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outer hall of the wing very distinct, being continuous and a little diffuse. 

 Beneath much as in E. \2-Hnea/aria, with lour well-marked lines on the hind 

 wings, the innermost quite near the base of the wing. Abdomen whitish- 

 gray, unspotted. Legs: two anterior pair dusky above ; hinder pair white 



Length of body, $, 0.32, 9. 30; fore wing, 4, 0.45, 9, 0.42; expanse 

 of wings, 0.84 inch. 



Mount Washington, N. H„ July, common (Morrison); Albany, N. Y.. 

 May 4 (Lintner); Brooklyn, N. V. (Graef); West Virginia, April (Mead). 



This small species is half (he size of E. cambricaria, and differs in having 

 about twelve fine lines on the fore wings and four or five unbroken lines on 

 the hind wings. The median line on the fore wings is very distinct, and with 

 a brownish and ochreous shade beyond. 



Epirrita 12-lineata Packard. Plate 8, fig. 26. 



Larentia Vi-lineala Pack., Proo. Bost. S. N. H., xvi, 11), pi. 1, lij;. 1 lis, 1S74. 



SS, 5 9. — An unusually small species, half the size of E. dilutata, and 

 about as large as E.albulata of Europe. Male antennae well ciliated. Head 

 above whitish-gray, in front dark-brown ; palpi brown at tip, paler below. 

 Body and wings white, with a slight grayish tinge on costa of fore wings and 

 on the thorax. Wings of the same form as in E. dilutata, except that the apex 

 of the fore wings is rather more pointed. Fore wings white, crossed by about 

 twelve black, thread-like lines, waved or scalloped, the outer ones mostly 

 represented by venular black dots. The inner lines are usually scalloped. 

 All the lines are more distinct and broader on the costa, and angulated out- 

 ward more or less acutely just below the costa. Across the middle of the 

 wings run three parallel lines, finer and nearer together than the others. The 

 marginal row of intervenular black spot's distinct on both wings. Hind 

 wings white, with four or five dark, slightly-marked lines, of which the two 

 inner are scalloped, while the three outer are represented by venular dark 

 points. Beneath a little more dusky than above, with the lines on the inner 

 half of fore wings wanting; a median, double, dusky line, ending in a dark, 

 clear spot on the costa and inner edge. The lines beyond faint. The mar- 

 ginal black line distinct on both wings. Hind wings marked like the fore 

 wings. Discal dots indistinct on both pairs of wings. Abdomen dull-whitish, 

 unspotted. Fore legs brown, banded with narrow white rings; bind legs 

 whitish. 



