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and lateral row of black dots; a basal, narrow, black, curved line; between 

 this and the mesial black curved line, which dilates very broadly on the costa, 

 and encloses the large, oval, black, discal dot, is a broad reddish band, darker 

 on the costa. Between this and the mesial band is a linear dark line. Beyond 

 is a broad whitish band, interrupted by three black, obscure, broken rows of 

 black scales, bounded by a black line, which is oblique on the costa, going 

 from within outward. Beyond this is a broad reddish band, limited externally 

 by the usual waved white line, which is bordered within with blackish, with 

 two geminate, black spots in the middle, and two others on the inner angle of 

 the wing; edge black; fringe pale, darker at the base. Hind wings with five 

 dark lines; discal dot distinct. Beneath pale cinereous, with one inner and 

 two outer narrow, diffuse, dusky lines ; costa dusky; discal dots very distinct; 

 wings more produced than usual. 



Length of body, 0.30; fore wing, 0.3G ; expanse of wings, 0.75 inch. 



This small species may be readily recognized by the two pairs of gemi- 

 nate, dark spots on the outer edge, the two broad reddish fasciae, and the white 

 head and white ground-color, and by the two reddish diffuse bands and large 

 discal dot. 



Quebec, Canada (Belanger) ; Brunswick, Me., June, not uncommon 

 (Packard). 



Eupithecia absynthiata Linnaeus. Plate 8, figs. 2, 3. 



" Geomctra absynthiata Linn., Fauua Suec, 339, 1761." 

 " Ilubu., Schui. Eur., 453, 1790." 

 " Dysmatoge absynthiata Htibu., Verz., 324, 1818." 

 Larcntia minutata Treits. vi, 105; Snppl., "213, 1828. 

 "Eupithecia notata Steph. 111. Hans., iii, 286, 1831." 

 Eupithecia minutata Boisd., G™. Iud., 211, 1840. 

 Eupithecia coagulata Gtien., Phal>, ii, 339, 1857. 



Walk., List Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xxiv, 1241, 1862. 

 Eupithecia geminata Puck., Fifth Rep. Peab. Acad. So., 58, 1873. 



4 $ and 4 5 . — Wings well rounded at the apex, much more so than usual. 

 Palpi large and stout. Body and wings uniformly rather pale cinereous ; 

 wings very free .from the usual lines ; four costal dots, larger than the 

 ol Iters, the outer one forming a large dark triangle, the third an oblique 

 line connecting with the discal dot, which is large and very distinct, black; 

 an inner one consisting of a few minute, black, fine dots. A fine, wavy, 

 scalloped, submarginal, pale line, often interrupted, and forming a row of dots. 

 Edge of wing with very narrow, black, intervenular lines ; fringe pale dusky 



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