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the anterior pain a black discal dot, and a single, slightly sinuous line curved 

 out a little opposite the discal dot, and widening on l he inner edge. Beneath 

 whitish-ash, with (be four discal dots present, and the two lines on the fore 

 wings and the single line on the hind wings faintly reproduced. Hind tibiae 

 swollen; tarsi half as long as the tibiae. 



Length of body, <?, o.40, ?. 0.48; fore wing, S, 45, 9, 0.55; expanse 

 of wings, 1.10 inches. 



Beverly, Mass., Augusl 28 (Burgess); Boston, Mass. (Morrison); New 

 Jersey (Sachs); Easton, Pa. (Clemens, Stultz); Dallas, Tex., in March, not 

 rare, about Juniperus Virginiana, and also in October, June Hi (Boll, Mus. 

 Peab. Acad. Sc). 



This species differs from /'. atrofasciata in the broader wings and the 

 usually more sinuate and angled outer line anil the curved inner line. The 

 species is more nearly related to the latter than to any other. My Penusyl- 

 vanian male is much smaller than the Texan males or the females, and the 

 two lines are more curved and approximate. The Texan male is much larger 

 than the Pennsylvanian one, and the two lines on the fore wings are much 

 farther apart, while the basal line is straight, not curved outward. In the 

 Texan male, also, the costa of the fore wing is slightly curved inward, the 

 apex being much rounded, the shape of the wing being much as in the 

 European Eubolia murinaria. 



As the specimen described as Phasiane excurvala differs in some respects 

 from the eastern examples, I append the original description: — 



1 c? . — In the outline of the wings, the antennas, and in other structural 

 features, this species is closely allied to 1'. trifasciata Pack., but the markings 

 are quite different. Body and wings deep mouse-gray. Fore wings with 

 inner line not curved as usual, but straight, in its course oblique, ending 

 nearly twice as far on the costa from the base of the wing as on the inner 

 edge; the line is black, with an inner dusky shade accompanying it. Middle 

 line not curved exactly parallel to the inner, blackish and passing very near 

 the oblong discal dot. Outer line black, rather oblique, curved outward a 

 good ileal just below the costa opposite the discal dot. A dusky shade not 

 much wider than the line itself accompanies the line, and is connected with 

 a broad costal spot midway between the Outer line and the apex of the wing. 

 A peculiar whitish, very broad, diffuse, irregular shade starts from the apex, 

 where it is narrow, and ends en the anal angle of ihe wing. Hind wings 



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