with the lines more even and a little
more distinct.

Florida, from Mr. E. L. Graef.

15. EMMILTIS Hiib.

Verz. 309, 1818.

Type pygmsearia Hiib.
Anihometria Bois., Index Meth. 231, 1840, type plnmidaria Bois.

Palpi moderate, front smooth, or somewhat tufted ; antennse bi-
pectinate in S ; hind tibite of % not swollen, without hair pencil,
with end spurs only; of 9 with end spurs only; fore wings 12
veins, 10 from 9, 11 from cell ; hind wings 8 veins, 6 and 7 stemmed.

I do not know that the typical genus Sterrha is represented in the
United States. It differs from Emmiltis in having simple antennse
in % . I have only the 9 of Jioridata, and it is possible the % may
show it to belong to Sterrha.

Species. — E. sparasaria Wlk. (psilogrammaria ZelL)
[jE. floridata Hulst.

AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 307

16. PTEWOI'ODA u. gen.
Type miranda Hulst.

Palpi short, slender ; front smooth ; antennae simple, ciliate fasci-
cled ; hind tibiae of % without spurs, long, lined the whole length
with a fringe of long hairs, and with a long thick pencil of hairs ;
middle tibiae also fringed with long hairs ; fore tibiae very long, con-
siderably longer than femora, very slender, closely scaled ; tarsi
almost aborted on hind legs, and apparently entirely so on middle
legs; fore wings 12 veins, 6 separate, 10 on 9, 11 from cell, one
accessory cell ; hind wings 8 veins, 6 and 7 stemmed.

Remarkable for the peculiar fringing of the middle and hind
tibiae in % , and in this unique so far as I know.
Species. — P. miranda Hulst, n. sp.

P. miranda n. sp. — P^xpands 24 mm. Palpi ocher fuscous, black at tip;
front black ; summit between antennae, thorax and abdomen basally light ocher.
the abdomen becoming ocher fuscous posteriorly ; fore wings whitish ocher
sprinkled with fuscous scales, but not so plentifully on middle field ; a faint sinu-
ous basal line ; a broad fuscous line passing just beyond discal spot, wavy sinuate ;
an outer fuscous line nidistinctly dentate, subparallel with outer margin ; a sub-
marginal fuscous clouding divided by a lighter colored space; marginal line of
black dots ; hind wings light ocher with fuscous atoms, extreme base fuscous, and
the outer lines and shadings of the fore wings continued ; a marginal line of
black points; the marginal dots are in all wings in the fringes just at end of
veins : hind wings slightly sinused in below anterior angle on outer margin fiom
veins 7 to 5 ; below as above, hut fainter. Legs with fringings bright ocher, the
pencil of the hind wings being blackish basally, becoming ocher at ends.

Blanco County, Texas.

17. SIOEIi/1 n. gen.

Type perumhrata Hulst.
Palpi moderately long, subascending ; front rounded, short scaled ;
antennae, evenly ciliated with hairs in S ; a pointed projection inside
on summit of basal member in % ; between the antennae a smooth
flattened scale pad overhanging front ; hind tibiae with two pairs of
spurs in both sexes ; fore wings without accessory cell, 1,2 veins, 6
separate, 10 from 9, 11 from cell ; hind wings 8 veins, 6 J 7 long
stenmied.

A very peculiar, and so far as I know, unique genus, having what
seem to be leanings towards the Tineidae. The overhanging scale
tuft on summit of head is very rarely found, Philagraula being the
only genus I know of, and this is, with some doubt, a Geometer.
The projection on base of antennae is so far as I know unique among

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308 GEORGE D. HUL8T.

the Geometrina. There is one inner vein only to fore and hind
wings, and these are not fnrcate.

Species. — penumbrata Hulst, n. sp.

S. penumbrata n. sp. — Expands 14-16 mm. Palpi jet black, front dark
fuscous ; head tuft and thorax smooth, even mouse-gray. Abdomen dark fuscous
gray, slightly interlined with lighter color ; all wings blue-gray or light mouse
color with a violet tinge in certain lights with three or four indistinct dark spots
along costa ; in old specimens there is an indication of cross-lines in the more
mottled surface, this being more shown extradiscally on hind wings ; discal spots
fine, black, not very distinct ; marginal line dark gray, indistinct, as though the
wing edge were black, and this covered over with gray scales and showing
through ; beneath even light mouse-gray, discal spots and marginal lines faintly
showing.

Archer, Fla,, March and April, from Dr. Riley, taken by Mr.
Koebele.

18. LOPHOSIS n. gen.
Type Inbecnlata Hulst.

Palpi very short, slender; front short scaled ; antennae of % sub-
dentate with fascicles of hairs; fore wings probably with 12 veins;
hind wings 8 veins, the inner margin in % with an edging of long
coarse hairs near base; hind tibiie of S without spurs and with
strong hair pencil.

The unique specimen of the single species is in poor condition, and
I am unable to examine the venation fully. The tufting on the
inner margin of hind wings of the % warrants generic separation.
Species. — L. labeculata Hulst.

19. OOBflACIDAL,IA Pack.
Fifth Report Peab. Acad. Sci. 68, 1873.

Type fiirciferata Pack.

Palpi short, slender, front smooth ; antennae simple, evenly ciliate ;
hind tibise of % very weak, the whole leg partially aborted ; fore
wings 8 veined ; 8, 9 and 10 wanting, 5 near 6 ; or the interpreta-
tion may be : 5 wanting, 6 and 7 separate, 7 separate from 8, 9 and
10 wanting; on the inner margin of the wing within vein 2 is a
swelling out of the wing modified above into a sort of a fovea cov-
ered with enlarged scales ; it is probably an incomplete fold ; hind
wings very much distorted in venation ; 6, 7 and 8 present as usual,
6 and 7 stemmed, but the posterior part of the wing formed into a
broad fold extending the whole length of the inner margin, the
venation being greatly distorted ; the fold is edged within with long

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hairs and extends beyond the wing, forming an ear-like appearance
to the anal angle.

The genus forms a transition to our genera which fall under the
Strophidiinse, but from the characteristic union of vein 8 and the
cell of hind wings must be referred to the Sterrhinse. I do not
know the $ .

Species. — G. furciferata Pack.

STROPHIDIIN^.

The North American representatives of this subfamily are very
few in number, and are quite distinct from the more typical members
of the family. In two of the species the hind wings are incised on
the outer margin, and in the third the anterior margin on the hind
wings is strongly sinuate. The species are without the humeral
angle of vein 9 at base of hind wings.

I have hitherto called this subfamily the Microniinse. Mr. Mey-
rick calls attention to the fact that Micronia Guen. is a synonym of
Strophidia Hiib., and of course the family name nmst be based on a
genus, not a synonym.

Synopsis of the Strophe diin^.

1. Hind wings with fold along inner margin in "J, 2.

Hind wings without fold 2. Calledapteryx.

2. Hind wings with vitreous spot above at base of cell in % • -3. Philagraula.
Hind wings without vitreous spot 1. Callizzia.

€ALL,IZZIA Pack.
Geoni. Moths, 314. 1876.

Type amornta Pack.

Palpi small, porrect or drooping ; clypeus flat, scaled ; antennae
dentate in Z , ciliate in 9 , finely pubescent ; fore tibise unarmed ;
hind tibiae swollen, with two pairs of spurs ; fore wings no accessory
cell, 12 veins, 3 and 4 separate at lower angle of cell, 5 close to 6 at
upper angle, 6 and 7 stemmed from angle, 8 and 9 stemmed from
anterior part of cell; 10, 11 and 12 separate; hind wings with two
notches or angles on outer margin at veins 4 and 7. In ?> 1 want-
ing, 3 and 4 from angle, 5 weak, 6 and 7 close, the wing surface
extended along inner margin making a hollow fold turned upward ;
in 9 venation normal ; in both sexes 8 at once broadly diverging
from cell.

Species. — C. amornta Pack.

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310 GEORGE D. HULST.

CAI.I.EDAPTERYX Grt.
Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. ii, 119, 1868.

Type dryopterafa Grt.

Palpi very small, porrect, slender ; clypeus flat, closely scaled ;
antejinoe ciliate, slightly flattened. Legs rather short, fore tibiae
unarmed ; hind tibise swollen, with two pairs of spurs ; thorax and
abdomen untufted ; fore wings arched at base of costa, then some-
what concave, very rounded at apex, angulated at middle, strongly
concave on hind margin, 12 veins, no accessory cell, 3 and 4 at lower
angle of cell, 5 close to 6 at upper angle, 6 and 7 stemmed from
point of cell, 8 and 9 stemmed from anterior part of cell, 10 and 1 1
from near base ; hind wings with two angles on outer border, 8 veins,
3 and 4 stemmed, 5 nearer 6 than 4, 6 and 7 stemmed, 8 at once
broadly diverging from cell.

Species. — C. dryopterata Grt.

PHIL,AORAVL.A n. gen.
Type slossoniae Hulst.

Palpi moderate, slender, closely scaled, subascending ; clypeus flat,
closely scaled with overhanging scale tuft from base of antennae;
antennae flattened, finely pubescent ; thorax and abdomen closely
scaled, untufted. Legs short, quite stout, fore tibiae unarmed, hind
tibiae swollen, with two pairs of long spurs, the upper being the lon-
ger; fore wings rounded at apex, nearly even on outer margin,
concave on inner margin, no accessory cell, 12 veins, 3 at lower angle
of cell, 4 on outer margin of cell below middle, 5 near 6 at angle, 6
and 7 stemmed, 8 and 9 stemmed, 10 close to stem of 8 and 9, 11
from anterior part of cell ; hind wings sinuate on outer margin,
the outer reaches being at 4, 6 and 7, anterior margin broadly de-
veloped near base, 8 veins, 2 from near base of cell, 3 and 4 fi-om
angle, 5 from middle of cell, 6 and 7 from angle, 8 at once broadly
diverging from cell reaching to apex.
Species. — P. slossonke Hulst, n. sp.

P. Slossonise n. sp. — Expands 25 mm. Palpi and front inky black ; an-
tennae and autennal tuft a soft ochreous brown ; thorax the same color, faintly
washed with violet. Abdomen more ochreous. Wings violet-brown, more ochre-
ous on the inner half, all slightly speckled with darker brown scales ; fore wings
with faint traces of two fine basal lines, with a triangular blackish patch at mid-
dle of costa with point reaching one-third acro.ss wing, the base being on costa
and longest; another smaller corresponding blackish patch opposite along inner
margin, the limiting line being inky black, and the spot reaching one-fourth
across the wing, its apex being towards the apex of the costal triangle ; a dark

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marginal subapical spot reaching to middle of outer margin ; a faint outer line,
wavy, subparallel with margin ; hind wings with jet black point a little out from
base not far from anterior margin ; a sinuate cross-line of reddish brown near
middle, edged outwardly with light ochreous; beneath violet-brown with scat-
tered darker scales, with faint indications of two black cross-lines at middle of
inner margin on fore wings ; fore tibiae and all tarsi more or less washed with
violet-brown.

One S , South Florida, from Mrs. Slosson, to whom I respectfully
dedicate it.

GEOMETRIN^.

The Geometrinsc are very closely related to the Sterrhiuse. They
consist of the same small frail insects, with the same aspect, and
with, in the main, the same structure. They are, however, gener-
ally easily distinguished by their color, which has given them the
designation " the greens." While the Sterrhinse approach the char-
acteristic venation of the Geometrinje, there is no difficulty in sepa-
rating them by the position of vein 5 of both wings. These sub-
families seem also to divide on the structure of the antennje. So
far as I have examined the antennse of the species, which are bipec-
tinate in the male, those of the Sterrhinse have the pectinations
situated upon the bottom of the segments, while those of the Geo-
metrinae have them upon the top. The Geometrinse have the same
tendency towards the obsolescence of the hind legs already noticed
in the Sterrhinse.

The larvse, so far as known, are characteristic and peculiar. They
are furnished with protuberances on the segments, and have, to some
extent, the habit of covering themselves with debris of leaves, thus
more effectually concealing themselves.

The family as limited seems to include more specialized forms of
other subfamilies. Among our species, apart from the characteristic
venation, there are found some with the distinctive venation of the
Hydriominae, some with that of the Sterrhinse, and some with that
of the Ennominse. They make distinct sections of the subfamily,
and I am not entirely sure but that the genus Annemoria would
better be placed with the Hydriorainse. The subfamily is mostly
tropical, and our species are few and rarely plentiful.

I suspect that some of our genera will be found identical with
others described from tropical material from both hemispheres, but
nothing definite can be determined till types are examined and com-
pared, which I have not had the opportunity of doing. The typical
genus Geometra I have not found in our fauna. Anaplodes is very

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312 GEORGE D. HULST,

close to it, but differs in that the antennae of the % are not bipecti-
nate to the apex.

Synopsis of the Geometrin^.

1. Hind wings 8 separate from cell, Ennomid like 2.

Hind wings 8 more or less joined with cell 4.

2. Hind libise of % with hair pencil 9. Aplodes.

Hind tibiae of 'J, without hair pencil 3.

3. Hind tibiae of % with two pairs of spurs 10. Aiiaplodes.

Hind tibiae, of % with one pair of si>urs 8. C'hlorosea.

4. Hind wings vein 8 shortly joined with cell, then rapidly diverging, Sterrhid-

like 5.

Hind wings veins 8 joined with cell one-half its length, Hydriomenid like.

1. Aniiemoria.

5. Hind tibiis of % with end spurs only 6.

Hind tibiae of % upper and end spurs 9.

6. Antennae of % bipectinate 7.

Antennae of % not bipectinate 3. IWeinoria.

7. Palpi long in both sexes 5. Chloropteryx.

Palpi not long in both sexes 8.

8. Palpi short in % : hind tibiae of % with hair pencil. . . -2. Chloroclaiuys.
Palpi short in both sexes; hind tibiae of % without hair pencil.

4. Eucrostis.

9. Palpi long in both sexes 6. Raclieospilii.

Palpi long in 9 only 7. fSynchlora.

1. AN]«E910RIA Pack.
Type unitaria Pack.

Palpi moderate, ascending, scaled ; clypeus flat, untufted ; an-
tennae of % bipectinate, the pectinations much longer than usual,
of 9 dentate ; thorax and abdomen untufted ; fore tibial unarmed ;
hind tibiae with one pair of spurs in both sexes ; fore wings even,
12 vein.s, 3 and 4 from angle, 6 at a point with 7, 10 on 9, 11 from
cell, 12, 11 and 10 anastomosing forming subcostal and one acces-
sory cell ; hind wings 8 veins, 3 and 4 at angle, 6 and 7 stemmed,
8 with cell one-half or more of its length.

Very peculiar in the Hydriomenid-like union of 8 with cell in
hind wings.
Species: —
} A. bidriaria Pack. A. graefiaria Hulst.

A. Jaseolaria Gn. A. unitaria Pack.

2. CHLOROC HL,Al»IYSn. gen.

Type chloroleucaria Guen.

Palpi moderate, end member short in % . long in 9 , subascend-
ing ; front flat, short scaled ; antennae strongly bipectinated in % ,

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ciliate in 9 ; fore tibiae unarmed ; hind tibise with one pair of spurs
in both sexes, in % with long pencil of hairs ; thorax and abdomen
untufted ; fore wings 12 veins, 10 on 9, 11 from cell, 12 free or
anastomosing with 11 ; hind wings 8 veins, 8 and 4 separate, 6 and

7 stemmed, 8 joining cell near base then rapidly diverging.
Differs from Eachloris Hiib. in that the palpi of 9 are long ;

from Synch lora Guen. in that there is one pair of spurs only present
in both sexes.

Species.-I^ C. chloroleucarla Gn.
( C. phyllinaria Zell.

3. NEinORIA Hub.

Verz. 285, 1818.

Type viridata Linn.
Chlorissa Steph., 111. iii, 315, 1831. type viridain L.

Palpi moderate, or rather long, porrect ; clypeus flat, short scaled ;
antennae in % serrate or filiform, in 9 ciliate or fascicled ; hind
tibiae of $ without middle spurs, sometimes swollen without hair
pencil, of 9 with both pairs of spurs ; hind tarsi in $ sometimes
shortened; fore wings 12 veins, 10 out of 9, 11 from cell; hind
wings 8 veins, 8 and 4 stemmed or separate, 6 and 7 stemmed.
Species. — N. pistaciata Guen.
y" N. subcroceafa Wlk.
N. euchloria Ab. and Gn.

4. EUCROSTIS Hub.

Verz. 283, 1818.

Type indigenata Vill.

Palpi short in both sexes, rather ascending, long haired below at
base ; clypeus hairy scaled ; antennae in S with short pectinations ;
thorax and abdomen untufted, the thorax rather hairy scaled above,
strongly hairy below ; fore tibiae unarmed, hind tibiae with one pair
of spurs in both sexes, without hair pencil in B ; fore wings 12
veins, 6 separate, 10 on 9; 10, 11 and 12 anastomosing; hind wings

8 veins, 8 and 4 short stemmed, 6 and 7 stemmed, 8 shortly with
cell, then rapidly diverging.

Sufficiently distinct from C hlorochlamys in that the palpi are
short in both sexes, the thorax hairy below, and the hair pencil
wanting in the hind tibite of the S .

Species. — incertata Wlk. (operabia Zell., gratata Pack.)
viridipennata Hulst, n. sp.

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314 GEORGE D. HULST.

E. Tiridipennata n. sp. — Expands 23-25 mm. Palpi short in both sexes,
hairy below at base, white with a smoky tint; front clay ochreous; thorax and
abdomen clay ochreous, with a dull greenish shade; fore wings dull even pea-
green, without indication of any cross-lines, or with an outer cross-line parallel
with margin, even, very faint ; the ground color of wing is slightly emphasized
on the veins; hind wings color of fore wings, slightly paler basally, without
cross-lines; beneath lighter green, even, unicolorous, except that hind wings are
a shade lighter basally. Legs clay white, becoming somewhat smoky towards
thorax.

Colorado.

5. CHLiOROPTERYX n. gen.
Type tepperaria Hulst.

Palpi porrect, end member long in both sexes ; front flat, closely
scaled ; antenme bipectinate in % , dentate in 9 ', thorax and ab-
domen untufted ; fore tibiae unarmed ; hind tibiae of % wanting in
only specimen I have, the 9 with two pairs of spurs ; fore wings
even, 12 veins, 3 and 4 separate, 6 separate, 10 on 9, 11 from cell,
12 anastomosing Avith 11; hind wings quadrate, with prominent
angle at end of vein 4, 8 veins, 3 and 4 stemmed, 6 and 7 stemmed,
8 shortly joined to base, then rapidly diverging.
Species. — C. tepperaria Hulst.

6. RACHEOSPILiA Guen.
Phal. i, 372, 1857.

Type lixaria Guen.

Palpi long in both sexes, second member ascending, end member
porrect or drooping ; clypeus somewhat scale tufted ; antennae bi-
pectinate in % , ciliate in 9 ," thorax and abdomen untufted ; fore
tibiae unarmed, hind tibiae of % with two pairs of spurs and hair
pencil; of 9 with two pairs of spurs ; fore wings 12 veins, 6 separate,
10 on 9, 11 from cell, 12 and 11 anastomosing with each other or
separate ; hind wings 8 veins, 3 and 4 together from angle, 6 and 7
stemmed, 8 shortly joined with cell near base, then rapidly diverging.
„,-.—' Species : —

R. lixaria Gn. R. hollandaria Hulst.

RrjaspidtariaTHulst. R. saltusaria Hulst.

R. xysteraria Hulst.

7. SYNCHEORA Guen.
Phal. i, 375, 1857 ; Eunemoria Pack., 5th Peab. Eept. p. 76, 1873.
Type liquoraria Guen.

Palpi short, ascending in S ; long, porrect or drooping in 9 , the
end member especially lengthened ; clypeus flat, scaled ; antennae
bipectinated in % , ciliate in 9 ; thorax and abdomen untufted ; fore

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tibiffi unarmed ; hind tibi?e with two paii's of spurs in both sexes ;
fore wings 12 veins, 3 and 4 at angle, 6 separate, 10 on 9, 11 from
cell ; hind wings 8 veins, 3 and 4 separate or short stemmed, 6 and
7 stemmed, 8 joined to cell shortly then rapidly diverging, the union
being rather longer than usual and the divergence less rapid.

Species: — __..

X. (j/((iic((rla Gn. / S. liqiioraria Gn.

*S'. i'<'/'u/(!/>a//e/i,6^Hulst, n.sp. [Pk.) S. rubrifroiitaria Pack.
S. denticulata Walk, (excurvata S. dominimria Gn.

S. Tiridipalleni>i n. sp.^-Expands 24-26 mm. Palpi and body parts dis-
colored in relaxing, probably wbitish green, the palpi red at end ; front red ; fore
wings vestiture squamose, thin, even dull ocher green without lines; hind wings
a lighter uuicolorous, scarcely greenish ; beneath nearly the color of hind wings
above.

Colorado ; Arizona.

8. CHL.O ROSEA Pack.
Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, xvi, 31, 1874.

Type nevadaria Pack.
Palpi scaled, not heavy, subascending ; clypeus flat, with a ten-
dency to a scale ridge below ; antennae bipectinated in t , ciliate in
9 ; thorax and abdomen untufted ; fore tibiae unarmed ; hind
tibiae with one pair of spurs in both sexes ; fore wings even, no ac-
cessory cell, 12 veins, 3 and 4 from angle, 6 from a point or short
stemmed with 7, 10 on 9, 11 from cell, 12 separate; hind wings 8
veins, 3 and 4 from angle, 6 and 7 stemmed, 8 separate from cell.
Species. — C. nevadaria Pack.

9. APL.ODES Guen.
Phal. i, 376, 1857.

HipparcMschus Walsh, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, ix, 300, 1864.
Type mimosaria Guen.
Palpi projecting beyond head, long scaled, ascending ; clypeus
flat, slightly scale tufted below ; anteunte % shortly bipectinated ;
thorax and abdomen untufted ; fore tibiae unarmed, hind tibiae in
both sexes with two pairs of spurs, the lower pair small in S ; hair
pencil on hind tibiae of % ; fore wings even, 12 veins, no accessory
cell ; 3 and 4 from angle, 6 separate from 7, 10 on 9, 11 from cell ;
hind wings 8 veins, 3 and 4 from a point or short stemmed, 6 and 7
stemmed, 8 separated from cell.
Species. — A. miviosaria Gn.

A. bistrmria Hiib. (brunnearia Pack.)
A. cerata Fab.

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316 GEORGE D. HULST.

10. ABTAPLiODES Pack.
Geom. Moths. 392, 1876.

Type pistacearia Pack.

Palpi moderate, ascending, rather strong ; elypeus untufted ; an-
tennae bipectinated in % , ciliate in 9 ; thorax and abdomen un-
tufted ; fore tibiae unarmed ; hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs in
both sexes, in % not swollen and without hair pencil; fore wings
12 veins, 3 and 4 separate, 6 separate, 10 on 9, 11 from cell ; hind
wings "8 veins, 3 and 4 from angle, 6 and 7 stemmed, 8 separate from
cell.

Differs from Aplodes principally iu lack of hair pencil on hind
tibiae of Z ; from Geometra in that the antennae of % are not bi-
pectinate to apex. So far as the description goes, Megalaehlora
Meyr. is a synonym. Differs also from Pseudoterpna in that the
abdomen is not tufted.

Species: — _^

A. zygotaria Hulst. / A. jimdolmearia Graef \_Auct.)

A. viridicarla Hulst. ,■ A. remotarin Wlk. (iridaria

f A.festcvria]A\i\&t. .J. iridaria Gxxan. (rectaria Grt.)

0-A. pistaceari'i Pack. A. illustraria Hulst.

BREPHIN^.

The Brephinae have in the past very generally been catalogued
with the Noctuina, but were recognized to be a connecting link be-
tween that family and the Geometrina. Mr. Meyrick was, I believe,
the first to regard them as true Geometers, and I myself have the
same opinion. There are some Noctuid tendencies, and in many
respects the two families are nearly related, but the Geometrid re-
lations seem to me to be the nearer and more decisive.

Mr. Meyrick catalogues these insects under the term Monocteniidae.
The family designation Brephidae has priority, however, if indeed
the two groups should be joined in one family.

As said heretofore I can see no valid reason Avhy certain genera
such as Ahophila, etc., where vein 8 of the hind wings is coincident
with the cell, should be referred to this family, as is done by ]Mr.
Meyrick. They belong more properly to the Hydriomeninae.

Synopsis of Brephin^.

Autennte of % bipectinate l<eucobrephos.

Antemije. of % dentate Brephos.

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BREPHOS Ochs.
Schm. Eur. 1816 {Brephos Hub., Tentaiuen 1810).

Type parthenias L.
Archiearis Hiib., Verz. 279, 1818, type parthenias L.
Palpi short, covered with long hairs; face clothed with long loose
hairs; antennae simple, rounded, finely pubescent; thorax scaly,
mixed with hairs, the patagise long haired. Abdomen scaled, mixed
with hairs. Legs, femora and tibiae haired, hind tibiae with two pairs
of spurs, fore tibiae unarmed; fore wings 11 veins, one accessory
cell, 7 absent, 3 and 4 widely separate, 5 at middle of cell ; hind
wings 8 veins, 3 and 4 separate, 5 at middle of cell, 6 and 7 stemmed,
8 separate from cell and subparallel with it.
Species. — B. infans Moesch.

L.EUCOBREPHOS Grt.
Buff. Bull, ii, m, 1874.

Type brephoides Walk.

Palpi moderate, very lengthily hairy ; face hairy ; antennae bi-

pectinate in S ; thorax and abdomen heavily haired, untufted ; fore

wings 11 veins, 3 and 4 stemmed, one accessory cell ; hind wings 8

veins, 3 and 4 stemmed, 8 separate from cell and subjjarallel with it.

Species. — L. brephoides Wlk.

L. middendorfi Men.

LEUCULID^.

The only genus is the typical one which follows. The venation is
peculiar, and I am doubtful whether the species belongs to the Geo-
metrina. It has a decidedly Lithooiid aspect, and its true position
cannot be determined until the larva is known.

L,EU€ULA Guen.
Phal. i, 134. 1857.

Type empusaria Guen.

Palpi very minute ; clypeus flat, scaled ; antennae of % bi pectinate ;
thorax and abdomen untufted ; fore tibiae unarmed ; hind tibiae with
two pairs of spurs ; fore wings elongate, even, 12 veins, no accessory
cell, 3 and 4 widely separate, 5 nearer 4 than 6, 6 from cell near 7,

7 and 8 stemmed from point of cell, 9 and 10 stemmed ; hind wings
rounded, 3 and 4 widely separate, 5 below middle, 6 and 7 stemmed,

8 separate from cell, but close to it to end.

The generic description is from L. lacteolata. I do not know the
type of the genus.

Species. — L. lacteolata Hulst.

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318 GEORGE D. HULST.

ENNOMID/E.

FERNALDELLIN^.

This subfamily erected for, and containing the typical genus only,
is a very peculiar one in apparent affinities. In not having vein 5
of the hind wings developed, it is placed with the Ennomidse as I
have defined that family. The structure of the hind wing in the
coalescing of vein 8 with the cell at base is exactly that of the Hy-
driomeninae. There exists also the comparatively rai'e peculiarities
of the prominent tubercle of the clypeus, the clawing of the fore
tibiae and the bipectinate antennae of the $ . The vestiture of the
head and thorax is the squamose hairy and scale hairy vestiture of
the Arctic Hydriomeninae, and the coloration approaches most nearly
certain genera of the Ennominae.

FERNAL.Di:L.IiA n. gen.

Type Jimetaria Grt.

Palpi moderate, slender, with long scales at base, clypeus having
a rounded protuberance with a hollow within, with central rough-
ened raised space ; tongue developed ; antennae bipectinated in both
sexes ; fore tibiae with a strong terminal frontal claw, the tibiae them-
selves very short and stout ; hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs ; fore
wings 11 veins, 6 from a point with 7, 8 wanting, 10 from 9, 11
from cell ; hind wings 7 veins, 3 and 4 separate, 5 wanting in S ;
weak, not tubular in 9 ; 6 and 7 stemmed, anastomosing with cell
more than one-half its length in S , not quite one-half in 9 •

I take great pleasure in dedicating this genus to Dr. C. H. Fernald,
of Amherst, Mass., whose ability as an entomologist and worth as a
man, command, second to no other, my admiration and respect.
Species. — F. fivietaria Grt.

F. stalachtaria Streck.

ENNOMIN^.

The Ennominae are the largest of the subfamilies of the Geome-
trina of our fauna. There is among them, moreover, the widest
variation in ap})earance and structure, and they offer the greatest
difficulties in classification.

The subfamily divides into two groups by the possessing or lacking
a peculiar fovea on fore wings beneath near the base of vein la in
the male. It is ordinarily easy to be seen, though there is difficulty

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in some cases, where the peculiarity seems to be in the process of
development, or where perhaps the species is outgrowing it. Some-
times it is large and prominent, consisting of an unsealed vitreous
surface, at times with a peculiar gland within it.

There is wide variation in the structure of the antennae not only
in that bipectinate, lamelate, fascicled, ciliate, filiform and flattened
forms are found, but also in the location of the various appendages.
In many species the pectinations are at the summits, in others at the
bases of the segments. The rule is not invariable, but generally the
species having the fovea on the fore wings of the males, have also
the pectinations or fascicles on the top of the segments of the antennae.

Apart from the elements of structure upon which the subfamily
is founded, there is among the species a very wide range of variation.
The palpi, clypeus, antennae, legs, thorax, abdomen and wings vary
greatly ; especially is the venation subject to variation not only in the
diflferent species, but in the individual species. In view of this, in the
main, very little dependence can be placed upon the relations of veins
9, 10, 11 and 12 to each other in the fore wings. Not infrequently an
extra vein (vein 13) is found, and very frequently 11 is present or
absent in different specimens of the same species; 9, 10, 11 and 12
anastomose with each other, or are separate in the individuals of one
species, and as a consequence very little use can be made of them in
classification. The position of the bases of the veins are much less
variable. The hind wings are less changeable in venation than the
fore wings, but the comparative positions of 3 and 4, as well as 6
and 7, cannot be relied upon within narrow limits.

Synopsis of Genera.

1. Fore wiugs of % with fovea below at base of la 2.

Fore wings of % without fovea below at base of la 36.

2. Antenna' of % bipectinate 3.

. Antennae of % not bipectinate 30.

3. Tongue absent, or very short 4.

Tongue developed, at least one-half thorax 5.

4. Hind tibiae with one pair of spurs 63. Si'acophora.

Hind tibife with two pairs of spurs 34. Ami lapis.

5. Fore wings with discal scale tuft 44. Tornos.

Fore wings without discal scale tuft 6.

6. Clypeus tuberded 7.

Clypeus not tubercled 11.

7. Fore tibise clawed 8.

Fore tibiae not clawed 49. Ccenocharis.

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8. Hind tibise with one pair of spurs 9.

Hind wings with two pairs of spurs 10.

9. Fore wings 11 veins 46. $$y nglochis.

Fore wings 12 veins 48. Holocliroa.

10. Fore tibise rounded, with one claw at end 47. Olauciiia..

Fore tibiie flattened, with two claws at end 70. Acanthopliora.

11. Antennse of 9 bipectinate 12.

Antennse of J not bipectinate 13.

12. Fore wings 11 veins 40. Plerotsea.

Fore wings 12 veins 39. Uteris.

13. Hind wings 6 and 7 stemmed 16. Nyctiphaiita.

Hind wings 6 and 7 separate 14.

14. Abdomen of % with dorsal tuft on first and third segments.

43. Somatalophia.
Abdomen of % without dorsal tuft on first and third segments 15.

15. Thorax with anterior and posterior tufts 36. Spoilulepis.

Thorax without anterior and posterior tufts 16.

16. Fore wings of 9 with fovea below at base 17.

Fore wings of 9 without fovea below at base 18.

17. Hind tibise of % with hair pencil 59. Gleua.

Hind tibiae of % without hair pencil 8. I'liysoslegaiiia.

18. Clypeus roughened and pitted 71. Traclieops.

Clypeus smooth 19.

19. Hind tibiae of % with hair pencil 20.

Hind tibiae of % without hair pencil 24.

20. Palpi erect, recurved 21.

Palpi not erect, not recurved 22.

21. Wings even, rounded 75. Stergainatiea.

Wings angulate, incised 38. Liytrosis.

22. Wings deeply incised 37. Stenotrachelys.

Wings not deeply incised 23.

23. Antennae, of % with pectinations suddenly shortening to simple apex.

55. Cleora.
Antennae of % with pectinations gradually shortening to simple apex.

33. Alcis.

24. Palpi long 25.

Palpi moderate 26.

25. Hind wings with subcostal fovea below near base in % ... -26. Eueniera.
Hind wings without subcostal fovea below near base in % .20. Syinpherta.

26. Antennae of % bipectinate to apex -32. Mepy tia.

Antennae of % with apex simple 27.

27. Hind wings quite strongly angulate 35. Paraphia.

Hind wings not strongly angulate 28.

28. Wings very broad ; hind wings scalloped 60. EpimeciN.

Wings moderate ; hind wings even, or at most slightly wavy 29.

29. Antennae plumose; pectinations long 53. Selidoseina.

Antennae not plumose ; pectinations moderate or short. .• -15. Diastictiw.

30. Antennae of % with fascicles of hairs on each segment 31.

Antennae of % without fascicles of hairs on each segment 32.

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31. Hind tibiae of % with hair pencil 57. Aethaloptera.

Hiud tibiae of % without hair pencil 59. Kctropis.

32. Hind tibiae of % with hair pencil 33.

Hind tibiae of % without hair pencil 13. Philobia.

33. Antennae of % dentate 14. Macaria.

Antennae of % not dentate 34.

.34. Antennae of % flattened, naked 35.

Antennae of % filiform ciliate 12. Sciagraphia.

35. Thorax hairy 30. Euypia.

Thorax scaly 9. Gueneria.

36. Antennae of % bipectinate 37.

Antennae of % not bipectinate 89.

37. Wings of J partly obsolete 38.

Wings of 9 developed 39.

38. Segments of abdomen spined 65. Raphididemas.

Segments of abdomen not spined 64. Apocheinia.

39. Antennae of % doubly bipectinate 83. Ripula.

Antennae of % not doubly bipectinate 40.

40. Hind wings of % with subcostal fovea below at base 41.

Hind wings of % without subcostal fovea below at base 44.

41. Palpi long, beak like 25. Catopy rrha.

Palpi moderate or short • 42.

42. Abdomen of % with lateral tuft 42. Spodoptera.

Abdomen of % without lateral tuft ^^. 43.

43. Hind wings of % with fold on inner margin above near base- • .41. Ixala.
Hind wings of % without fold 10. Deilinia.

44. Fore tibiae clawed 18. Euaspilates.

Fore tibiae not clawed 45.

45. Tongue absent, or very short 46.

Tongue developed, at least one-half thorax ,54.

46. Palpi of % very long, deltoid like 68. Eucaterva.

Palpi of % not long, deltoid like 47.

47. Antennae of % bipectinate to apex 48.

Antennae of % with apex simple 53.

48. Antennae of 9 bipectinate 49.

Antennae of 9 lot bipectinate 51.

49. Thorax hairy 50.

Thorax scaly 69. Fliiltriea.

50. Abdomen densely hairy, and with dorsal tufts 67, Phseoura.

Abdomen scaly, without dorsal tufts 84. I^niiOitio$«.

51. Front and thorax hairy 52.

Front and thorax scaly 51. Aethalodes.

52. Tongue short 72. Dyscia.

Tongue obsolete ,50. Coniodes.

53. Abdomen and femora densely hairy 61. L<ycia.

Abdomen and femora scaly 52. Cliesiadodes.

54. Antennae of 9 bipectinate 55,

Antennae of 9 u^'t bipectinate 60.

55. All wings 6 and 7 stemmed 29. Platsea.

Fore or hind wings 6 and 7 separate 56.

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56. Hind tibiae of % with hair pencil 57.

Hind tibise of % without hair pencil 58.

57. Palpi long, beak like 94. Pherne.

Palpi moderate or short 78. Weoterpes.

58. All wings even, rounded 45. Exelis.

Hind wings at least notched or angulate 59.

59. Hind wings notched between 4 and 6; fore wings 10 and 11 stemmed at base.

85. Xantiiotype.
Hind wings angulate; fore wings 10 and 11 separate at base. 87. Hypcritis.

60. Abdomen of % with tufts beneath 56. IVIelanolopliia.

Abdomen of % without tufts beneath 61.

61. Thorax with anterior longitudinal crest 98. SteiiawpilateN.

Thorax without longitudinal crest 62.

62. Fore wings with chitinous cross bar between submedian and la.

80. Theriiia.
Fore wings without such cross bar 63.

63. Antennse of % bipectinate to apex 64.

Antennae of % with apex simple 66.

64. Fore wings with transparent lunule at end of discal cell 91. Seleiiia.

Fore wings without transparent lunule at end of discal cell 65.

65. Wings hairy ; antennae with pectinations filiform ; palpi short. 67. Cingilia.
Wings scaly ; antennae with pectinations clavate ; palpi moderately long.

89. Oonodoiitis.

66. Hind wings 6 and 7 stemmed 67.

Hind wings 6 and 7 separate 68.

67. Thorax hairy 79. Sioya.

Thorax scaly 76. Iflelanisea.

68. Antennae close together, the bases almost touching. . . .74. SplisecelOfleK.
Antennae normally separate 69.

69. Femora and palpi densely hairy 70.

Femora and palpi not densely hairy 72.

70. Fore wings 11 veins 1. Epeli!«.

Fore wings 12 veins 71.

71. Antennae of % with pectinations filiform ; front long haired.

4. Dasyfidonia.
Antennae of % with pectinations clavate ; front not long haired.

97. Snowia.

72. Hind tibiae of % with hair pencil 73.

Hind tibiae of % witliout hair pencil 80.

73. Palpi loug 74.

Palpi moderate or short 75.

74. Autenuae of % pectinations filiform 7. C'horaspilates.

Antennae of % pectinations clavate 6. Wlellilla.

75. Wings even, rounded 76.

Wings angulate 78.

76. Antennae of % plumose; pectinations filiform 2. Eiificloiiia.

Antennae of % not plumose; pectinations clavate 77.

77. Front with overhanging scale tuft; fore wings 12 separate. .31. Pliiledia.
Front without overhanging tuft; fore wings 12 anastomosing with 11.

27. C'aripeta.

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78. Larva with 12 legs 81. Metrocainpa.

Larva with 10 legs 79.

79. Antenuie of % with pectinations very short, each with a fascicle of hairs.

106. Abbottana.
Aiitennse of % with pectinations not very short and without fascicle of hairs.

90. Eiichlteiia.

80. Palpi long, beak like 81.

Palpi moderate or short, at least not beak like 82.

81. Wings strongly angulate 92. I^piplatymetru.

Wings slightly, or not at all angulate 73. L.ychnosea.

82. All wings more or less rounded out above posterior angle. . -86. Plagodis.
All wings not so rounded out 83.

83. Wings even, rounded or slightly wavy 84.

Wings not even rounded ; angulate, or strongly wavy 88.

84. Fore wings 10 stemmed with 11 at base 85.

Fore wings 10 separate from 11 86.

85. Fore wings falcate 101. INyssaura.

Fore wings not falcate 102. Caberodesi.

86. Antennae with pectinations filiform 87.

AntenniB with pectinations clavate 54. JVlericisca.

87. Palpi quite long, ascending; front tufted 77. Aiiagoga.

Palpi short, porrect ; front smooth 23. Aethyctera.

88. Hind wings with wavy margins: fore wings 10 on 9; pectinations of antennse

clavate 96. Pryot-y cla.

Hind wings angulate 95. Hetaiieina.

89. Wings of 9 obsolete 66. Eraunis.

Wings of 9 developed 90.

90. Fore wings 16 rounded up near base 11. Episemasia.

Fore wings 16 not rounded up near base 91.

91. Hind legs of % with tuft of hairs at end of femora. .21. Hoinochlodt'S.
Hind legs of ^ without tuft of hairs at end of femora 92.

92. Thorax with dorsal longitudinal crest 93.

Thorax without dorsal longitudinal crest 94.

93. Anteunse of % dentate 99. Iflarinarea.

Antennae of % simple, flattened 100. Azeliua.

94. Hind tibiae of % with hair pencil 95.

Hind tibiae of '^ without hair pencil 102.

95. Fore wings 11 veins 96.

Fore wings 12 veins 97.

-96. Wings even, spurs normal on hind tibiae 5. Alelioniala.

Wings angulate; one upper spur on hind tibiae much enlarged at end.

88. Ania.

97. Antennae of % dentate 104. Tetracis.

Antennae of % not dentate 98.

98. Antennae of % flattened 99.

Antenna^ of % filiform 103. Oxydia.

99. Thorax hairy 100.

Thorax scaly 101.

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100. Wings angulate 105. Sabulodes.

Wings even, rounded 19. Anflielia.

101. Wings angulate 82. Eugouobapta.

Wings even, rounded 22. Thallopliaga.

102. Palpi rather long 103.

Palpi quite short 104.

103. Wings angulate ; antennae of % dentate 93. Syiiaxis.

Wings rounded : antennae of % not dentate 17. Apolema.

104. Thorax hairy 28. Pheiigoillinaf tea.

Thorax scaly 105.

105. Antennae of % flattened 24. Aptecasia.

Antennae of % filiform 3. Ortltofiilonia.

/j^_EFEIiIS n. gen.
Type truncataria Wlk.
Palpi rather long, slender, porrect, loosely hairy ; front with coni-
cal tuft ; tongue developed ; antennae of % bipectinate, apex simple,
of 9 filiform ; thorax loosely scale hairy above and hairy below.
Abdomen rather rough scaled ; fore legs, femora strongly haired ;
hind tibise swollen in % , without hair pencil, with all spurs ; fore
wings 11 veins, 5 weak, scarcely tubular, 6 and 7 separate, 11 want-
ing, 10 from cell without fovea in % ; hind wings veins all separate,
8 separate from cell ; all wings even, rounded.

Distinguished by the 11 veined primaries, and the hairy scaled
palpi, front, thorax and femora.
f Species, — E. truncataria W\k.
t E. faxonii Minot.

'^JE|I_FID.0:KIA Pack.
Geom. Moths. 225, 1876.

Type notatarin Walk.

Palpi short, porrect, long scaled below ; tongue strong ; front
smooth ; antennse bipectinate in % , apex simple, pectinations fili-
form ; thorax and abdomen smooth ; hind tibise swollen, with hair
pencil in % , with all spurs present ; fore wings even, rounded, 12
veins, 10 and 11 from cell, without fovea in S ; hind wings even,
rounded, 5 undeveloped, S separate from cell.
Species. -^^. notataria.

3. ORTHOFIDOIVIA Pack.
Geom. Moths, 235, 1876.

Type exornata Wlk.

Palpi subascending, rounded, loose bushy scaled, moderate ; tongue
developed ; front loose scaled ; thorax and abdomen rather loosely

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scaled ; autenuie filiform, ciliate, the hairs rather long ; hind tibise
not swollen, without hair pencil, with two pairs of spurs in both
sexes; fore wings 12 veins, without fovea at base, 10 on 11 anasto-
mosing with 12; hind wings veins all separate; all wings even,
rounded.

Species. — 0. exornata Wlk.

/ 0. .semiclarata Walk,
O. vedaJlatd Guen.

4. DASYFIDOIVIA Pack.
Ge.om. Moths, 233, 1876.

Type avuncnlaria Gueu.

Paljii rather long, porrect, densely long hairy ; antennae of S bi-
pectinate, of 9 filiform, the pectinations of S filiform ; front and
thorax above and below densely long hairy ; abdomen scaled,
smooth ; legs with femora densely hairy ; hind tibije with two pairs
of spurs in both sexes, without hair pencil in % ; fore wings 12
veins, with fovea at base, 10 on 11, 11 from cell ; hind wings veins
all separate, 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell.
Species. -/D. avuncularia Guen.

5. HELIOJVIATA Grt.
Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, vi, 29, 186G.

Type iufalnta Grt.

Palpi short, porrect, rather heavily scaled below ; front rough
scaled, .flat; anteunte of % filiform, ciliate; hind tibite of % swollen,
with hair pencil, with all spurs; fore wings even, rounded, 11 veins,
10 on cell, 11 wanting, without fovea in % ; hind wings even,
rounded, 8 separate from cell, 6 and 7 separate, 5 undeveloped.
Species. — H. infulata Grt.
If. cycladata Grt.
H. elaboi'ata Grt.

6. 9IEL.L.IL.IiA Grt.
Buff. Bull, i, 12, 1873.

Type chamaechrysaria Grt.
GoniJythria Gump. Nov. Act. Halle, 49, 323, 18, type chamiechrysaria Grt.

Palpi long, heavy, subascending, end member very small, deflexed ;
front with conical tuft ; antennae bipectinate in % , pectinations
claviform, segments comparatively few ; thorax and abdomen smooth ;
hind tibiae of S swollen, with hair pencil, with all spurs ; fore wings

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12 veins, without fovea below, 10 and 11 from one stem from cell ;
hind wings veins all separate, 8 separate from cell, 5 undeveloped ;
all wings even, rounded.

Peculiar in the fewness of the segments of the antennae, these
being not more than about one-half the usual number. The genus
is structurally very close to Chloraspilates Pack., which it antedates.
Species. — M. inextricata Walk.

yW. chamcechj^ariaGrt.

! 7. <'HORASPIL,ATES Pack.
Geom. Moths, 211, 1876.

Type bicoloraria Pack.

Palpi moderately long, subascending, hairy, heavily scaled ; tongue
developed ; front with a strong hair tuft ; antennse broadly pecti-
nated almost to apex in S ; thorax loosely scaled above, hairy or
woolly below ; abdomen smooth ; legs smooth, hind tibise not swollen,
without hair pencil, with two pairs of spurs in both sexes ; fore wings
without fovea in ^ , 12 veins, 10 from 9, 11 from cell; hind wings
all veins separate, 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell.

Close to Mellilla Grt. ; the antennse of % , however, have the
pectinations filiform, and the segments shorter and more numerous.
Species.-^ C bicoloraria Pack.

PHYSOSTEGANIA Warr.

Nov. Zool. i, 406, 1894.

Type pustularia Guen.
Palpi rather long, porrect, rather heavily scaled ; tongue devel-
oped ; front scale tufted ; antennse of % bipectinate, apex simple,
of $ serrate ; thorax and abdomen scaled, the latter slightly tufted
at end ; hind tibise somewhat swollen, without hair pencil in S , with
all spurs ; fore wings even, rounded, with very large fovea below in
% near base, a smaller one in 9,11 veins, probably sometimes 12 ;
hind wings, 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate from cell,
the wings eveiij rounded.

Species.!— P. pustularia Guen.

9. OVEIWERIA Pack.
Geom. Moths, 307, 1876.

Type basiaria Walk. .

Palpi short, porrect ; front smooth ; antennse of % flattened,
nearly naked ; thorax and abdomen smooth, the latter somewhat
tufted at end ; hind tibise with all spurs in % , with hair pencil, and

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with the tarsi much shortened ; fore wings even, rounded, 12 veins,
10 from 9, 11 from cell, with large fovea at base; hind wdngs
rounded, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate from cell and without fovea at
base, 5 undeveloped.

Differs from Macaria in the simple flattened antennae, the antennae
being dentate in Macaria.

Species. — G. basiaria Walk.

10. DKILINIA Hub.
Verz. 310, 1818 {Sphecodes Hub. Teutamen).

Type pusaria Linn.
Cahera Treits., Sehm. Eur. vi, 1, 343, 1827, type pusaria Linn.

Palpi short, porrect, rough scaled below ; tongue developed ; front

smooth ; antennae of % bipectinate, apex simple, of 9 dentate ;

thorax and abdomen smooth ; hind tibiae of % not swollen or slightly

so, without hair pencil, with all spurs; fore wings 12 veins, without

fovea below, 10 from 9 ; hind wings, 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from

cell, in S with fovea at base of vein 8.
Species : —

D. borealis Hulst, n. sp. ID. falcataria Pack.

D. elimata Hulst. D. carnearm Hulst.

D. quadrifasciaria Pack. IX-perpallidaria Grt.

\ D. variolaria Guen. /D. quadraria Gi't.

I D. erMremaria^uen^^ D. litaria Hulst.

lXexanthe7nata Scop. D. liberaria Walk.

D. pacificaria Pack. D. nigroseriata Pack.

D. nevadaria Hulst. i/D. behrensaria Hulst.

D. fa^mhiaria Guen. D. fumosa Hulst, n. sp.

Dr. Butler tells us he has received the true D. exanthemata from

Canada. D. falcataria, D. carnearia and perpallidaria are probably

conspecific. The species of the genus differ in appearance, but agree

in structure.

D. borealis n. sp. — Expands 25 mm. Palpi whitish at base, blackish at
ends; front blackish gray; antennae gray, ringed with black; thorax blackish
gray. Abdomen whitish, thickly irrorated with black atoms. Wings light gray,
thickly and evenly spattered with blackish scales to beyond cell, then somewhat
darkened into an even, broad, indistinct line, followed by a lighter band of about
the same width, then darker again to outer margin, the wings here being washed
with fuscous, and all wings having a general dull gray appearance, darker at
outer line and on outer spaces; beneath gray with black atoms, but not so much
darkened as above, and of an even color over all the wings. In the 9 the black

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328 GEORGE D. HULST.

atoms within the outer space are not so dense, and the color is therefore of a
much lighter gray, at the same time the darker margin is not so broad.

Male and female, Calgary, Canada, from Mr. Wolly-Dod.

D. fniilONa n. sp. — Expands 35-40 mm. Antennse long, plumose, dark fus-
cous; palpi fuscous browu ; head fuscous; thorax and abdomen fuscous brown,
the thorax darker and stained anteriorly with violet. Wings fuscous brown with
a violet tint, the outer lield in both wings considerably lighter than the rest,
which is evenly colored ; basal line black, not distinct on dark field, sharply and
evenly rounded ; a dark line across the wing at center of middle field, indistinct,
somewhat rounded, extending across hind wing : outer line obsolete, its place
showing by the contrast of the color of middle and outer fields; this edge dis-
tinct, sinuous, bending out at 5, bending out again between 3 and 4, between 1
and 2 turning in again to margin ; an indistinct broken line in middle of outer
field parallel with outer margin inwardly shown by blackish, outwardly by
whitish scales; hind wings with edging continued, undulate; a black apical dash
on fore wings with reddish brown tint about it; hind wings becoming reddish
brown towards outer margin : discal spots on fore wings white ; beneath quite
even brownish with ocher tint, lines very faint or obsolete ; discal spots on all
wings black.

Colorado, Utah, California. Near to Guophos haydenata Pack.,
and considerably like it in appearance. Faded specimens show the
cross-lines more sharply, the outer field comparatively lighter and
lose most, if not all, of the violet-brown tinge. The line in outer
field shows across both wings in dark dots.

11. EPI^iEMAISIA n. gen.
Type cervinaria Pack.

Palpi short, porrect ; tongue developed ; front smooth ; antennae
flattened in % , filiform in $ ; thorax and abdomen smooth ; legs
smooth ; hind tibise with two pairs of spurs, swollen and without
hair pencil in % ; fore wings 12 veins, 5 very weak, not tubular,
lb bent upward and rounded just beyond base, 6 and 7 widely sepa-
rate, 10 on 8, 11 from cell; hind wings, 5 undeveloped, 8 separate
from cell.

The special distinction is the curving of vein 16 of fore wings,
which takes the form of being parallel with submedian, and then
turning away from it an angle. It is caused by an incomplete fovea
posterior to 16.

Species. — E. morbosa Hulst, n. sp.
E. cervinaria Pack.

E. morbosa n. sp. — Expands 26 mm. Palpi ochreous; front ochreous,
tinged with fuscous; thorax and abdomen ocher fuscous, the latter spotted with
dark atoms towards end. Wings even, dull ocher, or pale buff, spotted quite
evenly, but irregularly all over with small blackish blotches and blackish atoms ;

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discal spots black ; margin with intervenular black dots; wings beneath quite as
above, with a shade lighter color and less distinctness to the blackish spottings.

One % , Florida.

12. SCIAGRAPHIA n. gen.
Type granitata Guen.

Palpi moderate, porrect or subascendiiig, generally strongly scaled,
tongue strong; front rounded, rather broad, smooth or slightly
tufted ; antennje of Z filiform or slightly flattened, ciliate or sub-
fasciculate ; thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled ; hind tibise of I
swollen, with hair pencil, tarsi somewhat shortened ; fore wings even,
or slightly falcate, with fovea below in S , 12 vqins, 10 on 9, 11 from
cell, 5 weak ; hind wings even, slightly wavy, rarely subangulate on
outer margin, 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate from cell.
This genus differs from Macara Curt., Philobia Dup. and Dias-
tictis Hub. in form of the antennpe, and from Opisthograptis Hiib.
in the presence of the hair pencil on the hind tibise of the % .

Species : —
S. suhlacteolata Hulst. ' S. nevtata Guen,

S. colorata Grt. S. hebitata Hulst.

S. maculifascia Hulst, n. sp. fS. sinuata Pack. , . ,

fKjjranitata Guep. S. snoviata Pack.

' S. denticidata Grt. / ^pervoCaia Hulst.

S. museariata Guen. * S^ meadii Pack.

*S'. punctolineata Pack. (S^ continuata Walk.

"^S. heiiothidata Guen. / S. melUMrifjata Grt.

i S. califoriiia.ta Pack- S, trifa-sciata Pack.

S. respersatq Hulst. ' .^2'!Z^Ij}^}2'^^ Pack.

fK nubiculata Pack. S. submiiiiata Pack.

' S.irrorata PacKT

A number of these species run very closely together, and some
modification of specific standing may have to be made as more mate-
rial is obtained for comparison.

S. Miaciilifascisi n. sp. — Expands 26-28 mm. Very close to >S. sublacfeulnta
Hulst, of which it is quite likely a variety. The markings are the same, the
outer line of dots arranged in the same manner, but it diflFers very decidedly in
the general color of the wings, the neatly pure white of R suhlacteolata being re-
placed by dark fuscous.

I have specimens of S. suhlacteolata from Ohio and Texas which
agree. All my specimens of aS". maculifascia are from South Dacotah
and also agree with one another.

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13. PHIL.OBIA Dup.
Hist. Nat. vii, 195. 1829.

Type notata Linn.

Palpi moderate, subascending, end member horizontal ; tongue
developed ; front with conical tuft of hairs ; antennse of % dentate
with fascicle of hairs on each segment ; thorax and abdomen smooth ;
hind tibite of S swollen, without hair pencil, with all spurs present ;
fore wings slightly angled on outer margin, 12 veins, 10 on 9, 11
from cell, with fovea below in 'b ; hind wings strongly angled on
outer margin, 8 separate from cell, 6 and 7 separate, 5 undeveloped.

I cannot separate some of our specimens from notata Linn. There
are others from the southwest, to which the name enotata may apply,
which seem to have the outer line of the fore wings less bent below
costa and the antennae of the % more deeply serrate. They are
also darker brown in color.
Species. — P. notata Linn.
P. enotata Linn.

14. 9IA€ARIA Curt.
Brit. Ent. iii, 132, 1826.

Type liturata Clerck.

Palpi moderate or short, porrect, rough scaled ; tongue developed ;
front smooth, or with slight tuft ; antennae of % serrate, ciliate, or
subfasciculate ; thoi'ax scaled. Abdomen sometimes somewhat tufted
at end ; hind tibise of % lengthened, swollen, with hair pencil, tarsi
shortened ; fore wings even, or slightly falcate, with fovea below in
% , 12 v^eins or 11, the number being variable in the same species,
vein 11 having a tendency to become obsolete; hind wings even,
rounded, sometimes wavy, or even angulate on outer margin, 5 un-
developed, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate from cell.

Aestimaria Hiib., the type of Pharinacis Hiib. and Gonodela Bois.
has slightly serrate antennae in % , but lacks the hair pencil. Opv<-
thograptii Hiib. and Riimia. Dup., of which luteolata Linn, is the
type, have neither serrate antennae nor hair pencil in % . Fsama-
todes Guen. is a synonym of Maearia if eremiata Guen. be the type.

It can, however, be referred to catakmnaria Guen. as type, which
Guenee says has pectinated antennae, but which species I have not
myself examined.

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Species : —

M. injimata Gueu.
fM^ s-siqnata Pack. ''■^"■

M. eremiata Guen.

M. hypwthrata Grt.

M. wquiferaria Walk.

M. dispuncta Walk.
't M. minnrqta Pack.

M. grassata Hulst.
M. prceatomata Harv.
M. similata Hulst.
M. mendicata Hulst.
M. septemjluaria Grt.
M. glomeraria Grt.

15. DIASTICTIS Hiib.

Verz. 288, 1818.

Type artesiaria Fab.
Itama Hiih.. Verz. 299, 1818, type maeularia Hiib.
Rhypnria Hiib., Verz. 305, 1818, type melanaria L.
Bryocetis Hiib., Verz. 316, 1818, type roboraria Schiff.
Sperama Curt., Brit. Ent. v, 222, 1825, type bnmneata Thnn.
Grammatophora Stepli., Cat. 126, 1829, type wavaria L.
Halia Dup., Hist. Nat. vii, 537, 1829, type wavaria L.
Siona Dup., Hist. Nat. viii, 537, 1829, type mnrinaria Fab.
Thamnonoma Led., Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien, 232. 1853, type vincularia Hiib.
Tephrina Guen., Phal. ii, 96, 1857, type vincularia Hiil>.
Eufitchia Pack., Geoni. Moths, 247, 1876, type ribearia Fitch.
Catastictis Gump., Nov. Act. Halle 49, 329 and 370, 1887, type ribearia Fitch.

Palpi moderate or short ; tongue developed ; front smooth, or
somewhat tufted ; antenme of I bipectinate, apex simple, the pecti-
nations gradually growing less towards simple apex, often clavate,
generally moderate or short, not plumose, of 9 serrate or filitorm ;
thorax scaly, rarely somewhat tufted, somewhat hairy below. Ab-
domen scaled ; hind tibije often swollen, but without hair pencil in
% , with all spurs; fore wings even, 12 or 11 veins in the same spe-
cies, with fovea below in % ; hind wings rounded, even, or slightly
wavy, 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate from cell.
Species : —

f D. ri hen rid Fitch.
Td. siilpliinariii Pack.
V D. fiis<-infn-iiri(t Hulst.
Z). orr'nlinirid Pack.

D. qu(uli-if(i-<ri(tri(i Pack.
\I)^Javic"iid Pack.
D. (jrnvilior liutl.
1). hnnnii-nfa. Thun.
1). crocenria Hulst.
D. ella Hulst, n. sp.
D. speciosa Hulst, u. sp.
D. vaguria Walk.

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D. helena Hulst, n. sp.
\I). inceptata Walk.

D.' evagaria Hulst.

D. gausaparia Grt.

D. subcessaria Walk.

D. packardaria Moesch.

D. bitactata Walk.
■( D. wavaria Linn.

D. lafiferrugata Walk.

D. graphidiaria Hulst.

D. octolineuta Hul.st.
r^. decor ata Hulst, n. sp.

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D. recUfascin Hulst, n. sp.

D. gnmiearia Pack.

D. tenebrosata Hulst.

D. sahiillmria Hulst. u. sp.

D. minuta Hulst, n. sp.

D. crassata Hulst, n. sp.

D. florida Hulst, n. sp.

D. fextivu Hulst.

D. cleceptata Hulst, n. sp.

D. pnllidida Hulst, n. sp.

D. subacnta Hulst, n. sp.

/>. cinerfola Hulst, n. sp.

D. umbrifdseiata Hulst.

D. iuqiiinaria Hulst.

D. denticnhdes Hulst, n. sp.

D. festa Hulst. n. sp.

D. subf(dcata Hulst, n. sp.

D. bicolorata Fab.

D. distribuaria Hiib.

D. ella n. sp. — Expands 32 mm. Palpi reddish ocher. yellowish at end ; front
ocher; thorax ocher reddish, stained anteriorly. Abdomen clay ocher; fore wings
even, unbroken reddish orange ; hind wings light ocher, washed with reddish
orange outwardly, the color becoming strong towards and about anal angle ; be-
neath yellow ocher, with a reddish orange tinge, less marked posteriorly on both
wings. Legs concolorous.

Wushingtoii.

n. <Ieiiticiilo<le!<i n. sp. — Expand.s 32-36 mm. A species almost the exact
counterpart of Sciaflraphia denticulafa Grt., in appearance, from some specimens
of which I am not able to distinguish it by color or markings. It is, however,
easily distinguished by the bipectinate antennae of the ^ , and the sharply serrate
antennae of the 9 •

Male and female from Colorado.

D. speciosa n. sp. — Expands 37-38 mm. Palpi, front, thorax and abdomen
rather dull ocher gray; fore wings gray, slightly ochreous, spotted with blackish
scales, these being more frequent and giving a mottled appearance near the inner
and beyond the outer lines: inner line not sharply defined, rather broad, wavy,
dark fuscous; discal spot large, fuscous, oval, inclosing a spot of ground color;
outer line not defined, broad, wavy, angulate, subparallel with outer margin ;
hind wings light ocher, striated outwardly with fuscous : beneath light ocher, the
fore wings sometimes tinged with fuscous, and the discal spot and cross-lines
faintly showing.

Hot Springs, New Mex., Mr. Meeske. I have the 9 only, and
the insect is probably not correctly placed here, as the thorax is
much more woolly above and below than are the other species of the
genus.

D. helena n. sp. — Expands 35 mm. Palpi yellow at base, smoky yellow
outwardly; front smoky ocher; thorax smoky ochreous, washed with violet.'
Abdomen dull ocher. Wings rich reddish ocher, somewhat dotted and striated
with brown ; at the middle of the fore wings is a broad brown band, rather dif-
fuse beginnijig one-fifth out from base on costa, evenly rounded outwardly to
inner margin ; ground color showing along costa and on outer margin of the
band, the ground color making an entering broad angle about the subdiscal vein,
almost severing the band ; also an outward, submarginal, broad, brown band,
straightly edged on inner side; hind wings with corresponding bands; beneath

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the ground color less sharp, the bands almost obsolete, faintly showing from above
and strongly marked only on inner edge near apex from costa to vein 6. Legs
smoky yellow.

Brooklyn, N. Y. From Miss Helen Jackson, its discoverer, for
whom it is named.

The type is a 9 , not in the best condition, and is so far as I know
unique. It was taken on a window, being attracted to light in the
thickly built up part of Brooklyn. I am suspicious that it may be
an accidental importation from the Tropics. It has some resemblance
to D. ahydata Guen.

D. decorata n. sp.— Expands 35 mm. Palpi, front and antennae dark ocher
fuscous; thorax dark gray. Abdomen fuscous ocher, darker dorsally, becoming
black on posterior part of each segment: fore wings bright, clear, very light gray,
more or less overlaid with fuscous striations. the light color clearer on middle
space and just beyond outer lines; basal line black, geminate, strong posteriorly ;
middle line black at costa. a shading across wing: outer line heavy, black, gemi-
nate, angled in opposite directions, and so more broadly separated below costa;
marginal line black, broken ; hind wings fuscous gray, two indistinct outer fus-
cous lines, more definite at inner margin ; marginal line broken, black ; all wings
with lengthened black discal spots : hind wings slightly angulate at vein 4.

Platte Canon, Colorado, from Dr. Barnes.

D. rectifaNCia n. sp.— Expands 35 mm. Palpi and front fuscous gray ;
antennfe white, ringed with black; summit and thorax dull white, with a few
blackish scales. Wings broad, dull white, slightly fuscous tinged, granular ; outer
line alone evident, fine dark fuscous, angled subcostally on fore wings, then
straight across wing, parallel with margin, straight and faintly showing on hind
wing; margins with faint intervenular black points; beneath as above, more
glistening, lines wanting, discal spots of fore wings evident, black.

Washington, from Prof. Riley, taken by Mr. Koebele. The single
specimen is a 9 •

D. crsisSHta n. sp.— Expands 31 mm. Palpi ocher fuscous, front dark fus-
cous; thorax fuscous gray with a bluish tinge. Abdomen and all wings even
light fuscous, rather evenly peppered with dark fuscous scales, slightly thicker
on outer margin ; outer line very faintly suggested ; beneath same color, slightly
more broken.

Colorado, from Prof. Gillette ; one female only.

D. subalbaria n". sp.— Of the size and appearance of Deilinia erythemaria
Guen. under which name it is probably in collections. The fore wings are not so
rounded, have a more pointed apex, and are hardly so broad, but the reseml)lance
is very decided. The wings are a dull white, with scattered dark specks, and the
fore wings with an ochreous tinge on the anterior portion, especially towards
base; along costa. especially basally, the dark atoms are thicker; below as above.
The species is easily distinguished from Deilmia erythremaria by the antennpp of
the % , as the pectinations are short and clavate : also the subcostal fovea at base
of hind wings below is wanting.
Colorado.

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334 GEORGE D. HUL8T.

D. minuta n. sp. — Expands 23-25 mm. Palpi and front fuscons ochreous
to gray ; summit generally gray, sometimes with ocher tint ; thorax gray, or
grayish fuscous. Abdomen fuscous, with an ocher tinge. Wings dirty fuscous
gray, scales roughened, giving a sordid granular appearance, the fuscous shading
more pronounced on the outer space, and the whole of the wings with irregu-
larly scattered black scales; cross-lines three, indistinct or almost obsolete, to
slightly darker fuscous across the wing, showing especially and distinctly in dai'k
fuscous or black patches along costa ; the first two are even, slightly rounded,
the outer angulated outwai'dly at upper end of cell; the two outer are faintly
continued on hind wings; discal spots annulai'. faint, diflfuse; beneath clearer
gray, with fuscous, or fuscous ocher blotches, becoming at times almost or quite
solid, basally and on outer space ; discal spots annular, more distinct than above,
large.

Texas, Arizona. My specimens are all females.

I>. florida n. sp. — Expands 26 mm. Palpi rather long, prominent, fuscous
gray, with blackish intermixed; front strongly cone tufted, of the same color;
thorax of same color, lighter gray posteriorly. Abdomen fuscous ocher; fore
wings fuscous, with an ocher tinge to outer line, more blackish along costa ; first
two lines faint, the basal rounded, the second nearly straight, including the not
prominent discal spot; outer line black, heavy, straight from costa near apex to
the same distance within inner angle, edged outwardly with dull reddish brown ;
outer field fuscous, slightly ocher, margins black, wings subfalcate ; hind wings
fuscous gray, darker beyond line ; the outer line present, blackish, quite distinct,
bent anteriorly; marginal line blackish; beneath both wings fuscous ocher as
fore wings above, the hiud wings more brokenly ; lines very faintly showing,
outer space darker fuscous, discal points indistinct.

Florida.

D. deceptata n. sp. — Expands 31 mm. Palpi fuscous gray ; front dark
fuscous : thorax and abdomen fuscous gray, the latter somewhat ocher tinted ;
fore wings light gray, thickly overlaid with blackish scales, giving a broken dark
gray color : basal space blackish at middle: basal line scarcely evident; middle
line showing in broken darker patches ; outer line in somewhat lengthened in-
tervenular spots iu a line parallel with margin, each spot preceded with a more
or less distinct whitish spot; margin of intervenular black spots preceded by
whitish; discal spots black, small; hind wings even fuscous, without cross-lines;
discal spots obsolete; marginal line indistinct, dark fuscous; beneath dirty fus-
cous, slightly darker outwardly ; discal spots of fore wings very faint.

New York, one female only.

D. pallidula n. sp. — ^Expands 25 mm. Light whitish ocher; fore wiugs
crossed by three ocher lines, the first close to base, broad, rounded, augulate ; the
second just within middle of wing, broad, rounded, edges somewhat uneven ; the
outer with a fuscous tinge, narrow, running from costa to vein 6, following vein
6 outwardly at a sharp angle for a short distance, then turning sharply from it
and continuing to inner margin parallel with outer edge, the line somewhat
tremulous in its course; between veins 3 and 4 is a large broken black spot, di-
vided by the outer line; hind wings, the three lines continued across the wiugs:
discal spots dark, diffuse; beneath much as above, more fuscous, lines more iu-

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definite and less pronounced ; fore wings much arched costally ; hind wings wavy,
produced, subangulate at vein 4.

Colorado.

D. siibacutH n. sp.— Expands 26-28 mm. Palpi and front fuscous ; thorax
and abdomen fuscous ocher, the abdomen becoming dark fuscous dorsally after
• the first three segments; fore wings buff ocher. uniform, evenly scattered over
with fuscous scales ; cross-lines fuscous, nearly straight or slightly curved, parallel
to each other, the middle one just within and vouching the discal spot, the outer
half way between the middle one and the outer margin ; hind wings bufi" ocher
lighter basally, with the two outer lines of fore wings continued ; all discal spots
present, black; all marginal lines broken, black; beneath color nearly as above,
uniform, the outer line alone showing; discal spots distinct; marginal lines
broken, black ; fore wings slightly falcate in 'J, ; hind wings somewhat wavy in
both sexes.

Colorado, Nevada.

D. cinereola n. sp.— Expands 30 mm. Palpi, front and thorax fuscous
gray. Abdomen the same color, more fuscous towards end ; fore wings light gray,
with fine striations and powderings of fuscous gray, very even, clean and smooth
in appearance, giving a gray, slightly bluish color; lines black, the basal faint,
rounded, the outer not sharply defined, bent outward from costa, inward from
beyond cell to vein 4, then nearly straight to inner margin, giving a gently
evenly curved line, much as in Macaria meadii ; hind wings even, light gray ; all
marginal lines black ; beneath, fore wings colored much as above, with the cross-
lines obsolete, the hind wings more heavily fuscous shaded and somewhat darker
than the fore wings.
Colorado.

D. festa n. sp.— P:xpands 32 mm. Palpi, front and collar bright yellow
ocher, slightly tinged with fuscous; thorax light gray, glaucous with a bluish
shade. Abdomen light fuscous gray ; fore wings subfalcate. light gray, bluish
tinged, with scattered fuscous and blackish scales, more heavy outwardly, giving
a general fuscous bluish gray color; lines three, faint, not easily discerned, fus-
cous in color; the first narrow, rounded; the second broader, more diffuse,
rounded out from costa, nearly straight from middle of cell to inner margin ;
outer line evenly rounded out from costa and beyond cell at middle, parallel with
outer margin, lightened up outwardly, and definitely marked with black points
on each of the veins; all lines definite and blackish at costa; a brown subtrian-
"gular costal spot within apex, marginal line black, broken behind, solid and heavy
below apex ; hind wings nearly even fuscous gray, heavier and showing in outer
cross-lines ; discal spots dark ; marginal line broken black, the wing itself with
prominent angle at vein 4 ; beneath light gray, with more or less of scattered
broken fuscous ocher, this showing quite definitely in outer bands on all wings.

One female, Colorado, taken June 6th.

D. SiibfalcatH n. sp.— Expands 30-35 mm. Very ranch in appearance like
D. fenta, the body parts fuscous ocher, and the wings yellow ocher, more or less
overlaid with fuscous, especially on outer third; the lines are heavier, more dis-
tinct and darker, the middle one more even below costa, the outer one more an-

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336 GEORGE D. HITLST.

gulate ; the costal aud outer sharlings are heavier, the outer space sometimes
being well darkened ; the hind wings are slightly wavy margined, not angulate
as in D. festa; beneath as D. festa, but ochreous, and with shadings much inten-
sified.

Three females, Colorado. The specimens differ considerably, one
havino; the outer mara-in much darker than the others, and one hav-
ing the ground color a bluish gray, as in D. festa. I would regard
them as varieties of festo, were it not for the marked difference in
the shape of the hind wings.

16. MYC'TIPHAMTA n. gen.
Type Itetula Hulst.

Palpi quite short, porrect, loosely scaled below ; tougue weak, not
more than one half thorax ; front loosely hairy scaled ; antenna;
bipectinate to apex ; thorax and abdomen smooth. Legs smooth,
rather long; hind tibiis not swollen, without hair pencil, and with
two pairs of spurs in both sexes; fore wings 12 veins, with fovea at
base in S , 6 at a point with 7, 10 and II from cell ; hind wings,
veins 3 and 4 separate, 6 and 7 stemmed, 5 undeveloped.

Distinguished by the stemming of (> and 7 in the hind wings, a
phase of structure very rare auiong the Ennominse.
Species. — N. ketula Hulst, n. sp.

SJ. Isetula n. sp.— Expands 40 mm. Palpi yellow oc.her; front yellow ; au-
tennse dark fuscous ; thorax anteriorly bright yellow, ocher posteriorly. Abdo-
men ocher ; fore wings bright yellow, the color more decided basally and along
costa; a broad basal cross-line, faint purple; an outer cross-line, more distinct
purple, parallel with outer margin; hind wings very even bright ocher color;
beneath fore wings as above, more ocher in color, the basal cross-line wanting,
the outer distinct purple; costa stained with broken fuscous: hind wings brighter
yellow than above, except along anal margin, with a few scattered brown spots,
and a broad uneven outer brown line ; discal spots apparent, large, and decided
on hind wings.

Arizona, one male.

17. A POL, EM A n. gen.
Type c.arata Hulst.

Palpi rather long, slender, subascending ; tongue developed ; front
probably scale tufted ; antennae of $ flattened, naked, segments
close and even ; thorax smooth. Legs smooth, hind tibite not swol-
len, without hair pencil, and with two pairs of spurs in both sexes ;
fore wings subangulate, falcate, rather narrow, with fovea at base in
S , 12 veins, 6 separate, 10 and 1 1 from cell ; hind wings slightly
rounded in below anterior angle, then sinuate, 6 and 7 separate, 5
undeveloped, 8 separate from cell.

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Close to Opisthograptis Hiib., differing especially in the naked
flat antenna? of % .

Species. — A. carata Hulst.

Ts. EL'ASP1L.ATES Pack.

Geoni. Moths, 203. 1876.

Type spinitaria Pack.

Palpi short, hairy below ; tongue developed ; antennse bipectinate
in I , the pectinations moderate ; front broad, smooth ; thorax and
abdomen rather smooth ; thorax somewhat woolly below. Legs
smooth, fore tibial short, stout, rather flattened, with two spurs at
end, the outer strong, long, the inner smaller and shorter ; hind
tibiae club shaped, with two pairs of spurs in both sexes ; fore wings
without fovea, 11 veins, 10 wanting, 11 from cell anastomosing with
9 ; hind wings 7 veins all separate, 5 undeveloped.
Species. -T^£. spinitaria Pack.

19. A\THELIA n. gen.
Type taylorata Hulst.

Palpi long, subascending, heavy, end member deflexed ; tongue
developed; front with a long conical hair tuft ; antennae of % fili-
form, scarcely flattened ; thorax and abdomen smooth. Legs smooth,
hind tibiae of % long, swollen, with hair pencil, two pairs of spurs
in both sexes ; fore wings subfalcate, even, without fovea at base in
% , 12 veins, 10 from cell, 11 from cell ; hind wings all veins sepa-
rate, 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from the cell.
Species. — A. taylorata Hulst, n. sp.

A. taylorata n. sp. — Expands 35 mm. Palpi, front, thorax and abdomen
smoky clay color, the prominent tuft of the front and the antennae slightly less
smoky than the rest; palpi quite prominent, the end member drooping; fore
wings, apex sharp, slightly falcate, outer margin subangulate at vein 4; color
dead clay, darker along costal field, and on outer field of hind wings, which cor-
respond in color with the fore wings; both wings dotted with dark brown atoms:
basal line of fore wings obsolete ; outer line broad, brown, straight, with edges
indistinct, fading into the ground color, beginning at costa three-fourths from
base, and striking inner margin two-thirds from base ; a corresponding submar-
ginal broad line, more indistinct, starting from near apex, where it is very faint,
then running parallel with outer margin ; hind wings with a corresponding line
three-fifths out from base, indistinct: discal spots wanting, or faintly suggested
on fore wings; beneath an even clay color, considerably dotted with brown.
Legs corresponding with thorax in color.

Victoria, British Columbia, from Prof Taylor, to whom I dediciite
the species.

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20. SYMPHERTA n. gen.
Type tripunctaria Pack.

Palpi long, porrect or drooping, beak like, loose scaled below ;
tongue developed ; front with a long conical hair tuft ; antennae bi-
pectinate in % , the pectinations rather short, apex sin)ple ; thorax
and abdomen rather loose scaled ; legs smooth ; hind tibife in %
swollen, without hair pencil in % , with two pairs of spurs in both
sexes ; fore wings falcate, rounded, with fovea at base of wing in % ,
12 veins, 10 on 9, 11 from cell; hind wings all veins separate, 5
undeveloped, 8 separate from cell.

Species : —
S. marcessarla Pack. S. julia Hulst, n. sp.

■\ S. tripunctaria Faick. , S. coloradensis Hulst, n. sp.

S. julia. n. sp. — Expands 28 33 mm. Palpi and front fuscous, to fuscous ocher;
thorax gray to fuscous. Abdomen dull white to fuscous; fore wings light gray
to fuscous, somewhat mixed with darker atoms ; basal line dark brown to black-
ish, slightly rounded outward, not distinct ; middle line a faint shade, straight,
just within discal spot; outer line scarcely visible in black points on veins, or
wholly obsolete, its place shown by a broad band nearly or quite obsolete costally ;
this varies in intensity and color, being sometimes reddish brown, reaching from
that to olive color; a submarginal whitish dentate line, parallel with outer mar-
gin, runs through this band : this line often indistinct and having on the inner
side a series of dark spots, especially marked at veins 3 and 4, and at 6 and 7 ;
discal spots lengthened, enclosing a space of ground color, marginal line of dis-
tinct black points; hind wings gray to fuscous, darker outwardly, cross-line faint
or obsolete ; beneath fuscous to fuscous ocher, in all cases more ochreous on the
veins.

Sudbury, Ontario, from Mr. Evans ; Washington, from Prof.
Riley ; Calgary, from Mr. Wolly-Dod ; Glenwood Springs, Col.,
from Dr. Barnes ; Montana.

S. coloradensis n. sp. — Expands 35 ram. Palpi and front blackish gray
or blackish ; thorax dark fuscous gray. Abdomen dark gray, ringed with black ;
fore wings gray, stained with fuscous, and with a bluish tint, crossed by three
subparallel broad lines dark fuscous in color, each somewhat bent at cell, the
middle one enclosing the annulate discal spot ; a submarginal lighter line parallel
with margin or nearly so. edged inwardly below costa and at middle with dark
brown cloudings; marginal line of faint black spots, edged outwardly with
whiti-ih ; hind wings even dark fuscous, with a faint cross-line beyond cell ; be-
neath fuscous, peppered with darker atoms, veins with ochreous tinting.

Colorado, from Mr. Bruce ; somewhat resembling some specimens
of S. julia, but with wings less broad, and pectinations of antennae
of S much shorter.

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p21. HO]»IO<'HI.ODES ii. gen.
Type fritillaria Gueii.

Palpi moderate, subascending, rather long, scaled below ; tongue
developed; front smooth; antennae flattened, filiform, very finely
ciliate; thorax and abdomen smooth; legs smooth, hind tibise in I
much swollen, with pencil of hairs, and with a short tuft of hairs
at end of femora; two pairs of spurs in both sexes; fore wings
rounded, without fovea at base in I , 12 veins, 10 from cell with 9,
or short stemmed with it, 11 from cell; hind wings all veins sepa-
rate, 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell.

Species. -l-i^ fritillaria Guen. (disconventa Wlk.)
H. famulata Hulst.

•22. THAL,L,OPHAGA u. geu.
TjY>^ faufaria Hulst.

Palpi long, subascending, end member small, deflexed ; front with
strong conical scale tuft ; antennae of % flattened, somewhat lamel-
late ; tongue developed ; thorax and abdomen smooth ; hind tibiae
of Z swollen, with hair pencil, with all spurs ; fore wings broad,
slightly falcate, without fovea below, 12 veins, 10 and 11 from cell ;
hind wings 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell.
Species. — T. faataria Hulst.

23. AETHYCTERAn. gen.
Type electa Hulst.

Palpi rather short, porrect, not heavily scaled ; tongue strong ;
front broad, smooth ; antennae bipectinate in Z , plumose, pectina-
tions long, filiform, apex simple ; thorax and abdomen scaled ; hind
tibiae long, not swollen, without hair pencil, with all spurs; fore
wings pointed, somewhat falcate, rounded, without fovea below, 12
veins, 10 on 9, 11 from cell; hind wings even, rounded, anal angle
quite distinct, 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate from cell.
Species. — A. electa Hulst, n. sp.

A. electa n. sp. — Expands 32 mm. Palpi ocher fuscous at end ; front ocber
yellow, with a fuscous stain ; thorax ocher. Abdomen ooher at base, becoming
ocher fuscous towards end, the whole intermixed with dark scales; fore wings
even violet ocher, evenly peppered over with blackish scales ; outer space slightly
darkened, veins less violet; hind wings dull white, somewhat peppered along
inner edge with darkish scales : beneath light violet ocher, much lighter than
above, spattered with dark scales, not so distinct nor sharp in color as above,
and these prevalent, especially on the hind wings ; at apex of fore wings and
along outer margin the color deepens so as to resemble the color above.
Siskiyou County, California.

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340 GEORGE D. HULST.

/24. AP^CASIA n. gen.
Type detersata Guen.
Palpi moderate, subascending, rather stout, long scaled below ;
front with scale tuft ; tongue developed ; antennae of % slightly
flattened, filiform, finely and shortly ciliate ; thorax and abdomen
loose scaled ; legs smooth, swollen, without hair pencil in % , with
two pairs of spurs in both sexes ; fore wings rounded, even, without
fovea in S at base, 12 veins, 10 and 11 from cell; hind wings, all
veins separate, 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell.
^_ Species : —

I A. detersata Guen. A. extremarla Wlk.

A. defluata Wlk. A. bijilata Hulst.

A. deductaria Walk.

25. C.4TOPYRRHA Hiib.
Verz. 300. 1818.

Type colorarin Fab.

Palpi long, subascending, beak like, end member horizontal, the
whole rather heavily scaled, front with strong conical tuft ; tongue
developed ; antennae strongly bipectiuate in % , almost to apex ;
thorax anteriorly long hairy ; abdomen rather loose scaled ; thorax
woolly hairy below ; legs smooth, rather long, not swollen, without
hair pencil, and with two pairs of spurs in both sexes ; wings
rounded, even ; fore wings 12 veins, without fovea at base in % ,
10 on 9, 11 from cell; hind wings with fovea beneath at base
between vein 8 and cell ; 5 undeveloped ; 8 separate from cell.
Species. — C. ferrugmosaria Pack.
C. color aria Fab.

C coloraria var. perolivata n. var. — Of the size and markings of the
type form, but above of a beautiful olive-green, evenly spread over the whole
surface of both wings; beneath a bright clear yellow on all wings from base to
outer line, beyond that the yellow more or less overlaid with dark reddish and
purple.

Texas, from Mr. Rautenberg. A most striking and beautiful
insect, both above and below.

26. EUEHIERA n. gen.
Type jutnrnaria Guen.

Palpi very long, beak like, heavily scaled on first and second
members, subascending, end member sharp, horizontal ; tongue de-
veloped ; front with a conical hair tuft ; antennae bipectiuate in % ,
apex simple ; thorax and abdomen hairy scaled ; legs long ; hind

AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 341

tibijB in both sexes not swollen, without hair pencil, and with two
pairs of spurs ; wings even ; fore wings with fovea at base in % ,
small, close to base, 12 veins, 10 on 9, U on cell; hind wings all
veins separate, 8 separate from cell, a fovea not strongly developed
at base of wing in % between vein 8 and costa.
8pecies.-yO.. juturnaria Guen.

A. viridirufaria Neum.

/r27rCARIPETA Walk.
C. B. M. pt. 26, 1524, 1862.

Type dicisata Wlk.
Parennomos Pack., Mass. Agric. Kep. 15, 1870, type divimta Walk.

Pali)i moderate or rather short, porrect, slender; tongue devel-
oped ; front smooth ; antennae bipectinate in % , apex simple, den-
tate in 9 ; thorax rather rough haired, woolly below; abdomen
smooth ; legs smooth ; hind tibiae in % swollen and with hair pencil,
swollen in $ , in both sexes with two pairs of spurs ; wings even,
rounded ; fore wings without fovea at base in S , 3 and 4 from a point,
6 stemmed with 7, 10 and 11 from cell anastomosing with 12; hind
wings all veins separate, 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell.

Species : —
C. ic?a Hulst, n. sp. C. angustiorata\y\k. [Grt.)

M grcefiaria Hulst. ^m^aretaria Wlk. ( subochrearia

j C. divimta Wlk. / QuEipjMJdanCL.Qrt.

C. Ida n. sp.— Expands 35 mm. Palpi and front buflF color, summit a little
fuscous; thorax buff ochreoua in front, lijiht ocher mixed with white behind.
Abdomen ochreous: fore wings somewhat orange ocher, lightening a little on the
veins, unicolorous with the exception of a few scattered black scales to the discal
spot, which is distinct black; an outer black line, uneven, rather jagged, parallel
in its general direction with outer margin from costa to vein 6, then generally
rounded inward and again outward, reaching inner margin at posterior angle of
wing: a subapical dark space; otherwise the outer space unicolorous, the veins
not lightened ; hind wings ocher at base, gradually becoming orange ocher at
■ outwardly; discal spots distinct, black, small; beneath unicolorous ocher. with
an orange or fulvous tinge.

Colorado, Mr. Bruce. I have the 9 only, and so cannot posi-
tively vouch for its generic reference.

pits. PHENGOMMAT^A n. gen.
Type edwanlsafa Hulst.

Palpi moderate, porrect, or subascending, loosely scaled ; tongue
developed ; front smooth ; antennse of S flattened, lamellate, naked ;
thorax woolly above and below ; abdomen woolly at base ; legs,

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342 GEORGE D. HULST.

femora with long hairs ; hind tibiee of % swollen, without hair pen-
cil, with two pairs of spurs in both sexes ; fore wings rounded or
subangular at 4, without fovea at base in % , 12 veins, 6 separate,

10 and 11 stemmed, anastomosing with 12 and scarcely with 9 ; hind
wings all veins separate, 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell.

Species. —:uf*. edivardsata Hulst.

' P- d^liU'H.da Hulst, n. sp.
/ P. gertrnda n. sp. — Expands 40-42 mm. Palpi light ocher, stained with
fuscoiis towards ends ; front ocher fuscous ; antennae of same color, lighter basally ;
thoi'ax ocher below, reddish brown above. Abdomen dull whitish : fore wings
bright reddish brown, almost fulvous, marked with broad, white, longitudinal
stripes on spaces between the veins ; the anterior one between 7 and 8 is subniar-
ginal and short; the next reaches from margin almost to stem of 8 and 7 ; the
next between 5 and 6 extends from margin, merging with the next lower, which
itself is faint towards margin, the merging being on vein 5 outside of cell and
extending longitudinally across cell, more faintly towards base, the lower part
separating within cell and joining a corresponding band just below subdiscal
vein ; sometimes the ground color is apparent on vein 5 all its length, and the
two white bands do not actually unite; the jiarts between 3 and 4 and 2 and 3
are short, not reaching cell: the bands between 1 and 2. and posterior to 1, are
straight, the former joining with the one between 4 and 5 near base but not
reaching it, the latter reaching to base; hind wings with lines broadened so that
the fulvous color is mostly lost on basal two-thirds, and is fainter outwardly on
veins; beneath as above, the fulvous more faint on fore wings, stronger on bind
wings, especially anteriorly.

Colorado, from Mr. Cockerell and Mr. Bruce.

29. PL.AT^A H.-Sch.
Auseur, Schniet. p. 84, 1855.

Type califoniiaria H.-Sch.
Gorytodes, Gueu. Phal. ii, 179, 1857, type califormnria H.-Scb.

Palpi long, porrect, heavy ; tongue developed ; front with hair
tuft; antennae pectinated in both sexes, in S almost to apex, pecti-
nations moderate ; thorax loosely scaled ; abdomen smooth ; legs
smooth, hind tibise not swollen, without hair pencil, with two pairs
of spurs in both sexes; fore wings subfalcate, sometimes obscurely
angulate at 4, especially in % , 12 veins, 6 and 7 stemmed, 10 and

1 1 from cell, without fovea below in % ; hind wings 6 and 7 stemmed,
5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell.

Dr. Packard figures the fore wings with 1 1 veins only. In many
specimens I have found no such example and no such tendency.
Species. -kP. californiaria H.-Sch. (uncanaria Gn.)
P. trilinearia i^ack.
P. diva Hulst, n. sp.

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P. diva n. sp. — Expands 35-38 mm. Palpi slender, porrect, rather long, gray,
spattered with dark scales; front, thorax and abdomen gray, with like dark scales
intermixed, these rather more dense on anterior part of thorax ; fore wings gray
more or less powdered with blackish scales; a faint blackish basal line evident
deeply angled outwardly at middle and not reaching inner margin : middle field
darkening ontwardly, forming against the gray outer field a scalloped edge, the
dentations being inward and on the veins, the posterior being the deeper, and
the general trend of the line being away from outer margin ; posteriorly the line
stops at fold between veins 1 and 2, and, going towards base, joins the basal ; outer
field with a rather broad darkening along margin, and a black marginal line :
fringe white, blackened outwardly at ends of veins ; discal spot large, oval,
black; hind wings even gray, traiislucent. slightly darker outwardlv ; marginal
line blackish, fringe gray; discal spot dark, small, faint; beneath fore wings
gray, darker basally, and with submarginal darker band ; marginal line black,
fringe as above ; hind wings gray at base, darkening into a broad band on outer
half; discal spots faint ; legs and abdomen beneath dark gray.

California, from Dr. Riley, taken in Argus Mountains.

30. EXYPIA n. gen.
Type venata Grt.

Palpi moderate, porrect, rough scaled ; tongue developed ; front
close scaled, rounded ; antennae of S flattened, nearly naked, lamel-
late ; thorax hairy above, woolly below, femora with fringe of hairs.
Abdomen smooth ; hind tibiae scarcely swollen, with hair pencil in
% , with all spurs ; fore wings with fovea below in % , small, close
to base, 12 veins, 10 stemmed with 11 at base; hind wing.s, 5 unde-
veloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate from cell ; all v/ings broad,
even, rounded.

Species. — E. venata Grt.

E. perangulatn Hulst, n. &p.

E. perangulatn n. sp. — Expands 38-42 mm. In many respects like E.
venata Grt., and probably its representative in Colorado. The ground color is
much darker, being dark gray instead of whitish, and the space between the
cross-lines evenly blackish gray. The lines run the same on the fore wings, and
there is the same row of black points on the hind wings, though fainter and
"sometimes obsolete in E. perangnlufa ; both fore and hind wings are narrower
than in E. venata, and the insects has considerably the appearance of Nepytia
semiclasaria Walk.

Colorado, from Mr. Bruce and Dr. Gillette.

31. PHIIiEDIAn. gen.
Type pHnciomacularia Hulst.

Palpi short, slender ; tongue developed; front smooth; antennae
pectinated in % to apex, pectinations rather short ; summit of head
with something of an overhanging scale tuft ; thorax loosely scaled.

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344 GEORGE D. HULST.

Abdomen smooth ; legs smooth, hind tibije of % swollen, with hair
pencil in % , two pairs of spurs present in both sexes ; fore wings
even, without fovea below, 12 veined, 10 and 11 from cell, 12 sepa-
rate ; hind wings all veins separate, 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from
cell.

Species. — P. punctomacularia Hulst.

32. SEPYTIA n. gen.
Type semiclusaria Walk.

Palpi moderate or small, not heavy ; tongue developed ; front
broad, rounded, close scaled ; antennjB of % pectinated to apex, of
$ filiform ; thorax hairy scaled above, loose haired below. Abdo-
men smooth ; legs slender, hind tibiae slightly swollen, without hair
pencil in % ; fore wings with fovea below close to base in % , 12
veins, 10 and 11 from cell; hind wings 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7
separate, 8 separate from cell ; all wings even, rounded.
Species. -4-iV. nigrovenaria Pack. ^

. JSf. sermcJusaria "Wallc. "

/ N. umirosaia PacE..

23. AL.CIS Curt.
Brit. Ent. iii, 303, 1825.

Type repandata Linn.
Hesperumia Pack., Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, xvi, 37. 1874, type.

Palpi moderate, sometimes quite long, and sometimes quite short,
porrect or subascending, rather rough scaled ; tongue developed ;
front scaled, sometimes tufted ; antennae of % bipectinate, apex
simple, the pectinations generally clavate, sometimes filiform, mod-
erate or short, always gradually shortening to simple apex, the an-
tennae never plumose, of 9 filiform or serrate ; thorax scaled or
hairy scaled, rarely tufted posteriorly, somewhat hairy below. Ab-
domen scaled ; hind tibiae swollen, w'ith hair pencil in % , with all
spurs; fore wings 12 or 11 veins, varying in the same species, 11
being often or generally absent, with fovea below in % ; hind wings
5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate from cell, the wings
rounded, rarely wavy or somewhat anguhite.

Aids and Cleora are very near each other, and while the various
species included under them are very different in superficial appear-
ance, I find it difficult to find any structural characteristic which
will distinctly separate them. Alcis generally has shorter pectina-
tions to the % antennae ; they are generally clavate and always

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345

gradually shorten to the simple apex. Cleora has long filiform pec-
tinatiouJ to the % auteniue, and they always shorten suddenly to
the simple apex. The latter characteristic is peculiar to a few species
mostly included under the old genus Boarmia.
Species : —

A. sulphurarin Pack. ^- obliquaria Grt.

A. spododea Hulst, n. sp. A. af.rolinearia Hulst.

A. mnlHlineata Pack. A. imitata Walk.

A. dislocarin Pack. A. caUfoniiaria Pack.

A. metanemaria Hulst. A. loUfaxci'ir'ni Pack.

A. depromaria Gvt. -^A. Ixii/dmnta Park.

A. dissonariu Hulst, n. sp. \A. Jiiridnln Hulst, n. sp.

A. dejecta Hulst, n. sp. A. laiipenuh Hulst, u. sp.

A. 5-linearia Pack.

A. dissonaria u. sp.— Expands 35-38 mm. Of the quinquelinearia Pack,
group. CoU.r light gray or dull white, with a mixture of dark brown scales;
lines of wings oblique, the basal obsolete towards costa, with an inner shadow
line, the outer evenly sinuate with outer shadow line; the outer line obsolete
towlrds apex, runs from that direction to middle of inner margin ; a middle line
faint, from costa. through discal spot, nearly reaching outer line then subparallel
with it to inner margin ; the lengthened discal spot and line with the sinus of the
outer line give an impression of an inclosed rounded costal space ; hind wings
basal line indistinct: outer line with its outer shadow line wavy, most bent in at
3: marginal Hue fine, black, even ; outer margin of fore wings evenly wavy, the
hind wings more wavy, but with a strong inner depression at 5; thorax and ab-
domen light gray, segments of abdomen black anteriorly.

Colorado.

A. spododea n. sp.— Expands 32-34 mm. Palpi and front dark fuscous;
antenna; fuscous, pectinations very short, though distinct : thorax fuscous, patagiai
blackish gray. Abdomen fuscous, the segments ringed with dark fuscous or
black ; fore wings dark gray, with four cross-lines, two basal close together, the
inner the more diffuse, parallel, very slightly rounded outwardly; the third line
is just within the discal spot, broad, black, nearly straight, more diffuse outwardly ;
the outer line is black, with a faint shadow line outwardly just beyond discal
spot, nearly straight, or evenly curved twice ; a submarginal jagged white line,
edged with fuscous or blackish ; marginal space darker than the rest of the wing ;
margin with black points; hind wings light gray at base, becoming dark gray
outwardly; three faint lines showing, each limited by a black spot on inner
margin ; beneath light gray, the lines faintly shadowed.

Colorado. In appearance very much like Sciagraphia atrifasciata.

A. dejecta n. sp.— Expands 35-40 mm. An insect of the size of Cleom
larvaria, and in its general appearance very much resembling it. The lines are
in general very nearly the same, though much less decided in dejecta ; the outer
line of the fore wings is oblique, beginning nearer the apex, and the outer line
of the hind wings is less angulate at middle; the whole appearance of the insect

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346 GEORGE D. HULST.

is softer and more subdued ; both the front and hind wings are more wavy on
outer margin, and there is the difference in the antennal structure of the % .

Los Angeles, Cal., and Colorado.

A. latipennis n. sp. — Expands 45 mm. Palpi dull gray ; front the same,
blackish in middle, summit gray; thorax gray. Abdomen gray, washed poste-
riorly with fuscous. Wings light gray, overlaid thickly with fuscous scales, the
veins with less of these, and therefore lighter; basal line indicated by three or
four black points on veins; outer line indicated by black points on each vein
parallel with margin and a faint connecting line ; a line of intervenular black
points on margin, and a submarginal light shade line; hind wings with straight
inner shade, and a nearly straight median line emphasized in points on veins ; a
marginal black line ; discal spots on all wings black ; beneath more even, hardly
lighter in color: discal spots very faint on fore wings, sharp and black on hind
wings, no spots or lines otherwise : all wings are broad, the hind ones somewhat
scalloped on outer margin.

" Easton, Washington." From Dr. Riley.

A. luridula n. sp. — Expands 43 mm. Palpi very short, blackish gray;
front closely scaled, fuscous gray; antennse, thorax and abdomen gray, with few
darker scales; all wings of an even fuscous gray color, closely scaled, slightly
powdered with darker scales, atid the whole with a faint violet reflection ; be-
neath as above, somewhat lighter and smoother. Legs concolorous, tarsi becoming
darker.

Florida. From Mrs. Slosson.

34. AIHILiAPIS Guen.
Phal. ii, 62, 1857.

Type unipunctata Haw.

Palpi moderate or rather short, slender, porrect ; tongue very
short, not half thorax ; front narrow, smooth ; antennse of % bi-
pectinate, apex simple, of 9 serrate or simple ; thorax hairy scaled
above, hairy below ; abdomen smooth, tufted at end in S ; legs
rather short, rough scaled, hind tibipe of S without hair pencil, with
all spurs ; fore wings with fovea below in S , 11 or 12 veins, bent or
somewhat angulate on outer margin ; hind wings 5 undeveloped, 6
and 7 separate, 8 separate from cell ; outer margin wavy and quite
decidedly projecting into rounded angles at veins 3 and 4.
Species. — 4- unipunctata Haw.
l/4. subatomaria Guen.

35. PARAFHIA Guen.
Phal. i, 271, 1857.

Type deplanaria Guen.

Palpi moderate, slender, heavily scaled below ; tongue strong ;
front scaled ; antennae of % with short pectinations, each pectina-

AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 347

tion with fascicle of liaii's, apex simple ; thorax and abdomen scaled,
the latter tufted at end ; hind tibiae of t with hair pencil, with all
spurs; fore wings with fovea below in (?, 12 or 11 veins, somewhat
waved on outer margin ; hind wings 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 sepa-
rate, 8 separate from cell ; wing waved on outer margin forming
rounded, projecting angles at veins 3 and 4.
Species. — P. deplanaria Guen.

36. SPODOLEPIS n. gen.
Type substriafnria Hulst.

Palpi moderate, subascending, heavily scaled below ; tongue de-
veloped ; front very broad, rounded, smooth ; antenuse of 9 filiform ;
thorax with long scales, with an anterior, dorsal, dense, hair tuft,
and the patagise running out into long stemmed scales forming raised
tufts on each side ; abdomen smooth ; hind tibiae of $ slightly
swollen, with two pairs of spurs ; fore wings decidedly arched at
shoulder, subfalcate, angled at vein 5, 12 veins, 6 separate, 10 and
11 from cell, anastomosing with each other and with 9 and 12 ; hind
wings all veins separate, 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell.

I have the 9 only. It is peculiar from the dorsal tufting and
tufted patagise.

Species. — S. substriataria Hulst, n. sp.

S. substriataria n. sp. — Expands 48 mm. Palpi, front and thorax dark
■fuscous, the tufts of the latter white on end. Abdomen light fuscous, with a few
scattered black scales: fore wings fuscous, showiug a violet reflection in some
lights across the middle field, with quite thickly scattered, raised, black and white
scales ; a basal black cross-line, edged within with raised white scales, with three
inward angles and three outward loops, the largest on cell : an outer black line
edged outwardly with white scales, oblique from costa to vein 6 following this
some distance, then at an angle turning down to 4 not far from outer margin,
then rounding back to 3, then with two more sinuses from 3 to 2 and 2 to inner
margin; a blackish cloud on basal middle field on cell, and another below the
cell, a marginal line of intervenular black dashes, parallel with the veins; hind
wings light fuscous, black peppered, darker outwardly; beneath dull sordid fus-
cous, the fore wings faintly showing the lines, the hind wings with dark fuscous
striations.

One 9 , Franconia, N. H., from Mrs. Slosson. The insect has
somewhat the appearance of Paraphia.

37. STEMOTRACHELYS Guen.
Phal. i, 290, 1857.

Type approximaria Hiib.

Palpi rather long, porrect, long and loosely scaled ; tongue de-
veloped ; front broad, bulging, loosely scaled ; autennse bipectinate

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348 GEORGE D. HULST.

in % , pectinations long, not reaching to apex ; thorax and abdomen
loosely scaled; thorax below woolly; legs smooth ; hind tibiae long,
somewhat swollen, without hair pencil, and with two pairs of spurs
in both sexes; fore wings with fovea at base in S , 10 from cell, 11
on 12 and anastomosing more or less with 10; hind wings all veins
separate ; the fore wings vary from wavy to even margined ; the
hind wings are sinuate margined, often deeply so.
Species. — *S^. approximaria Hiib.
S. permagnaria Pack.

: 38. 1.YTROSIS n. gen.
Type iinitaria H.-Sch.

Palpi rather long, erect, recurved ; tongue developed ; front smooth ;
antennse of % bi pectinate almost to apex, pectinations long, plumose ;
thorax scale haired above, woolly below ; abdomen smooth ; hind
tibise with two pairs of spurs in both sexes, with hair pencil in S ;
fore wings wavy margined, with a broad blunt angle at 4, with fovea
at base in S , 12 veins, 10 separate, 11 on 12 ; hind wings unevenly
wavy on outer margin, with fovea below at base in 9 , all veins
separate, 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell.
Species. — L. unifaria H.-Sch.

39. MERIS n. gen.
Type alficola Hulst.

Palpi quite short, slender, porrect ; tongue developed ; front broad,
rounded, smooth ; antennae bipectinate in both sexes, in 9 the pec-
tinations short ; thorax hairy scaled above, woolly below ; abdomen
smooth ; hind tibire not swollen, with two pairs of spurs ; fore wings
very slightly angled at 4, 12 veins, 10 and 11 anastomosing with
each other, and with 9 and 12 ; hind wings rounded, all veins sepa-
rata, 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell.

I have the 9 only. It separates by the presence in that sex of

the bipectinate antennae, and from PteroUm may be known by the

12 veined fore wings.

Species. — M. alticola Hulst, n. sp.

in. alticola n. sp. — Expands 42 mm. Palpi fuscous, blackish at end. Head
smoky; anteunse black above, light gray below and on pectinations; thorax fus-
cous gray, becoming light gray on patagise posteriorly. Abdomen gray, with faint
blackish either side of dor.sal line ; fore wings light gray, thickly and quite evenly
overlaid with dark faacous scales giving a squamous appearance to surface; basal
line not sharply defined, broad, slightly rounded outwardly ; outer line faint,
broad, illy defined, rounded at costa, then parallel with outer margin ; discal spot
indistinct, elongated, blackish ; outer margin slightly angulated at 5; hind wings

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349

light gray, scarcely with blackish scales basally, but these increasing towards
onter margin ; central cross-line very faint, most sharply defined by a black dot
on inner margin: marginal lines blackish; disc^al spot faint; beneath as above,
paler, markings faint.

Colorado, from Mr. Bruce. Female only.

40. PTEROT^A n. gen.
Type cariosa Hulst.

Palpi moderate, porrect, rough scaled ; tongue developed ; front
broad, rounded, scaled ; antennae bipectinate in both sexes, the pec-
tinations in 9 short ; thorax rough scaled ; abdomen smooth ; hind
tibial swollen ; fore wings 11 veins, 11 wanting; hind wings 5 unde-
veloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate from cell ; fore wings even,
hind wings triangular, waved on outer margin.

I have the 9 only ; the % almost certainly has fovea below on
fore wings, and probably has hair pencil on hind tibiae.
Species. — P. cariosa Hulst, n. sp.

I». cariosa n. sp.— Expands 38 mm. Palpi, front and thorax blackish gray.
Abdomen with each segment dark fuscous, becoming black posteriorly, the ex-
treme posterior edge being light gray ; fore wings gray, pretty generally overlaid
with blackish, the gray showing more plainly on anterior middle field ; basal line
fine, blackish, not very pronounced, somewhat dentate, generally rounded, the
veins basally more blackish ; outer line fine, black, dentate, subparallel with
margin; a fine, evenly scalloped, whitish line in submarginal space; margin
scalloped and with a distinct, even, black marginal line, the black at the points
extending out on the veins ; hind wings color of fore wings, with the outer line
of fore wings extended across; submarginal white line faint; broken; margin
scalloped, edged with a distinct black line; beneath light fuscous, with dark fus-
cous pepperings, becoming entirely dark fuscous on apical portion of fore wings.

Soda Springs, Cal., August, from Dr. Behreus.

41. IXAL.A n. gen.
Type desperaria Hulst.

Palpi rather short, porrect, rough scaled below ; tongue developed ;
front broad, rounded, short scaled ; antennte of % bipectinate, apex
■ simple, pectinations long, filiform ; thorax smooth, somewhat hairy
below ; abdomen smooth, slightly tufted at end ; legs long, slender,
all spurs long and slender ; hind tibiae slender, without hair pencil,
with all spurs ; fore wings with fovea below in % , rather broad,
even, round*ed, 12 veins, 10 on 9, 11 from cell; hind wings with
subcostal fovea below at base, and with fold beneath on inner margin
with fringe of hairs within, 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 sepa-
rate from cell.

Species. — I. desjyeraria Hulst.

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350 GEORGE D. HULST.

42. SPODOPTERA n. gen.
Type opiiscularia Hiilst.

Palpi moderate, rather heavy, porrect, loosely scaled ; tongue de-
veloped ; front broad, some rounded, with a short hair tuft below ;
antennie bipectinated in % , apex simple, bases close together ; sum-
mit with scale tuft ; thorax loosely scaled ; abdomen smooth, with
large, lateral, broad, hair tuft from posterior part of third segment ;
thorax woolly hairy below ; legs smooth, hind tibiie scarcely swollen,
without hair pencil, with two pairs of spurs in both sexes; fore
wings broad, even, rounded, triangular, without fovea at base in % ,
12 veins, 10 on 9, 11 from cell ; hind wings broad, rounded, with a
fovea at base in % at vein 8 below, and along inner margin beneath
a broad, closely fitting fold, extending nearly the whole margin and
nearly covering the cell, filled within with a mass of long yellowish
woolly hairs ; veins separate, 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell.
Species. — P. opuscularia Hulst.

43. SOMATOL.OPHIA n. gen.
Type umbripennis Hulst.

Palpi moderate, ascending, rather stout, loosely scaled ; tongue
developed ; front rounded, broad, loosely haired ; antennae bipecti-
nate in % , pectinations long ; summit with loose, overhanging scale
tuft ; thorax clothed with long hairs, long woolly beneath ; abdomen
coarsely haired and scaled with dense dorsal tuft of hairs on first
and third segments ; legs smooth, hind tibiae in % slightly swollen,
without hair pencil, rather heavy, with two pairs of spurs, the upper
distant from the end ; fore wings even, a small faint fovea in % at
base, 12 veins, lb very strongly furcate at base, 10 on 11, scarcely
anastomosing with 9, 1 1 from cell ; hind wings broad, even, all veins
separate, 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell.
Species. — S. umbripennis Hulst, n. sp.

S. umbripenniiS n. sp. — Expands 48 mm. Palpi, head, thorax and abdo-
men dull fuscous, the tuft on first segment of abdomen black ; all wings dark
fuscous, somewhat darker without basal line, within outer line, and in a row of
clouded spots at middle of outer line; basal line faint, dentate and irregular;
outer line two-thirds out, parallel with outer margin, evenly scalloped, between
each vein, a slight whiteness within each dentation, the round of the scallops
being outward ; hind wings with a corresponding line and with a shading of a
row of spots across middle of outer field.

Colorado.

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44. TORNOS MoiT.
Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, xvii, 217. 1875.

Type scolopncinarms Guen.

Palpi rather long, heavy, porrect, loose scaled ; tongue weak,
rather short ; front scaled, slightly tufted ; antennse bipectinate in
% ; thorax and abdomen stout, smooth ; legs smooth, short, swollen,
without hair pencil in % ; with two pairs of spurs in both sexes ;
fore wings narrow, extended, even, with discal tuft of raised scales,
without basal fovea in S , but with vein lb strongly curved up ba-
sally, 11 veins, perhaps sometimes 12 ; when 11 are present 10 want-
ing, 11 from cell; hind wings 6 and 7 near together; outer margin
rounded or sinuate, 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell.

Under Lepiodes Guenee described two species : infectaria, from
S. Africa, and scolopaciuaria. The two species are not congeneric ;
infectaria being more emphasized by being described first, and also
figured, is rightly the type of Guenee's genus. I therefore apply
Mr. Morrison's generic name to our species.

Species. — T. scolopacinarius Guen. (rubiginosus 3Iorr.)
T. abjectarius Hulst.

45. EXEIilS Guen.
Phal. i, 323, 1857.

Type pyrolaria Guen.
Patridiva Walk., C. B. M. Part 26. 1688, 1862. type pyrolaria Guen.

Palpi moderate, porrect or subascendiug, stout, loosely scaled ;
tongue weak, slender, short ; front loose scaled, tufted ; antennse bi-
pectinate in both sexes, apex simple, pectinations long and heavy in
% , moderate in 9 ; thorax and abdomen smooth ; legs smooth,
short, stout ; hind tibiae swollen, without hair pencil, with two pairs
of spurs in both sexes; fore wings without fovea at base in S , 11
veins, 10 wanting, 11 from cell; hind wings all veins separate, 5
undeveloped, 8 separate from cell.

Species. — E. pyrolaria Guen. (approximaria Pack.)

46. SYNOI.OCHIS n. gen.
Type perumbraria Hulst.

Palpi short, rather heavy, loosely scaled ; tongue very short and
weak ; front tubercled, consisting of an external round ridge, hol-
lowed within, rising at the center into a prominent truncated cone,
reaching very much beyond the ridge ; antennse bipectinate in S ,
filiform in 9 ; thorax and abdomen smooth ; legs smooth, fore tibise

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352 GEORGE D. HULST.

with a rather long slender chiw or spine at end ; hind tibiae some-
what swollen, without hair pencil in % , with end spurs only ; fore
wings narrow, extended, without basal fovea in ■?. , 11 veins, 10
wanting, 11 from cell, cell long ; hind wings rounded, sinused in on
outer margin before anal angle, all veins separate, 8 close to cell
nearly its whole length, 5 undeveloped.

Species. — S. perumbraria Hulst, n. sp.

S. perumbraria n. sp. — Expands 18-25 mm. Palpi and front blackish ;
thorax dark fuscous. Abdomen blackish or fuscous ; fore wings with the dark
gray color of the Tornos group, consisting of dark fuscous scales laid upon a lighter
base: cross-lines faint, blackish, the basal strongly bent out below cell, the outer
sinused out beyond cell, and in at vein 2 ; marginal line black ; hind wings some-
what lighter than fore wings, slightly hollowed out before inner angle ; beneath
slightly lighter than above, without lines.

S. California, from Hy. Edwards and Prof. Riley. Very much
like some kindred species in appearance, and determined best by the
generic structure.

47. GI.AUCINA n. gen.
Type escaria Grt.

Palpi short, heavy, loose scaled ; tongue developed, quite strong ;
front tubercled as in Synglochis, but the central cone much shorter,
hardly exceeding outer rim ; antennse bipectinate in % , dentate in
9 ; thorax and abdomen smooth ; fore tibiae with a fine slender spine
at end ; hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs in both sexes, rather
swollen, without hair pencil ; fore wings narrow, extended, cell long,
11 veins, 10 wanting; hind wings sinused in before anal angle, ex-
tended, rounded, all veins separate, 8 close to cell nearly its whole
length, 5 undeveloped.

Species. — G. pygmeolaria Grt.
G. escaria Grt,
G. incopriaria Hulst.

Tornos candidarius Hulst, Ent. Amer. ii, 192, is a Noctuid, the
narrow wings, tubercled clypeus and spined fore tibiae, leading to the
error.

48. HOLOCHROA u. gen.
Type dissociaria Hulst.

Palpi moderate, rather heavy ; tongue apparently obsolete ; front
broad, smooth ; antennae bipectinate in % , extreme apex simple ;
thorax above long loose scaled, below densely hairy ; abdomen
smooth ; hind tibiae with end pair of spurs only, not swollen, without

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hair pencil ; fore wings without basal fovea in S , 12 veins, 5 very
weak, 10 on 11, scarcely anastomosing with 9, 11 from cell; hind
wings all veins separate, 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell.
Species. — H. dissociaria Hulst.

49. COEXOCHARIS n. gen.
Type inter raptaria Grt.
Palpi short, rather stout, loosely scaled ; tongue well developed ;
front tubercled as in Sijiiglochii^, but the central portion evenly
rounded or roughened and fiat; antennte bipectinate in % , dentate
in 9 ; thorax and al)domen smooth ; fore tibise unarmed, hind tibise
scarcely swollen, without hair pencil and with two pairs of spurs in
both sexes ; fore wings extended, 1 1 veins, 10 wanting, 1 1 from cell ;
hind wings extended, with a considerable sinus on outer margin just
before anal angle, 6 and 7 short stemmed, 5 undveloped, 8 separate
from cell.

Species: —
C. eapitheciaria Grt. C. interraptaria Grt.

C. elongata Hulst, n. sp. C. ochrofascaria Grt.

C elongata n. sp. — Expands 25 mni. Midway in size between C. eupithe-
ciaria Grt. and C. interruptaria Grt., and of the same general color; lines on fore
wings distinct, as in C. interruptdria. but widely separate, both scalloped between
the veins, the outer one continued faintly on hind wings; discal spots distinct
black.

Texas, Arizona.

50. COXIODES n. gen.
TyY>G pluinigeraria Hulst.

Palpi short, scarcely hairy ; clypeus broad, flattened, somewhat
long haired ; antennae of S very lengthily and plumosely bipectinate
to apex ; tongue obsolete ; thorax and abdomen slender, the thorax
woolly hairy below, rather long loose hairy above, the abdomen hot
tufted ; legs slender, femora glaucous, hind tibiae with two pairs of
spurs, without hair pencil; fore wings 12 veins, 3 and 4 separate, 0
short stemmed with 7, without fovea at base ; hind wings 3 and 4
separate, 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate, approximating
cell to beyond middle.

The antenme of the % in this genus are more lengthily plumose
than in any other American Geometer ; vein 5 of the fore wings is
also weak, amounting to scarcely moi'e than a fold.
Species. — P. plumigeraria Hulst.

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354 GEORGE D. HULST.

51. AETHAL.ODES n. gen.
Type packardaria Hulst.

Palpi rather short, slender, smooth ; tongue obsolete ; front smooth ;
antenute of % bipectinate to apex, pectinations long, plumose ; tho-
rax and abdomen smooth ; hind tibiae not swollen, without hair pen-
cil, with two pairs of spurs in both sexes; fore wings broad, even,
without fovea at base in ?> , 12 veins, 10 on 11, 11 from cell ; hind
wings broad, outer margin sinuate with dull angle at end of veins,
all veins separate, 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell.
Species. — A. packardaria Hulst.

52. CHESIADODES n. gen.
Type morosata Hulst.

Palpi very small, slender ; tongue obsolete ; front very protruding,
rounded, close scaled ; antennae bipectinate in % apex simple ; thorax
and abdomen smooth ; bind tibiae slender, without hair pencil, with
two pairs of spurs in both sexes ; fore wings even, rounded at both
angles, without fovea at base in S , 1 1 veins, 10 wanting, 1 1 from
cell ; hind wings long, even, all veins separate, 5 undeveloped, 8
separate from cell.

Close to Aet/udodes Hulst, differing in the strongly bulging clypeus
and simple apex of antennae.

Species. — C. morosata Hulst, n. sp.

C morosata n. sp. — Expands 42 mm. Palpi and front blackish ; thorax
blackish gray. Abdomen blackish gray, becoming black posteriorly on each seg-
ment; fore wings blackish gray, with three slightly rounded blackish lines sub-
parallel with outer mai'gin, and with nearly the same distance between the basal
and middle as between the middle and outer; the outer line a little emphasized
on the veins; an even, submarginal whitish line beginning at a triangular apical
whitish spot, and running slightly outwardly from margin ; hind wings light
grayish fuscous, darker along inner. margin and outwardly with faint outer line ;
discal spots present, indistinct; beneath fore wings light gray, hind wings fuscous
gray.

Sierra Nevada, Cal., from Henry Edwards.

53. SEIilDOSElflA Hiib.

Verz. 299. 1818.

Type ericetaria Vills.
Adadylotis Hiib., Verz. 303, 1818, type gesticidata Hiib.

Palpi moderate or quite long, porrect, rough scaled ; tongue de-
veloped ; front scaled, sometimes somewhat tufted ; antennae of S
bipectinate, apex simple, the pectinations filiform, long, generally

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suddenly shortening to simple apex, the antennae generally plumose,
of 9 filiform or serrate ; thorax scaled, sometimes tufted posteriorly,
somewhat hairy below ; abdomen scaled ; hind tibiae often swollen,
with all spurs, without hair pencil in I ; fore wings 12 or 11 veins,
varying in the same species, even, with fovea below in % ; hind
wings 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate from cell, the
wings rounded, even, or slightly wavy.
Species : —

_S. muricolor Hulst, n. sp. S. puhnonarmm Grt.

I S. correllatiun Hulst, u. sp. S. humarium Guen.

S. wruj hilar iam Hulst. S. umbrosarium Guen.

S. fuligmarium Hulst. S. albescens Hulst, n. sp.

S. muri<iolor n. sp. -Expands 34-36 mm. — Palpi, front and antennae dark
sordid fuscous; summit, thorax and abdomen light gray; all wings very smooth,
even fuscous, or fuscous gray, without lines or spots ; fore wings with costa and
apical space, hind wings with outer space and inner margin slightly darker ;
margins with fine, intervenular, black dots; hind wings somewhat rounded out
at vein 4 ; beneath almost exactly as above.

Hazleton, Pa., from Dr. Dietz. Very much in color like Dias-
tictis incepfata Walk. ( argil lacearia Pack.), differing by the less
rounded fore wings, the obtusely angled hind wings and the plumose
antennae.

S. correllatum n. sp. — Expands 28-30 mm. Palpi and front fuscous to dark
fuscous; thorax fuscous gray to whitish fuscous. Abdomen whitish or grayish
fuscous ; fore wings white, or light bluish gray, somewhat scattered over with
darker scales; basal line black, geminate, often indistinct, especially on cell;
middle line indistinct, or a faint fuscous shading; outer line black, curved, gemi-
nate, more widely separate subcostally, with a reddish included shading on third
quarter from costa. Wings slightly falcate : marginal line broken, black, heavier
subapically ; hind wings whitish or light gray, more fuscous along inner margin ;
all wings with distinct black discal spots; beneath light gray, heavily powdered
with fuscous, discal spots distinct, diffuse, black.

Colorado, California, Oregon ; the Oregon specimen taken August
24th.

S, albescens n. sp. — Expands 42 mm. Palpi blackish ; front blackish, with
a line of white along summit; rough, somewhat overhanging .scales between an-
tennae, whitish on edge, blackish in middle; collar light gray, blackish behind;
thorax whitish gray, with low posterior tufts. Abdomen whitish gray, with
black speckles above, fuscous stained towards end. Wings even, clear whitish
gray, with a few black scales ; fore wings with black basal line, bent, rounded
out most strongly on costal half; middle line at discal point, black and distinct
at costa, showing in black spots across wing parallel with basal line ; outer line
black, running very much as in larvaria ; a row of marginal black spots; hind

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356 GEORGE D. HULST.

wings basal line lost; mifldle line showing only in a black spot on inner margin !
outer line black, a little dentate outwardly on veins, slightly angled at 6; margin
wavy; a black marginal line; discal spot oval, annulate, black, quite distinct;
beneath even light fuscous on all wings.

Seattle, Wash., from Mr. Bolter. The insect has much the ap-
pearance of Edropis grlsearia Grt.

54. HERICISCA n. gen.
Type gracea Hulst.
Palpi short, porrect ; front smooth ; antennje of S bipectinate,
apex simple, pectinations claviform ; antennse of 9 filiform ; thorax
scaled, somewhat tufted posteriorly ; abdomen smooth ; hind tibiae
swollen, without hair pencil, with all spurs ; wings broad, rounded
slightly wavy margined outwardly ; fore wings without fovea below
in S , 12 veins, 10 and 11 from cell ; hind wings 5 not developed, 8
separate from cell.

Species. y-3/. gracea Hulst, n. sp.

M. gracea n. sp. — Expands 38-42 mm. Palpi short, light gray, with blackish
intermixed, black at tips; front black on central perpendicular line, dark fuscous
laterally, crown dark gray; thorax blackish dorsally at center, dark gray on pa-
tagite and around upper edges. Abdomen, first segment black in front, white
behind, the rest dark fuscous, becoming blackish dorsally, more so on second and
third segments; fore wings light gray, striated with black; basal line fine, black,
angulated outwardly at cell and vein 1 ; outer line heavier, distinct, black, three-
fifths out on costa straight to vein 5, then turning at a right angle inwardly nearly
to cell, then at a little more than a right angle to between 2 and 3, then rounding
to inner margin, reaching it a little within the middle ; a blackish cloud or band
across middle field, darkest within, forming towards and at inner margin a broad
band with the outer cross-line ; a black spot near costa within apex, and a broad,
ceijtral, submarginal cloud reaching to outer line ; on the basal field, central, is a
cloud of reddish brown, and a broad band of the same color across the whole
wing exterior to outer line ; a row of marginal black spots; hind wings in general
like the fore wings, lacking the basal line and reddish shade, but with outer line
beyond middle distinct, rounding outwardly from anterior margin to vein 2, then
turning to near middle of inner margin , a broad blackish central band less
■marked anteriorly, and an outer reddish brown band beyond cross-line, this also
obsolete at anterior margin; marginal line black, distinct; outer edge of both
wings sopiewhat scalloped, the hind ones more decidedly; beneath fuscous,
smooth, the black parts above reflecting through.

Colorado, from Mr. Bruce.

55. CliEORA Curt.
Brit. Ent. ii. pi. 8S, 1825.

Type cinctaria Schif.

Boarmia Treits. Schm. Eur. vi, 1, 187, 1827, type cindnria Schiflf".

Palpi moderate or quite long, porrect or subascending, rough

scaled ; tongue developed ; front scaled, sometimes tufted ; antennte

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of I bipectinate, apex simple, the pectinations filiform, long, sud-
denly shortening to simple apex, the antennse generally plumose, of

9 filiform or serrate ; thorax scaled, sometimes tufted posteriorly,
somewhat hairy beneath ; abdomen scaled ; hind tibiae swollen, with
all spurs, with hair pencil in S ; fore wings even, 12 or 11 veins,
varying in the same species, with fovea below in I ; hind wings 5
undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate from cell, the wings
rounded, even, or slightly wavy.
Species : —

C. farfunita Hulst. C. indimtaria Walk.

rC.'dataria Grt. . ^O^gawyimana-Giieu.

C. opacaria Hulst. / OJormosata Hulst, n. sp.

C. lixaria Grt. C. vellivolata Hulst.

C. cribraria Guen. /C. larvariaGuen.

C. forinosata n. sp.— Expands 35 mm. Close to C. indicafaria Walk, {poly
grammaria Pack.) ; the color is lifcht gray, overlaid with fuscous lines, black, dis-
tinct; the outer is evenly and regularly bent twice, followed by a distinct brown
baud ; the submarginal line is distinct white, the marginal line black, edged at
base of fringe with white, hind wings with three dark shade lines, wavy, parallel
with each other and the outer margin, all extra-discal ; beneath light fuscous,
evenly peppered with dark fuscous scales, lighter on the veins on fore wings.

Colorado, Mr. Bruce. A more than ordinarily showy insect of
its class, the colors more vivid, and especially distinct by the brown
cross band.

56. ]»IEL,A]VOL,OPHIA n. gen.
Type canadaria Guen. {Tephrosia).

Palpi short, stout, porrect, heavily scaled; tongue developed;
front loose scaled, somewhat tufted below ; antennre bipectinate in I ,
apex simple, pectinations moderate ; summit with slight scale tuft ;
thorax loosely scaled above, woolly haired below ; abdomen coarsely
. scaled and haired with lateral tuft of hairs on third segment ; legs
smooth, hind tibire in % swollen, with a dense pencil of fine hairs ;
two pairs of spurs in both sexes; fore wings even, without fovea at
base in S , 12 or 11 veins, 10 and 11 stemmed from cell; hind wings
all veins separate, 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell.

Dr. Packard figures canadaria with 11 veins in fore wings; this
may happen, though I have seen no example. In that case 11 is
wanting, having become coincident with 10.
Species. — M. canadaria Gn.

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358 GEORGE D. HULST.

57. AETHAI>OPTERA n. gen.
Type intexf.af.a Walk.

Palpi moderate, porrect, rather slender; tongue developed; front
smooth ; antennae of S filiform, with two pairs of fascicles of hairs
on each segment ; thorax and abdomen smooth, the latter tufted at
end ; hind tibise of S with hair pencil, swollen and with all spurs
in both sexes; fore wings with fovea below at base in both sexes, 11
veins in all specimens examined, 11 wanting 10 from cell; hind
wings 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate from cell ; all
wings broad, even, rounded.

Differs from Ectropis, especially in the hair pencil of the hind
tibise of the Z .

Species. — C. intextata Walk, (anticaria Walk.)

58. GLENA n. gen.
Type cognataria Hiib.
Palpi moderate, porrect, rough scaled ; tongue developed ; front
smooth ; antennae of % bipectinate, apex simple, of 9 sharply ser-
rate; thorax smooth above, slightly hairy below ; abdomen smooth;
hind tibise of % swollen, with hair pencil ; fore wings with fovea
below in both sexes, that of Z being large and prominent, 1 1 veins
in all specimens examined, 11 obsolete, 10 from cell, hind wings 5
undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate from cell.

To be recognized more especially by the fovea of the fore wings
of the 9 , in which it agrees with Aethaloptera, but differs in the
bipectinate antennae of the % .
Species. — G. cognataria Hiib,

G. minimaria Guen. (texanaria Hulst).

59. ECTROPIS Hiib.

Verz. 316, 1818.

Type crepuscularia Bork.

Tephrosia Bois., Index Meth. 198, 1840. type crepuxcularia Bork.

Palpi moderate, rather light, porrect ; tongue developed ; front
quadrate, scaled ; antennae of Z filiform, with two pairs of fascicles
of hairs on each segment; hind tibiae somewhat swollen, without
hair pencil, with all spurs ; thorax and abdomen scaled ; fore wings
with fovea below in S , 12 or 11 veins; hind wings 5 undeveloped,
6 and 7 separate, 8 separate from cell ; all wings even, rounded,
broad.

Species. — E. crepuscularia Schif,
E. grisearia Grt.

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60. EPIMECIS Hub.
Verz. 315, 1818.

Type hortaria Fab.
Bronchelia Guen., Phal. i, 287, 1857, type hortaria Fab.

Palpi rather short, stout, rough scaled; tongue strong; front
scaled, slightly tufted; antennse of % bipectinate, apex simple,
bristled, and slightly fascicled, of 9 filiform with two long bristles
at summit of each segment ; thorax scaled, untufted, hairy below ;
abdomen scaled ; hind tibiae slightly swollen, without hair pencil in
% , with all spurs; fore wings with fovea below in I , 12 veins, 10
and 11 from cell, separate from each other and 12; hind wings 5
undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate from cell and running
parallel with it much more shortly than usual, not more than one-
third its length ; all wings broad, rounded, the hind wing= deeply
scalloped.

Very close to Selidosema, and scarcely to be separated from it.

^ppnjps — ^ hnrtnTm Fab, is probably Geometra virginiaria Cram.

61. EYCIA Hiib.
Verz. 319. 1818.

Type hirtarius Clerck.

Amphidasis Treit. Sch. Eur. vi. 1, 229, 1827, type betularius L.

Palpi moderate or short, long rough scaled ; tongue obsolete, or
very short ; front densely haired, or long scaled ; antennae of I bi-
pectinate, apex simple ; thorax densely haired above and below, with
slight anterior and posterior tufts ; abdomen densely hairy, without
tuftiugs ; femora, tibiae, sometimes tarsi, long haired ; hind tibiae with
upper spurs generally obsolete, rarely very small ; fore wings without
fovea at base in I ; hind wings 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell.
Differs from Biston Leach, of which stratiarius Hufn. is type, and
of which Eubyja Hub. is a synonym in the simple apex of antenna?
of S .

Species. — L. ursaria Pacjc.
L. virginaria Grt.
L. cognataria Guen.

62. PH.EOURA n. gen.

Type mexicaaaria Grt.

Palpi moderate, slender, long haired ; tongue obsolete ; front

densely long haired ; antennae of I bipectinate to apex, of 9 with

short pectinations, apex simple ; thorax densely long scaled above,

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360 GEORGE D. HULST.

densely hairy below ; abdomen rough scaled, with a tuft or pencil
of hairs dorsally on each segment ; legs somewhat long haired, hind
tibise of % not swollen, without hair pencil, with one pair of spurs
in both sexes ; fore wings without fovea below at base in S , gener-
ally 1 1 veins ; hind wings 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell.

Differs from other allied genera especially in the bipectinate an-
tennae of $ .

Species. — P. mexicanaria Grt.

P. cristifera Hulst, n. sp.

P. cristifera u. sp.— Expands 44 rum. Palpi dark fuscous, black at end ;
front smoky black ; summit dark fuscous ; tboras dark fuscous gray, blackish
posteriorly. Abdomen dark fuscous, first two segments lined posteriorly with
black, posterior segments with black much intermixed. Wings dark fuscous,
these with thorax and abdomen washed with a soft violet-brown tint ; lines after
the cognataria pattern, on fore wings both heavy, distinct, black; basal beginning
one-third out, evenly curving around to inner margin and reaching nearly to
base ; outer with broad, obtuse, prominent angle at vein 4, thus lower than in
cognataria, whic^ is at vein 5 ; hind wings outer line at middle, black, strong,
distinct, even, very slightly wavy, without angle ; inner line close by, subparallel,
somewhat closer posteriorly, fainter ; discal spot of fore wings an oval cloud, not
distinct; beneath as above, with much less emphasis, the violet tint, however,
stronger in certain shades. Legs blackish and fuscous.

Colorado, from Mr. Bruce.

63. NACOPHORA n. gen.
Type quernaria A. and S.

Palpi short, porrect, with long hairs; clypeus flattened, densely
long haired ; tongue absent, or very short ; antennae strongly bipec-
tinate in S , apex simple ; thorax and abdomen stout, heavy, thorax
long woolly haired below, heavy haired above ; abdomen slightly
tufted dorsally on each segment ; legs, with femora, woolly ; hind
tibise with one pair of spurs; fore wings 12 veined, 3 and 4 separate,
6 stemmed with 7, with fovea at base ; hind wings 3 and 4 separate,
5 obsolete, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate, approximating cell for one-
half its length.
Species: —
N. minima Hulst, n. sp. N. quernaria Ab. Sm.

N. carlotta Hulst, n. sp. N. cupiddria Grt.

N. phigaliarla Guen.

Bf . minima n. sp. — Expands 32-33 mm. Palpi, front and thorax with black
and light gray scales intermixed, giving a dark gray color ; thorax with two pos-
terior subdorsal tufts of long scales, these black at the end. Abdomen grayish

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fuscous, the segments interlined with lighter fuscous, the segmental dorsal tufts
distinct, prominent, black on end ; fore wings light gray, finely spattered over
with black, giving a uniform, granulated, blackish gray color, the veins a little
darkened : a basal, black, distinct cross-line, straight, except with a clean cut
angle outwards from submedian to la : an outer corresponding line, running from
costa towards middle of outer margin till it reaches vein 5, then returning to
cell at posterior angle, then with some waviness to inner margin ; a marginal
black line ; discal spots indistinct, large ; hind wings light gray at base, growing
to blackish gray outwardly, with marginal black line and faint discal spots ; be-
neath gray, theouter cross-line distinctly showing on all wings, even and rounded.

Colorado, from Mr. Bruce. I have females only, but they are in
good condition.

N. carlotta n. sp.— Expands 42 mm. Thorax below, palpi, head and an-
teunie dull fuscous ; the palpi black at end and front, blackish at middle ; collar
same color ; thorax above dull fuscous, with a grayish tint. Abdomen fuscous
gray, the segments with a shade of ocher brown anteriorly, each segment with a
black spot on either side of dorsal line posteriorly, except on second segment,
where the black reaches across the segment ; fore wings fuscous, with blackish
scales intermixed on basal field, light gray on middle field, blackish fuscous in a
broad band beyond outer line, and gray submarginally ; basal line black, indis-
tinct near costa, beginning one-third out. rounded, some sinuate, rounding from
sulxliscal nearly to base on inner margin ; outer line distinct, parallel with outer
margin to 4, rounding inwardly to cell, then continuing its curve striking inner
margin two-thirds out; a central broad stripe covering discal spot, straight from
costa till it nearly meets the outer line, then subparallel and partly coalescing with
it; hind wings light gray, a middle band faintly indicated, becoming evident at
middle of inner margin; a distinct outer black line, sinuate across wing; discal
spot black, distinct; outer field somewhat darker; beneath fuscous, the lines
clearly evident, discal spot quite distinct.

Charlotte Harbor, Florida, from Mrs. Slosson.

64. APOCHEIMA Hiib.
Verz. 319. 1818.

Type hispidaria Fab.

Ithusia Hub., Verz. 319. 1818, type zonaria SchiflF.
Nyssia Dup.. Hist. Nat. vii. 283, 1829, type zonaria SchiflT.

Palpi short, porrect, long haired ; tongue obsolete ; front densely
long haired ; antennse of % bipectinate, apex simple, of 9 filiform ;
thorax densely long haired above and below, somewhat tufted ; ab-
domen densely long hairy ; legs long, haired on femora and tibiae ;
hind tibiie of I not swollen, without hair pencil, in both sexes with
one pair of spurs; fore wings without fovea below, 12 or 11 veins;
hind wings 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate or stemmed, 8 separate
from cell ; head retracted, suiall ; female with wings rudimentary,
or very little developed.

Species. — A. rachelce Hulst, n. sp.

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A. ractielae n. sp. — Expands 33 mm. Palpi and thorax clothed with long
woolly hairs, black at base, light gray towards end, giving these parts a gray ap-
pearance ; this gray color is stronger on the patagise posteriorly, at the extremity
of the abdomen, and on its sides ; summit of head rust-brown, as is the thorax
posteriorly at dorsum ; also a rust-brown tuft dorsally on the first iive segments
of the abdomen ; antennae black. Wings semi-diaphanous, smoky gray, loosely
and scantily covered with smoky gray scales and hairs; costa narrowly rust-
brown half way out from base ; veins lined with black, an extra black line show-
ing on the fold of la; a somewhat faint, yet distinct basal cross line, and another
beyond cell parallel with outer margin; the outer margin of the cell is darker,
thus with the cross-line inclosing a triangular costal space ; hind wings with a
corresponding cross-line at middle; beneath much as above, but fainter.

This insect is very much in appearance like A. lapponaria Bois.
of Europe. Mr, Bruce tells me that in England he used to take
A. zonaria along salt marshes. A. rachelce he found in grass about
some salt springs in Colorado. It is a beautiful insect, the first of
its group discovered in America, and I take pleasure in naming it
after the wife of its discoverer.

65. RHAPHIDODEIVIAS n. gen.
Type titea Cram.

Palpi short, loosely scaled, not heavy ; tongue developed, but not
strong ; front loosely haired ; antennae of % bipectinate almost to
apex, of 9 filiform ; thorax heavy scaled, tufted anteriorly and
posteriorly, hairy below ; abviomen hairy scaled, the segments above
armed with many chitinous spines; hind tibise of % swollen, without
hair pencil, with all spurs ; fore wings without fovea below in % ,
1 1 veins ; hind wings 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate
from cell, 9 wingless.

Peculiar in the spinous armature of the abdomen, much surpassing
in this respect Paleacrifa Riley and Chondrosoma Anker. Phigalia,
a European genus, type pedaria Fab., shows the same tendency, but
it is not so marked. Phigalia is also much more hairy in vestiture.
Species. — R. nevadaria Hulst, n. sp.
R. olivacearia Morr.
R. titea Cram.

R. nevadaria n. sp. — Expands 34-36 mm. Very near R. tifen and R.
olivacearia : about the size and wing shape of the latter, with the more distinct
cross-lines of the former. The fore wings have more of blackish than R. titea,
this being more emphasized in the outer shading of the outer line ; all the veins
outwardly arelined with black, especially strong beyond outer line; the middle
and outer lines merge together at inner margin ; the spinulations of the abdomen
are not as strong as in the other species.

Nevada, Colorado.

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66. ERANNIS Hiib.
Verz. 320, 1818.

Type dffoUaria Clerck.
Hybernia Latr., Fam. Nat. 477, 1825, type defoliaria Clerck.

Palpi very short, almost rudimentary ; tongue very short, almost
obsolete; front scaled, broad; anteunse of % with long fascicle of
hairs from four slight protuberances on each segment; thorax hair
scaled, somewhat tufted anteriorly, hairy below ; abdomen scaled ;
hind tibijie not swollen, without hair pencil, in both sexes with two
pairs of spurs ; fore wings without fovea below in % , 12 veins ; hind
wings 5 obsolete, 6 and 7 widely separate, 8 separate from cell ;
wings broad, rounded, even ; $ with wings obsolete.

Under Almphila I have spoken of the application of the generic
term Erannis. It cannot be applied to the species ordinarily grouped
under Anisopteryx Steph. as they belong to Hiibner's genus Also-
phila. The only proper application is to regard defoliaria as the
type of Erannis, as this was beyond question the idea of Hiibner.
The species ordinarily grouped together in that genus I do not be-
lieve to be properly congeneric. Apart from other things there are
great differences in the antennse of the males, the majority having
the antennae bipectinate and so decidedly different from the antennae
of E. defoliaria. Hybernia Latr. if not regarded as a synonym of
Erannis, must stand for the species with bipectinate antennae in the
% . But that group had already been called Agrilopis by Hubner.
Our species are all of the defoliaria group.

Species. — E. defoliaria var. vancouverensis Hulst.
£r tiliaria Harr.
E. coloradata, Hulst, n. sp.

E. defoliaria var, vancouverensis n. var. I give this varietal name
to a form which seems to be common at Victoria, Vancouver Island,
Canada. It is very uniform, and is much more sharj)ly marked
than the typical defoliaria, and the shadings of the % , and the
general color of the 9 , are much darker. The typical form of de-
foliaria is not found as yet in our faunal limits so far as I am aware.

K. coloradata n. sp. — Expands 46 miu. Palpi fuscous brown, black at
end; front fuscous brown; thorax and abdomen smoky ocher, the segments of
abdomen darker anteriorly and dorsally ; fore wings fuscous ocher, overlaid with
dull brown ; basal field dark, limited by a black line, which begins at costa one-
quarter out, runs sharply outward, making sharj) dentations at subcostal and base
of vein 5, then forms a sinus inwardly with another sharp dentation near vein \a ;

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364 GEORGE D. HULST.

the middle field is much lighter, being a sort of ocher brown ; the outer line is
black, distinct, beginning at costa two-thirds out, forming a dull angle on fold
between 5 and 6, turning backward at vein 3 just outside the cell, then running
parallel with outer margin to Ire, then forming a sinus outwardly to inner margin ;
outer field darker than middle field, lighter than basal, with a darker shading
along costa near apex ; discal spot distinct, black; hind wings translucent, light
ocher, slightly striated with brown ; beneath upper surface indistinctly reflected,
paler, basal line obsolete, outer line quite distinct, outer field darkest.

Colorado, from Dr. Barnes.

Considerably like E. tlliar'm in general appearance.

67. CI1VGIL.IA Walk.
Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. third series, vol. i, 76, 1862.

Type catenaria Cram.
Catena Grt., Can. Ent. viii, 205, 1876, type catenaria Cram.
Vestigifera Gump., Nov. Act. Halle, 49. 326, 369, 1887, type catenaria Cram.

Palpi moderate, slender, lightly scaled, porrect ; tongue developed ;
front broad, round, clothed with hair ; antennae bipectinate to apex
in % , dentate in 9 pectinations, in S filiform ; thorax hairy above,
woolly below ; abdomen smooth, scaly ; legs slender, hind tibiie not
swollen, without hair pencil, with two pairs of spurs in both sexes ;
fore wings even, rounded, without fovea at base in "S , 12 veins, 6
stemmed with 7, 10 and II from cell anastomosing with each other,
and__with 9 and 12 ; vestiture rather thin, hairy scaled.

/ Species. — C. catenaria Cram.

68. EUCATERVA Grt.
Pap. ii, 80, 1882.

Type vararia Grt.

Palpi of % extraordinarily long, deltoid like, somewhat drooping
second member much the largest, lightly clothed ; of 9 moderate,
somewhat drooping ; tongue obsolete ; front broad, closely scaled ;
thorax and abdomen smooth ; hind tibiae not swollen, without hair
pencil, Avith two pairs of spurs in both sexes, all spurs short and
light ; antennae of % bipectinate to apex, of $ filiform ; fore wings
even, rounded, without fovea in % , 12 veins, 6 separate, 10 and 11
from cell anastomosing with each other and with 9 and 12 ; hind
wings cell long, 6 and 7 close or short stemmed, a fovea at base of
S below in 9 , 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell.
Species. — £. vararia Grt.

69. PHIXTR^A n. gen.
Type elegantaria Hy. Edw.

Palpi very small, light, almost obsolete ; tongue obsolete in S ,
very short in 9 ; front flattened, hairy ; antennae bipectinate to

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apex in 9 , pectinations long, bipectinated in 9 , apex simple, pectina-
tions rather short ; thorax and abdomen smooth ; hind tibise not
swollen, without hair pencil, with two pairs of spurs in both sexes ;
fore wings even, without fovea at base in S , 6 separate, 10 and 1 1
from cell anastomosing with each other, with 9 and with 12; hind
wings rounded, even, 6 and 7 stemmed, 5 undeveloped, 8 separate
from cell.

Species. — P. elegantaria H. Edw.

70. ACANTHOPHORAn. gen.

Type graefii Hulst.

Palpi rather short, slender, lightly scaled; tongue developed;
front broad, scaled ; antennae of 9 bipectinate, apex simple ; thorax
and abdomen scaled, untufted ; fore tibia? short, broad and flat at
end, with a claw on each side, the one on the inner side being the
stronger ; hind tibiae of l not swollen, without hair pencil, with all
spurs; fore wings without fovea below in % , II veins, 10 absent,
11 from cell ; hind wings 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate
from cell.

Species. — A. graefii Hulst, n. sp.

A. graefii n. sp.— Expands 32 mm. Palpi white, scales black at end ; front
white, with a black outward ring ; antennae fuscous : thorax white. Abdomen
with some scattered black scales ; fore wings white, some blackish along costa and
a few small scattered black strise.. a little more close beyond disc, about 35 to 40
altogether; a marginal line of intervenular black points; hind wings white, with
scarcely any black scales; marginal line of black points; beneath much as above,
hut with hind wings considerably black spotted.

Texas, from Mr. Graef.

71. TRACHEOPS n. gen.
Type bolteri Hulst.

Palpi very short, drooping ; tongue developed ; clypeus subquad-
rate, rather broader than long, swollen, the whole surface pitted and
roughened ; antennae of I bipectinate, segments short, pectinations
short and thick, half as broad as length of segments, apex and base
simple ; thorax rough scaled, hairy below ; abdomen smooth ; hind
tibi» with all spurs ; fore wings with fovea below, close to base and
small, 12 veins, 6 widely separate from 7, 10 and 11 short stemmed
with each other, 10 anastomosing with 9 and 11 with 12 ; hind wings
3 and 4 separate, 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate from
cell.

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366 GEORGE D. HULST.

Distinguished more especially by the roughened pitted clypeus and
the somewhat peculiar t autennse.
Species. — T. bolteri Hulst, n. sp.

T. bolteri n. sp. — Expands 32 mm. Palpi fuscous ; front fuscous clay color;
thorax fuscous clay anteriorly, becoming light fuscous gray posteriorly, with a
lunule of black at middle of each patagia, and a black dorsal spot posteriorly on
thorax. Abdomen dull whitish, with black spots dorsally on each segment; fore
wing whitish, with an olive tint basally, somewhat mixed with fuscous scales and
with much of black in lines and shadings, these giving the wing an irregularly
whitish and black appearance ; first there is a black costal spot at extreme base,
then a blackish clouding darkest at costa on basal field ; basal line black, curved
and angled, the largest angle being on submedian space inwardly ; a somewhat
indefinite middle intra-discal black line, zigzag, with two angles on each side,
followed outwardly with blackish cloudings: discal spot black, distinct; outer
line bent, rounded, black, with long teeth running on outer side out on veins;
submarginal blackish cloudings and a row of black intervennlar spots: hind
wings white, with black discal spots and loose blackish cloudings outwardly, these
being parts of somewhat indeterminate cross-lines; beneath almost as above, but
with ground color more fuscous and less clear; antennas of 'J, black. Legs light
fuscous, spotted with black on coxae and femora, becoming solid black anteriorly
on tibia and tarsi. The single % specimen gives the impression that in newly-
emerged specimens the fore wings have a decided olive or greenish shading.

Las Vegas, New Mex., from Mr. Bolter, to whom I dedicate the
species.

72. DYSCIA Hiib.

Verz. 314, 1818.

Type conspersaria Fab.
Psednothrix Hiib., Verz. 319, 1818, type belgaria Hiib.
Moesia Steph., Ills. 3, 150. 1829, type belgaria Hiib.
Scodiona Bois., Index Meth. 185, 1840. type conspersaria Fab.
Napuca Walk., C. B. M. Geom. 1693, 1862, type orciferata Walk.

Palpi moderate or short, slender, subascending or porrect ; tongue
very short or wanting ; front hairy, broad, not tufted ; antennie of
% bipectinate to apex ; thorax hairy, scaled above, hairy below,
without tufts ; abdomen scaled, somewhat tufted at end ; hind tibise
slightly or not at all swollen, with all spurs, without hair pencil in
% ; fore wings without fovea at base below, 12 veins, 10 and 11 from
cell ; hind wings 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate from
cell ; all wings even, rounded, the fore wings with a tendency to
hairiness of vestiture.

Mr. Meyrick joins this genus with Crocota Hiib., whose type is
lutearia Fab., but it is definitely separate by the undeveloped tongue.
There is some difference in the length of the palpi, but it is neither
marked nor definite ; Guenee puts gilvaria Fab. and its allies under

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Aspilates Treits., and so with liis determination Aspilates would be
a synonym of this genus. But Treitschke did not have that idea of
his genus. He had under it discordant material, but none of the
earlier named species apply here. The first is purptiraria Linn., and
this may be taken as the type of Aspilates. This is ordinarily cata-
logued as Lythria, but as Mr. Meyrick remarks, Lythria is a syno-
nym of Botys Latr. afterwards applied, but without right, to a genus
of the Pyralidse.

Mr. Warren, Nov. Zool. vol. i, 437, 1894, calls attention to the
fact that mundataria Cr. has hi pectinate antennae in 9 , thus sepa-
rating it from this genus, and calls it Megaspilates. But mundataria
Cr. is type of Concilia Hub. Verz. 337, 1818, which, of course, has
priority.

Species. - D. orciferata Walk.

73. liYrHMOSEA Grt.
Trans. Kans. Acad. Sci. viii, 52, 1883.

Type helviolaria Hulst.

Palpi long, porrect, heavily scaled ; tongue developed ; front hair
tufted ; antennae of % bipectinate, apex simple ; thorax hairy scaled ;
abdomen slender, smooth ; legs long, slender ; hind tibiae long, not
swollen, without hair pencil, with two pairs of spurs in both sexes ;
fore wings even, rounded, without fovea at base in % , 12 veins, 10
on 9, 11 from cell, 6 and 7 stemmed; hind wings 6 and 7 stemmed,
5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell.
Species. — L. helviolaria Hulst.
L. intennicata Walk.

74. SI»H^CEL,ODES Guen.

Phal. ii, 116, 1857.

Type vulneraria Hiib.

Brotis Hiib., Verz. 303, 1818. type ridneraria Hiib.

Palpi stout, porrect or subascending, heavily clothed ; tongue de-
veloped ; front hair tufted ; antennae bipectinate in % , pectinations
moderate, the bases of the antennae very close together, almost
touching ; thorax densely haired above and below ; abdomen smooth ;
hind tibiae not swollen, without hair pencil, with two pairs of spurs
in both sexes ; fore wings 12 veins, 10 on 9, 11 from cell ; hind wings
all veins separate, 8 close to cell one-half its length then diverging
at a sharp angle.

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368 GEORGE D. HULST.

Brotis Hiib. is preoccupied by Hiibner himself, he having given
the name previously to another genus of Lepidoptera. The genus
is a very peculiar one in the position of the antennse ; the single
species has a decided resemblance to the genus Eudamiis of the Rho-
palocera, and is probably a day flyer.

75. STERGAMAT^A n. gen.
Type inornata Hulst.

Palpi moderately long, recurved, reaching well towards summit
of head ; tongue strong ; antennae of 9 filiform ; front rounded ;
thorax hairy scaled, hairy below ; abdomen scaled ; hind tibise with
all spurs ; wings rather broad, even, rounded ; fore wings 12 veins,
10 and 1 1 stemmed from cell ; hind wings 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7
separate, 8 separate from cell.

I have the 9 only. Its peculiarity, the recurved palpi, is a rare
form of structure in the family.

Species. — S. inornata Hulst, n. sp.

S. inornata n. sp. — Expands 48 mm. Palpi dark fuscous; front, thorax
and abdomen whitish ocher stained with fuscous; all wings of the same color,
varying only enough to give faint suggestion of lighter cross-bauds basally and
outwardly, the limitations of these being scalloped and slightly darker; discal
spots fine, black ; beneath slightly less ocher, and a broad outer fuscous baud
parallel with outer margins on all wings.

Female only, Colorado, from Mr. Bruce.

76. ]fIEL.E]VI^A n. gen.
Type magdalena Hulst.

Palpi moderate, subascending, rather slendei", lightly scaled ;
tongue developed ; front rounded, conical, short scaled ; antennae of
% bipectinate, apex simple ; thorax and abdomen smooth ; hind
tibiae of % not swollen, without hair pencil, with all spurs ; fore
wings without fovea below, 12 veins, 10 from a point with 6 and 9
at end of cell, 1 1 from cell ; hind wings rounded, 5 undeveloped, 6
and 7 stennued, 8 separate from cell.

Species. — M. magdalena Hulst, n. sp.
31. morsicaria Hulst.

M. magdalena n. sp. — Expands 35 mm. Palpi ocher yellow, reddish on
outside; front reddish yellow; antennse yellow fuscous, end of pectinations much
darker; thorax yellowish, as is also the abdomen, but the latter has a reddish
tinge dorsally ; fore wings reddish orange, lighter along costa, becoming straw-
yellow towards apex ; from costa just within apex this yellow reaches in a
rounded loop, broader at middle, to base at inner margin ; beyond this following

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the same course the red is mixed with yellow, followed again with a strip of
yellow reaching from near apex to vein 3 ; within the first yellow band, and
without the second one, are single lines, deep red, with dark scales intermixed,
following the same general course, the inner straighter, the outer with deeper
loop, the outer beginning at the deep red apex, and both continuing to base; the
inner inwardly, and the outer outwardly, are shaded with violet pinkish ; hind
wings reddish yellow, lighter towards base, more yellowish anteriorly, more red-
dish about anal ajigle; a deeper reddish Hue starting within anterior angle,
rounding close to outer margin, then turning inwardly to middle of anal margin ;
beneath as above, but fainter, but with apex of fore wings bright orange-red.

From Mr. Bruce, Colorado.

A most beautiful insect. Different in its style of ornamentation
from any other American Geometer that I know.

77. ANAGOGA Hiib.

Verz. 294, 1818.

Type pulverata L.
Asiuophora Steph., Cat. 126, 1829, type pulverata L.
Numeria Dup., Lep. Fr. viii, 107, 1829, type pulverata L.

Palpi moderately long, ascending, heavily scaled, end member
very small ; front tufted ; tongue developed ; antennae of S bipec-
tinate to apex, pectinations filiform, of ? deeply serrate, almost
pectinated ; thorax hairy above, woolly below ; abdomen loosely
scaled, untufted ; wings broad, even, rounded ; fore wings without
fovea below, 12 veins, 6 separate, 10 and 11 from cell separate from
each other as well as from 12 and 9 ; hind wings 5 undeveloped, 8
separate from cell ; hind tibiie not swollen, with all spurs, without
hair pencil in % .

Species. — A. occidaaria Walk.

78. NEOTERPES n. geu.
Type ephelidaria Hulst.

Palpi ascending, rather long ; tongue strong ; front close scaled,
slightly tufted ; antenniB bipectinate in both sexes, in £ almost t(j
apex ; thorax hairy scaled above, slightly hairy below ; abdomen
scaled, untufted; hind tibiie of Z swollen, with hair pencil, with all
spurs present ; fore wings slightly angulate on outer margin, without
fovea below, 12 veins, 10 and 11 from cell; hind wings ronnd, or
scarcely angled, 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 stemmed, 8 separate from
cell.

This may be the same as Sicyodes Warr., but the description,
" like Sicya Guen., but with the 9 antennte pectinated, though more

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870 . GEORGE D. HUL8T.

shortly than in the Z ," is indefinite. If Sicyodes be like Sicya
otherwise, then Neoterpe^ differs generically, as it has a hair pencil
on hind tihise in % .

Species. — N. ephelidaria Hulst.

N. snoviaria Hulst.

N. edwardsata Pack.

79. SI€YA Guen.

Phal. i, 104, 1857.

Type macidaria Harr.

Palpi moderate, ascending, rather heavy, heavily scaled below ;
tongue developed ; front tufted ; antennae bipectinate in l> , apex
simple, filiform in 9 ; thorax long haired above, woolly below ; ab-
domen smooth ; hind legs not swollen, without hair pencil, with two
pairs of .«purs in both sexes ; fore wings without fovea at base in S ,
angled at 4 in % , less so or not at all in 9 . 12 veins, 6 at a point
or short stemmed with 7, 10 and 1 1 from cell ; hind wings 6 and 7
stemmed, 8 separate from cell, 5 undeveloped.
Species. — S. maeularia Harr.

80. THERIIVA Hiib.

Verz. 283, 1818.

Type proxaparia Linn.
Ellopia Treits., Schra. Eur. vi, 89, 1827. type prosaparia Linn.

Palpi short, light, porrect, thinly scaled ; tongue developed ; front
scaled ; antennae of l bipectinate to apex, of 9 slightly serrate ;
thorax and abdomen scaled, thorax slightly hairy below ; abdomen
somewhat tufted at end ; hind tibi?e generally swollen, without hair
pencil, with all spurs ; wings broad, rounded, even, or slightly
angulate, vestiture thin, rather hairy ; fore wings with chitinous
cross-bar between submedian and vein la near base, probably the
outer relic of a fovea, which is even now suggested in both sexes,
12 veins, 10 and 11 from cell; hind wings 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7
separate, 8 separate from cell.
Species : —

rr. vltraria Grt. T. athaslarki Walk.

T\~GavUla^'iall\iht. T. fiscellaria Guen.

T. pellneMhu'Ui G. and R. [f.fervidaria Hiib.

J T. endropku'ia G. and R.

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81. METROCAMPA Latr.
Consid. gen. 366, 1810.

Type margaritata Linn.

Palpi slight, subasceuding, not long; tongue developed; front
closely scaled ; antenna? of % hipectinate almost to apex, the ex-
treme apex simple, of 9 serrate ; thorax hairy scaled above, some-
what woolly below ; abdomen scaled, somewhat tufted at end ; fore
wings without fovea below, even, or slightly angulate, 12 veins ; hind
wings somewhat angulate, 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 sepa-
rate from cell ; hind uWvx swollen, with hair pencil in % ; larva
with 12 legs.

Species. — M. perlata Guen.

82. EUGONOBAPTA Warren.

Nov. Zool. i, 405, 1894.

Type nivosata Guen.

Palpi rather short, slender, porrect ; tongue developed; front
smooth ; antennte flattened, lamellate in % ; thorax hairy scaled ;
abdomen slender, smooth ; hind tibiaj of h swollen, with hair pencil ;
two pairs of spurs in both sexes ; fore wings costa strongly arched,
outer margin even, without fovea at base in ^ , 12 veins, 6 separate,
10 on 9, 1 1 from cell ; hind wings rather long, somewhat angled at
4, all veins separate.

/Species. — E. nivosata Guen.

83. RIPUEA Guen.

Phal. i, 34. 1857.

Type mahometaria H.-Sch.

Palpi moderate, porrect, scaled ; tongue developed ; front tufted ;
antennje of % doubly bipectinate, two pectinations arising from each
side of each segment at ends, apex simple; thorax hairy above,
densely hairy woolly below ; fore wings even, scarcely bent at 4,
without fovea at base in I , 12 veins, 10 on 9, 11 from cell, 6 shortly
stemmed with 7 ; hind wings cell short, 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7
separate, 8 separate from cell.

Species. — B. virfjinaria Hulst.-

84. ENWOMOS Treit.
Schm. Eur. vi (1), 3, 1827.

Type alniaria Linn.

Eugonia Hiib., Verz. 291, 1818. type alniaria Linn.
Palpi rather long, end member longer than usual, long haired
below ; tongue developed, but not strong ; front densely hairy tufted ;

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372 GEORGE D. HULST.

auteniise bipectinate in both sexes, apex simple in 9 , not in % ;
thorax densely hairy above and below ; abdomen scaled ; femora
hairy ; hind tibise swollen, without hair pencil in % , with one or two
pairs of spurs; fore wings without fovea below, angulate, 12 veins;
hind wings angulate and wavy, 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell.
Eagonia Hiib., was preoccupied by himself, he having previously
given the name to a genus of butterflies.
Species. —fE. >tubsi-aiiarius Hiib.
'E. magnarius Guen. •

85. XANTHOTYPE Warreu.
Nov. Zool. i. 463, 1894.

Type crocataria Fab.

Palpi moderate, porrect, bushy ; tongue developed ; front hairy,
somewhat tufted below; antenmie bipectinate in both sexes, apex
simple, in $ pectinations short, sharp ; thorax hairy above ; abdo-
men smooth ; hind tibiiie swollen in both sexes, without hair pencil,
with two pairs of spurs ; fore wings rounded in % , dully angulate
in % at vein 4, without fovea at base in S , 12 veins, 6 separate, 10
on 11, 11 from cell; hind wings of % slightly sinused, of 9 deeply
sinused, from 7 to 5 edge uneven, all veins separate, 5 undeveloped,
8 separate from cell.

Species. — A', crocataria Fab.

86. PLAGODIS Hiib.

Verz. 294. 1818.

Type dolobraria Linn.
Eurymene Dup., Lep. Fr. vii, 185, 1829, type dolobraria Linn.

Palpi moderate, subasceuding, rough scaled ; tongue developed ;
front smooth, or slightly tufted ; antennae of Z bipectinate, apex
simple, of 9 finely serrate ; thorax scaled, somewhat hairy beneath ;
abdomen scaled, untufted ; fore wings without fovea below, 12 veins,
10 and 11 from cell; the wing with a broadly rounded angle at 4,
and rounded out inwardly from 3 to inner margin ; hind wings 5
undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate from cell ; the wings
rounded out from 3 to inner margin forming rounded angle at 4 ;
hind tibiae without hair pencil in % , with all spurs, the tibiae scarcely
swollen.

Species : —
P. seriilarla H.-Sch. P. alcoolaria Guen.

P. keutzuKjaria Pack. P. phlogosaria Guen.

P. ferrldar'ui H.-Sch. P. emarginaria Guen.

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87. HYPERITIS Gueu.
. Phal. 117, i, 1857.

Type amicaria H.-Sch.
Probole H.-Sch.. Auseu. Schm. 83, 1855, type amicaria H.-Sch.
Palpi ascending, stout, rather long ; front rounded, broad, smooth ;
tongue developed; antennse bipectinated in both sexes, apex simple,
pectinations short in 9 ; thorax and abdomen smooth ; hind tibiae
scarcely swollen, without hair pencil, with two pairs of spurs in both
sexes; fore wings angled at 4, without fovea at base in S , 12 veins,
6 separate, 10 at a point, or shortly stemmed with 9, 11 from cell ;
hind wings with a broad angle at 4, larger in % , all veins separate,
5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell.

Species : —
H. amicaria H.-Sch. H. trianguliferata Pack.

H. notataria Hulst. H. mollicularia Zell.

88. AMI A Steph.
Brit. Eut. Hanst. iii, 321, 1831.

Type limbata.
Mic.rogonia H.-Sch., Auseu. Schm, 1855, type limbata Haw.
Nematocampa Guen., Phal. i, 120, 1857, type limbata Haw.

Palpi moderate, erect or ascending, light ; tongue developed ;
front smooth, narrow in S , quadrate in 9 ! antennse S lamellate,
in S filiform ; thorax smooth, hairs of patagise long ; abdomen
smooth ; legs rather heavy ; hind tibiie in S nuich swollen, with
hair pencil, end spurs small, close together, the outer upper spur
normal, the inner lengthened, enlarged at end thus becoming club
shaped; hind tibiae of 9 normal; fore wings 11 veins, 10 wanting,
1 1 stemmed with 9, 5 nearer 6 than 4 ; hind wings all separate, 5
undeveloped, 8 separate from cell.
Species. — A. limbata Haw.

89. CJOIVODONTIS Hub.

Verz. 287, 1818.

Type bidentata Clerck.
Epirranthis Hub.. 296. 1818, type obfinnaria Hiib.
Odonoptera Steph., 111. 162, 1829, type bidentata Clerck.
Metarranthis Warr., Nov. Zool. i. 436, 1894, type obfirmaria Hiib.

Palpi moderate, or rather long, porrect or subascending, rough
scaled ; tongue developed ; antennae of S bipectinate to apex, pec-
tinations clavate, antennse of 9* sharply serrate ; thorax hairy scaled,
hairy below ; abdomen scaled, untufted ; femora more or less hairy ;

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374 GEORGE D. HULST.

hind tibiie somewhat swollen or slightly so, without hair pencil in
% , with all spurs; fore wings 12 veins, 10 and 11 from cell ; with-
out fovea below in % ; hind wings 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate,
8 separate from cell ; wings even, somewhat wavy, or somewhat
angled.

Mr. Meyrick joins CrocaUis Treit. with this. The type of Cro-
callis is elinguaria L., which is also the type of Eusarca Hub. of
the Teutamen. Elinguaria is not congeneric v.'ith Gonodoutis how-
ever, as the tongue is wanting. I have joined with this genus Epir-
ranthis Hiib., the type of which is objinnaria Hiib., which has
broad, rounded wings, but which is insensibly connected with the
species having waved or angulate wings. Mr. Warren gives the
name 3Ietarrhattthis to obJir)ii(iria, " because palverata has been re-
moved to the Orthostixinae." Epirranthis was created by Hiibner
with two species under \t, pulverata and obfirmaria. Boisduval, find-
ing them not congeneric, created the genus Ploseria with pulverata
as type, thus leaving obfirmaria as type of Epirranthis. This was
right, and the reference was, so far as I know, universally recognised
by systematists till Mr. Meyrick, without explanation, "^vxt pulverata
under Epirranthis. I do not believe Epirranthis a valid genus, but
if so or not, its type is obfirmaria Hiib.

Hiib. Verz. 263, 1818, gave the name Gonodonta to a genus of
Noctuidse. Under the present recognised law of priority, the name
Gonodontis, not being a mere distinction of gender, is not a syno-
nym, and must not, therefore, give way to Epirranthis.

Species : —
G. hypochraria H.-Sch. G. forniosa Hulst, n. sp.

G. ivarneri Haw. G. obfirmaria Hiib.

G. duaria Guen. G. distichata Gucn.

G. jnlosaria Pack. G. antidiscaria Walk.

G. barnesii Hulst, n. sp.

G. barnesii n. sp. — Expands 38-40 mm. Palpi smoky brown, end member
closely scaled, middle and basal members lighter colored and hairy ; head rather
long haired, smoky ochreoiis; antennse about one-half as long as wing, pectina-
tions stout, but rather short, smoky yellow in color ; thorax long hairy, yellow,
with a smoky tinge, abdomen of same color: fore wings slightly falcate, angled
at end of vein 4 ; the wings are divided into three fields the basal reaching about
one-fourth the wing on costa, the same distance on inner margin, rounding out-
wardly, ochreous yellow in color; the middle field has a considerably darker
tinge, and is limited outwardly by a line curving inwardly near the middle and
subparallel with the outer margin ; this field is on both inner and outer edge
within lined narrowly with smoky brown ; outer field clay ocher ; hind wdugs

AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 375

light ocher. darkening outwarflly, with dark wavy line near middle; diseal spots
on both wings distinct, black; beneath dnll clay yellow, darkest at costa. outer
line faintly showing, diseal sjiots distinct, black. Legs smoky yellow, the fore
tibiae in front darker, and the epiphysis dark brown.

Greenwood Springs, Col., from Dr. Barnes. Very much like G.
tusciaria, of Europe.

G. fbrmosa n. sp. — Expands 40-42 mm. Palpi blai^kish on sides, whitish
at end of hairs below; front dark gray, made of the blackish hairs which are
whitish at the ends, or fuscous, the color then being dark fuscous, .\bdomen
dull white to fuscous, with scattered blackish scales; fore wings even, rounded,
dark gray to fuscous basally and outwardly blackish, olive or dark fuscous on
middle field ; the middle field is edged with a white line on both sides, and in
cases where the middle field is faded, the extreme part next the white lines shows
as black lines; basal margin of middle field very oblique, beginning subcostally
beyond middle reaching the inner margin close to base, after an angulation at
cell and again between 1 and cell; outer line beginning near apex, running
somewhat inwardly, and with two curves to inner margin ; an outer submarginal
dark shading, blackish or dark fuscous; hind wings light gray to fuscous, with
a broad dark median cross-line, and a broad dark outer field ; beneath light fus-
cous gray with outer line black on all wings, following outer edge of middle
field above on fore wings and cross-line on hind wings.

Colorado, Dr. Barnes ; S. California, Prof. Riley.

90. EIICHL.^XA Hub.
Verz. 293, 1818.

Type obt.usaria Hiib.
Endropia Guen.. Phal. i, 122, 1857, type pecthiaria Schif.

Palpi moderate or rather long, subascending or ascending, rough
haired below; tongue strong; front scaled, untufted ; antenujB of
% bipectinate, apex simple, of 9 serrate ; thorax scaly hairy above,
hairy below ; abdomen scaled, .sometimes a little tufted at end ; hind
tibiae of % swollen, with hair pencil, with all spurs ; fore wings
without fovea below, generally angulate at 4, sometimes wavy, 12
veins, 10 and 11 from cell; hind wings generally angulate at 4,
generally waved, running sometimes, especially in the 9 , i'lto scal-
lops, 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate from cell.

Mr. Meyrick uses this generic name in the sense of Epione Guen.,
but I think it must be placed here. Hiibner placed three species,
obtmarla Hiib., apiciaria Linn, and oespertaria, under it. The spe-
cies were not congeneric. Guenee, not recognising Hiibner, erected
Epione, of which apiciaria is type, and with which vespertaria is
congeneric, and put obtunaria under his genus Endropia. The rules
require that Guenee's division shall be recognized, that Epione, the
first genus described, be recognized as valid, obfnsaria thus becoming

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376 GEORGE D. HULST.

type of Euchlcena. The genus differs from Epione in the presence
of the hair pencil, and in the simple apex of the % antennse.
Species : —

E. hilumnaria Hulst. E. occantaria Hulst.

E. geniculata Hnlst. E. johnsonaria Fitch.

E. argyllaria Hulst. E^ amcenaria Guen.

E. galbinaria Hulst. ) E. vinulentaria G. and E.

E^ manubiaria Hulst. VE. asti/lusaria Walk?"

E._jerratal)r\i. E. marginata Miuot.

E. musaria Walk. E. pecthiaria Schif.

\/K obtusaria Hiib. E. sesquilinearia Grt.

Ereffecfafta Walk. E. falcata Pack.

91. SEIiEWIA Hiib.
Verz. 292, 1818 {Eutrapela Tentameu).

Type bilunaria Esp.
Palpi porrect or subascending, quite long, hairy or rough scaled ;
tongue developed ; front with projecting scales or hair tuft ; antennae
of 1 bipectinate to apex, of 9 sharply serrate ; thorax hairy, or
hairy scaled, very hairy beneath ; femora very hairy ; hind tibiae not
swollen, without hair pencil, with two pairs of spurs ; fore wings
without fovea below, angulated, 12 veins, 10 and 11 from cell, sepa-
rate ; hind wings waved, augulate, 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate,
8 separate from cell ; all wings have a transparent lunule at end of
discal cell, sometimes much hidden by overlapping scales.
Species.^/S'. /"e>itam£_Grt. ,

S. alciphearia Walk.

S. perangulata Hulst, n. sp.

S. perangulata n. sp. — Expands 44 mm. Palpi yellow ocher, tinged with
fuscous; front ocher fuscous; thorax ocher. Abdomen clay ocher; fore wings
deep yellow costally at base, washed with deep yellow just beyond discal spot
and of the same color below apex and washed with it slightly over outer space ;
grayish along costa and ocher over rest of wing ; basal line blackish, evenly
rounded: middle line more diffuse, blackish, including discal spot, slightly bent;
outer line blackish, quite straight; hind wings ocher, middle line of fore wings
continued, the wing more yellow outwardly ; bencHth Hues more distinct, espe-
cially the middle one ; on both wings the deep yellow color replaced by orauge-
bi'own.

Colorado, from Mr. Bruce.

92. EPIPLiATYMETRA Grt.
Can. Ent. v, 145, 1873.

Type coloradaria Gr.

Palpi long, beak like, ascending or almost erect, end member more
or less horizontal, rough scaled; tongue strong; front scale tufted;

AMEKICAN LEPIDOPTERA. Oit

antenuie of S bipectinate, apex simple, of 9 serrate ; thorax rather
hairy scaled, not tufted, hairy below ; abdomen scaled ; hind tibiae
somewhat swollen, without hair pencil in % , with all spurs; fore
wings 12 veins, 10 and 11 from cell, without fovea below; hind
wings 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate from cell ; all
wings strongly angulate.

Close to Metanema Guen., differing chiefly in the long, stout, as-
cending palpi.

Species : —
^K^cqlqr-adaria_ Qrt. E. aurantiacaria Pack.

E. grotearia Pack. E. madusaria Walk.

E. eerviuaria Pack.

93. SYNAXIS n. gen.
Type palhdata Hulst.

Palpi long, ascending, rough scaled, end member horizontal ;
tongue sti'ong ; front somewhat hair tufted ; antennse deeply biden-
tate in S ; thorax hairy sealed, hairy below ; abdomen scaled,
somewhat tufted ; hind tibise somewhat swollen, without hair pencil ;
fore wings angulate, without fovea below, 12 or 18 veins, 10 and 1 1
from cell ; hind wings somewhat angulate, 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7
separate, 8 separate from cell.

The only specimen of palludata I have has 13 veins, the 13th
reaching from 12 to costa. I am convinced this is only a rare aber-
ration, which, in a number of examples, I have found in other spe-
cies. Mr. Warren has suggested a genus Prionotetracis, Nov. Zool.
i, 461, 1894, which might be the same as this genus. He gave as
type " latistrigata Warr. ined." Neither genus nor species having
been described, it does not exist as yet, whether it be the same or
different.

Species. — S. palhdata Hulst.
S. obleidaria Grt.

94. PHERI^E n. gen.
Type parallelaria Pack.

Palpi long, ascending, beak like, rough scaled, end member hori-
zontal ; tongue strong ; front cone tufted ; antennae bipectinate in
both sexes, apex simple ; thorax hairy scaled, hairy below ; abdomen
scaled, somewhat tufted ; hind tibiae somewhat swollen, with hair
pencil in % , with all spurs ; fore wings without fovea below, strongly
angulate, 12 veins, 10 and 11 from cell ; hind wings strongly angu-
late, 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate from cell.

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378 GEORGE D. HULST.

Mr. Warren, Nov. Zool. i, 461, 1894, suggests a genus Cteiiote-
tracis by name, witliout description, and without type mentioned.
I ara not aware any description has been given. He, it is true, says
"it is like Tetrads, except the antennee are pectinated in % ." This
differs very decidedly from Tetracis in that the antennae of the 9 are
also bipectinate.

Species. r-sC^^ora/fe/o/ria Pack.
P. juhafaria HTulst.

95. METANEMA Guen.

Pbal. i, 171, 1857.

Type inatomaria Guen.

Palpi moderate, stout, heavily rough scaled ; tongue strong ; front
scaled, sometimes somewhat tufted ; antennae of % bipectinate, apex
simple, pectinati(^ns filiform, of % filiform or scarcely serrate ; tho-
rax hairy scaled or hairy, beneath hairy ; abdomen scaled, some-
times slightly tufted ; hind tibiae of % generally swollen, without
hair pencil, with all spurs ; fore wings without fovea below, more or
less angulate and wavy, more decidedly so in the 9 , 12 veins, 10
and 11 from cell; hind wings angulate, 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7
separate, 8 separate from cell.
Species : —

CMjl inatomaria Guen. M. quercivoraria A. and S.

Lj^^^determinata Walk. M. textrinaria G. and R.

M. excelsa Streck.

96. PRYOCYCIiA Guen.
Phal. i, 90, 1857.

Type armataria H.-Sch.

Palpi rather long, ascending or erect, stout, tongue developed ;
front smooth, or slightly tufted ; antennae bipectinate almost to
apex in %, , sharply serrate in 9 ; thorax heavily scale haired ;
abdomen smooth ; thorax rather woolly below ; hind tibiae of %
somewhat swollen, without hair ])encil, rather short, two pairs of
spurs in both sexes ; fore wings quite evenly scalloped on outer mar-
gin in both sexes, without fovea at base in S , 12 veins, 6 widely
separate, 10 on 9, 1 1 from cell separate from 10 and 12 ; hind wings
quite evenly scalloped on outer edge, deeper and more irregular in
9 ; as in the fore wings, the points of the scallops at ends of veins,
5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate from cell.
Species. — P. armataria Guen.
P. decoloraria Hulst.

AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 379

97. SNOWIA Neum.
Pap. iv, 95, 1884.

Type montannria Neum.

Palpi rather short, porrect, long haired below ; tongue developed ;
front haired, somewhat tufted ; antennse bipectinate in % , pectina-
tions short, clavate, apex simple ; thorax densely hairy above and
below, with long subdorsal hair tufts above from underneath patagise ;
abdomen smooth ; hind tibise swollen, with hair pencil in % , with
two pairs of spurs in both sexes ; wings rounded, even, fore wings
without fovea at base in % , 12 veins, 10 on 9, 11 on cell ; hind wings
all veins separate, 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell.
Species. — S. montanaria Neum.

98. STENASPILATES Pack.
Geom. Moths, 211, 1876.

Type meskearia Pack.

Palpi moderate, porrect, very heavily scaled ; tongue developed ;
front scaled, not tufted ; antennae bipectinate in % , filiform in 9 ;
thorax very heavily and loosely scaled with a dorsal crest and with
a low, but heavy posterior tufting of scales ; abdomen loosely scaled ;
hind tibiae without hair pencil, slightly swollen in both sexes, with
two pairs of spurs ; fore wings outer edge sinuate, more excised below
vein 3, the sinuations all more decided in 9 , without fovea at base
in S , 12 veins, 5 nearer 6 than 4, 6 separate, 10 and 11 from cell;
hind wings more deeply sinuate, especially in 9 , all veins separate,
5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell.

Species : —
S. zalissaria Walk. S. muricolor Hulst, n. sp.

S. radiosaria Hulst. S. meskearia Pack.

S. muricolor n. sp. — Expands 34 mm. Much in general markings like S.

meskearia Pack., but the wings are broader, more even, and the color is a bluish

gray or mouse color, darkening on middle iield within outer line to blackish

olive ; discal spots white, of raised scales. In form and general appearance it

■ looks like a bluish gray form of AzeJina peplaria Hiib.

San Antonio, Texas, from Mr. Rautenberg.

99. 9IAR9IAREA n. gen.
Type occidentalw Hulst.

Palpi moderate, subascending, stout, densely haired ; tongue
strong ; front densely haired, tufted ; antennae of S stout, heavy,
dentate, somewhat lamellate, flattened, of 9 filiform ; thorax densely
long haired, rising into a longitudinal dorsal crest, long densely hairv
below ; abdomen rough scaled ; femora hairy, hind tibiae not swollen,
without hair pencil, with all spurs ; fore wings without fovea below,

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380 GEORGE D. HULST.

wavy, angulate, 12 veins, 10 and 11 from cell; hind wings 5 unde-
veloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate from cell, the wings wavy
angulate.

Species. —J/, occidentalis Hulst, n. sp.

M. occidentalis n. sp. — Expands 40-50 mm. Very much like Azelina
pephiria var. hubneruta. but considerably larger, and heretofore catalogued as the
Pacific form of that variety. It may be distinguished by the antennse of the %
and is probably a " species darwiniana," in which the colore have persisted, while
the antennal structure is modified.

California.

100. AZKL.INA Guen.
Phal. i, 156, 18.57.

Type peplaria Hiib.

Palpi moderate, subascending, stout, generally heavily scaled ;
tongue developed ; front heavily hair tufted ; antennae flattened,
naked in % ; thorax heavily and loosely haired, with a distinct dorsal
crest ; abdomen loo.sely scaled ; thorax densely woolly below ; hind
tibiae not swollen, without hair pencil, with two pairs of spurs; fore
wings without fovea at base in % , falcate, wavy angulate, 12 veins,
5 nearer 6 than 4, 10 and 1 1 from cell ; hind wings wavy, dull an-
gled at 2, more decided in 9 , 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8
.separate from cell.

Species. — A. peplaria Hiib. (hubnerata Guen.)
A. behrensata Pack.

101. SYSSAURA Hiib.
Zutr. ii, 13, figs. 247, 248.

Type drepanulafa Hiib.
Patahne H.-Sch. Auseu. Schm. 80, 18.55. type f ale iilaria Sepp.
Microsemia H.-Sch., Auseu. Schm. 83, 18.55.
Hyperythra Guen.. Phal. i, 99, 1857.
Hypsosidra Butl., Proc. Zool. Soc. p. 492, 1878.

Palpi short, stout, rather rough scaled, subascending or ascending ;
tongue strong ; front scaled, slightly tufted ; antennae of % bipec-
tinate, apex simple, of 9 serrate ; thorax scaled, somewhat hairy
b^low ; abdomen scaled ; hind tibiae swollen, with hair pencil in % ,
with all spurs ; fore wings without fovea below, strongly falcate,
rounded, 12 veins, 10 and 11 stemmed from cell; hind wings even,
rounded, anal angle prominent, 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8
separate from cell.

The description is from the American species as I do not know the
type of the genus. Mr. Warren is responsible for the application
of this name to the N. A. sj)ecies heretofore listed under Drepaiiodes
(ruen. Guenee has two groups under Drepanodes, the latter with

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pectinated antennre falling under Syssaura Hiib. and the former with
simple pubescent autennte in the % , being by Mr. Warren put under
Drepanodes. Mr. Warren says the species of Syssaura have elon-
o-ate fore wings, and short, straight pectinations of the % antennae,
while the species of Patalene have fully pectinated antenna and less
falcate fore wings. Whether these distinctions will hold good I
cannot say. They seem scarcely distinctive. Siculata is placed by
Guenee under the first group {Drepanodes^, but as he had only the
$ , and as I also have no % ,1 am unable to verify the correctness
of the reference. It is quite likely not Syssaura in the above sense,
as the antennje of the $ are filiform not serrate, and the fore wings
decidedly falcate.

Species. — S. siculata Guen.

S. syzyciyaria Hulst.

S. infensata Guen.

102. CABERODES Guen.
Phal. i, 135. 1857.

Type confusaria Hiib.

Palpi moderate, subascending, rough scaled ; tongue strong ; front
scaled, scarcely tufted ; antennse of % bipectinate, apex simple, of
% serrate; thorax scaled, slightly hairy, hairy below; abdomen
scaled ; hind tibiae slightly swollen, without hair pencil, with all
spurs ; fore wings rounded or very slightly angulate, without fovea
below, 12 veins (in one specimen 13), 10 and 11 from cell, stemmed
together at base ; hind wings rounded or slightly angulate, 5 unde-
veloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate from cell.

The genus is scarcely to be separated from Metanema Guen. Mr.
Warren, giving the synonymy, says it is the same with Apicia Guen.,
which it is not, as Apicia has hair pencil in S . Then Mr. Warren
refers the term Caberodes for the first species described by Guenee,
and puts the American species under Eumrca Hub. as Hiibner de-
" scribed confusaria under that generic name. But in his description
of Caberodes Guenee gives the structure of the males, and also gives
a description of the larva. Of the species to which Mr. Warren
would refer Caberodes Guenee says he had the 9 only, and did not
know the I , nor the larva. The I described is confusaria, and the
larva is the larva of confusaria. Caberodes cannot in anywise be
therefore referred to anything but confusaria. With regard to
Ensarca in the Exot. Schmet., there is no pretense to binomial no-
menclature, and no generic names can be taken from what is de
scriptive merely. Hiibuer's first use of the term in anything like

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382 GEORGE D. HULST.

the binomial sense was in the Tentamen with elmguaria as type.
So Eusarca can in no wise be properly used as a generic term to
include Caberodes.

Species. — C. junctnmrla Guen.
C. eoiifmaria Hiib.
(C. viajoraria Guen.

103. OXYDIA Guen.

Phal. i, 52, 1857.

Type vesuKa Cram.

Palpi moderate, ascending or erect, heavy, densely scaled or haired ;
tongue developed ; front haired, more or less tufted ; antennae flat-
tened, sublamellate, somewhat fascicled with hairs ; thorax densely
hairy above and below ; abdomen smooth ; femora haired, hind tibiae
swollen, with hair pencil in % , with two pairs of spurs in both sexes ;
fore wings even, not angulated, without fovea at base in S , 12 veins,
6 near 7, 10 and 1 1 from cell ; hind wings rounded, even, 5 unde-
veloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate from cell.
Species. — 0. zonulata Hulst.
0. vesulia Cram.

104. TETRACIS Guen.
Phal. i, 140, 1857.

Type crocallata Guen.

Palpi moderate, subascending, rather heavy, rough scaled ; tongue
strong ; front scaled ; slightly tufted, broad ; antennae of % flattened,
dentate, naked ; thorax hairy scaled, hairy below ; abdomen scaled ;
hind tibiae of % swollen, with hair pencil, with all spurs ; fore wings
pointed, angulate, without fovea below, 12 veins, 10 and 11 on cell ;
hind wings angulate, 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate
from cell.

Truxaliata Guen. has ordinarily been regarded as the type of
Tetrads, but that species is congeneric with (egrotata Guen., the type
of Sabulodes. Crocallata Guen., described also under Tetrads, dif-
fers from truxaliata generically, and I apply Guenee's generic term
to it as type.

Species. — T. crocallata Guen.

105. SABriiODES Guen.
Phal. i, 42, 1857.

Type caber ata Guen.

Choerodes Guen., Phal. i, 35. 1857, type transversata Dru.
Anfepione Pack., Geom. Moths 484, 1876, type depontanata Grt.
Prochoerodes Grt., An. Mag. Nat. Hist. 55, 1883, type transversata Dru.

Palpi moderate, scaled, porrect or ascending, rough scaled ; tongue
strong ; front rough haii-ed, somewhat tufted ; antennae of % simple,

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38^

flattened, nearly naked, somewhat lamellate, of 9 simple, filiform ;
thorax rather long hairy above and below, tufted anteriorly ; abdo-
men scaled, slightly tufted at end ; hind tibiae of I swollen, with
hair pencil, with all spurs ; fore wings without fovea below, 12 veins.
10 on 11 stemmed from cell; hind wings 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7
separate, 8 separate from cell.

I can see no valid reason why Sabulodes, Antepione and Prochce-
rodes should not be regarded as one genus. Sabulodes and Antepione
have the antennse of the % more flattened and naked, but the an-
tennae of Pwchcerodes are flattened and but shortly ciliate. The
tendency to the lamellate form of segments is present in all the spe-
cies though more marked in the Sabulodes group. There is some
variation in wing shape, but the variation is one of not very wide
degree, not of kind. The angulation of the hind wings is not dis-
tinctive, as the varieties of *S^. tmnsversata cover both forms. The
angulation of the fore wings diflers, as does the amount of falcation
beneath apex, but this also differs in the single species as well as in
the sexes of some of the species. I think when a close examination is
made it will be agreed the differences, so far as knowledge at present
goes, are more apparent than real. O.rydia is very close, and scarcely
to be separated. Politia Cram, is put by Mr. Butler under the
genus Nepheloleum, but I have not been able to find the description.

Species : —

IS. traxaliata Guen. L&. aiifmctata Hulst.

S. lorata Grt. • S. cateaulata Grt.

S. sulpharata Pack. *S'. nubilata Pack.

S. depontanata Grt. S. farciferata Pack.

*S. novellata Hulst. S. transversata Dru.

*S'. caberata Guen. 'S'. politia Cram.

106. ABBOTTANA n. gen.
Type dematata Ab. Sm.

Palpi moderately long, ascending or erect, stout, heavily scaled ;
tongue developed ; front hair tufted ; antennae of S shortly bipec-
tinate, the pectinations scarcely more than dentations, with a fascicle
of hairs at the summit of each ; thorax densely hairy above, densely
woolly below ; abdomen smooth ; femora somewhat hairy, hind tibue
swollen, without hair pencil in I , with two pairs of spurs in b(jtli
sexes ; fore wings falcate, very strongly so in ? , scarcely angulate
at 4, without fovea below in ^ , 12 veins, 10 on 9, U on cell ; hind
Avings rounded, slightly wavy, slightly angulate at -4, more decidedly
so in 9 , all veins separate, 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell.
Species. — A. clemataria Ab. and Sm.

TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXIII. SEPTEMBER, 1896.

384 GEORGE D. HULST.

PALYADINiE.

This subfamily is tropical, the two species of our fauna occurring-
only in the southern part of Florida. They are characteristically
and peculiarly marked by the absence of the frenulum, which feature
may warrant family distinction. The Geon)etrid character of the
family is shown by the strongly marked angle at base of vein 8 in
the hind wings.

Synopsis of Genera.

Abdomen of % untufted 1. Falyas.

Abdomen of % with lateral tufts on fifth segment ■ • -2. I'lirygiouis.

1. FAL.YAS Gueu.
Verz. 307, 1818.

Type aura Cram.

Palpi moderate, bushy, ascending, close to front ; tongue devel-
oped ; front narrow, tufted ; antennae of % bipectinate, apex simple,
thorax smooth, somewhat tufted posteriorly ; abdomen smooth ; legs
slender, hind tibiee not swollen, without hair pencil, with two pairs
of spurs in both sexes ; wings even, rounded, with metallic bands
and spots; fore wings 12 veins, 10 on 9, 11 from cell; hind wings
all veins separate, 8 close to cell one-half its length, then separating
at a sharp angle.

Species: — P. auriferaria Hulst.

2. PHRYGIONIS Hiib.

Verz. 307, 1818.

Type argentata Dru.

Byssodes Guen., Phal. i, 399, 18.57, type argentata Dru.

Palpi moderate, bushy, ascending, close to front, rather .stout ;
tongue developed ; front narrow, short, tufted ; antennae shortly bi-
pectinate in % , filiform, slightly flattened, naked in 9 ; thorax
smooth ; abdomen smooth, with subdorsal hair tuftings at extremity
of fifth segment in % ; legs long, slender, hind tibise not swollen,
without hair pencil, with two pairs of spurs in both sexes ; fore wings
without fovea at base in S , 12 veins, 6 separate, 10 on 9, 1 1 on cell ;
hind wings all veins separate ; 8 close to cell one-half its length,
then separating at a broad angle ; all wings with metallic bands and
spots ; hind wings angled at 4.

Species. — P. argenteostriata^tveG^.

MECOCERATIN^.

The Mecoceratin£B have scarcely any representatives in our fauna,
and this subfamily, while tropical, has few representatives in any
part of the world. They are easily recognised by the extreme length
and slenderness of the antennae and^legs, which in them becomes a

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marked characteristic. The front is very much shortened and the
lower part protruded so the proboscis seems to come directly in front
of and between the eyes. The venation also is peculiar, 11 being
on a stem with 7, 8, 9 and 10, and so far out as to be at its base
nearer the end of the wing than the base of the stem.

Synopsis of Genera.

Palpi erect, recurved 1. Wlecoceras.

Palpi porrect, or subascending 2. Almodes.

1. ]miE€0€ERAS Guen.

Phal.i, 388, 1857.

Type nitocris Cram.

Palpi erect, recurved, exceeding head, not long scaled, end mem-
ber short ; front with a scale tuft ; tongue developed ; antennae very
long, bipectinate in S , subdeutate in $ , with two spinous hairs at
the end of each segment ; legs very long, slender, the hind tibiae with
two pairs of spurs; fore wings 12 veins, 3 and 4 separate, 6 sepa-
rate, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 on one stem; hind wings 3 and 4 from a
point, 6 and 7 short stemmed, 5 undev^eloped.
Species. — M. nitocris Cr.

2. AI^MODEiS Guen.

Phal. i, 389, 1857.

Type terraria Guen.

Palpi rather long, porrect or ascending, slender, rather heavily
scaled ; front scale tufted ; tongue developed ; antennae very long,
bipectinate in % ; legs very long and slender ; hind tibiae with two
pairs of spurs; fore wings 12 veins, 3 and 4 separate, 6 separate; 7,
8, 9, 10 and 11 on a stem ; hind wings 3 and 4 from a point, 6 and
7 short stemmed, 5 undeveloped.

Species. — A. terraria Guen. (rivularia Grt.)

MELANCHROIIN^.

Only one genus, the typical one of this subfamily, has been found
in the United States, if, indeed, that has been found here. In our
catalogues several species are enumerated, and it is possible all may
be found in the extreme south of Florida, but I have been able to
find no record of the capture of any of them save cephise Cram,
within our limits.

This subfamily had always been regarded as Lithosian till its larva
was discovered, which showed it to be a true Geometer. It is, how-
ever, not typical, as the base of vein 8 of hind wings is scarcely
bent, and is not angulated.

The species are brightly colored, as a rule, and decidedly showy
in appearance.

TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXIII. (49) SEPTEMBER, 1896.

386 GEORGE D. HUL8T.

niEL.4N€HROIA Hiib.
Type cephi.se Cr.

Palpi moderate, porrect, not heavy ; front smooth ; tongue strong ;
antennae of % bipectinate ; legs rather long, slender ; hind tibiae
with two pairs of spurs; fore wings 11 veins, 3 and 4 separate, 5
wanting, 6 and 7 stemmed ; 8, 9 and 10 stemmed, 11 from cell ; hind
wings 3 and 4 separate, 6 and 7 from a point, 5 undeveloped.
Species. — 31. cephise Cr.

EXPLANATION OF PLATE X.

Fig. 1. Fore wing of Hydriomena trifasciata Bork. (after Packard).

2. " " Zenophleps lignocoloratu Pack.

" 3. " '■ Opheroptera boreata L., % (after Packard).

" 4. " " Brephos infans Moesch (after Comstock).

" 5. " " Leucida ladeohnhi Hiilst.

" 6. " '■ Synelys ennncleatd (luen. (after Comstock).

" 7. ■ " " Ctdledapteryx dryopterafa Grt. (after Packard).

8. " " Anaplodes remotaria Walk, (after CorDstock).

" 9. '■ " Caripeta angustiorala Walk, (after Comstock).

" 10. " " Mecoceras nitocns Cram.

'• 11. " " Melatichroia cephise Cram.

" 12. Hind wing of Hydriomena trifasciata Bork.

" 13. " " Dyspteris abortivaria H.-Sch. % (after Comstock).

■' 14. "' " Endide mendica Walk, (after Comstock).

'' 15. " " Brephos infans Moesch. (after Comstock).

" 16. " " Leucida lacteolaria Hulst. '

■' 17. " ■' %Me/..(/s c;iK»cZ(^«/rt Guen. (after Comstock).

" 18. " " Caripeta aiigustiorata Walk, (after Comstock).

" 19. Humeral angle of hind wing of Eudide mendica Walk, (after Comstock).

EXPLANATION OF PLATE XL

Fig. 1. Section of antenna of Caripeta divisata Walk. % .
" 2. " " Sywphertn mnrcessaria Pack. % .

" 3. " " Gonoduiitis fonnosa Ilu\st %. '

'• 4. " " Lychnosea helriolaria, Hulst % .

" 5. " " Ripida mahometnria H.-Sch. % .

6. " " Abbottana clemataria Ab. and Sm. % .

" 7. " '■ Erannis defoliaria L. % .

8. '■ " Ectropis crepiiscularia Schif. % .

9. " " Marmarea occidentalis Hulst % .
'• 10. " " Sabidodes caberata Guen. % .

" 11. Palpus of Lytrosis unifaria H.-Sch.

" 12. " Cafopyrrhn coJoraria Fab.

" 13. " Mi/rt('r(iphorii lonijipalpafa Hulst % .

" 14. Fore tibia of Fenialdella fmefarin Grt.

" 15. ■' " Euaspilates spinitaria Pack.

" 16. " ■' Epimecis hortarin Guen.

" 17. " ■' f^ynelys enniwlenta (juen.

" 18. Hind tibia of Fernaldelln timt'tarla Grt.

" 19. " " Mecoceras uitocris Cram.

" 20. " " Sabulodes transversata Dru. % .

" 21. " ■' Ania limbata Haw. % .

ERRATA.

Page 249, line 6 from top, for vein absent read vein 5 absent.

" 249, line 13 from top and line 5 from bottom ; also page 254, lines 14 and 15
from bottom : also page 255, lines 11 and 17 from top ; also page 311, lines
7 and 10 from bottom, for Hydriominte read Hydriomeninge.
Page 258, line 13 from bottom, for Ennomiinse read Ennominse.

287, line 13 from top. for Xauthorhce read Xanthorhoe.

289, line 11 from top, for Melanchoria read Melanchroia.

298, line 11 from bottom, fov fuscaria read perfuscaria.

300, before all species under Leueophtbalmia in place of C place L.

303, line 20 from top, for laretaria read laufaria.

317, for Leuculidse read Leuculinse.

322, line 9 from bottom ; also page 326, line 9 from top, for Choraspilates
read Chloraspilates.

341, before all species of Euemera, in place of A place E.

343, line 8 from bottom, for insects read insect.

368. between lines 6 and 7 from top, place species S. vidneraria Hiib.

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