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yellow portion terminates midway in a line drawn from the discal dot to the 

 apex of the wing; from thence a dark costal continuation one-half as wide 

 as the yellowish portion of the line. A broad dusky shade accompanies the 

 yellow portion of the line. The outer portion ot the shade is continued 

 plainly on to the costa, running parallel to the dark end of the outer line. 

 The usual marginal row of black dots. Hind wings with three diffuse, rather 

 indistinct, equidistant, dusky lines, the second and third nearer together than 

 the first and second. Discal dots small, half-way between the second and 

 third lines. Marginal row ol" distinct black dots. Fringe concolorous with the 

 wings. Beneath, discal dots distinct on both, especially so on hind wings; 

 whiter than usual, especially the hind wings. A smoky, broad, submarginal 

 shade on each wing free from specks. Veins and costal region of both wings 

 speckled with uchreous. Legs speckled. 



Length of body, c?, 0.45; of fore wings, S , 0.55; expanse of wings, 

 1.10 inches. 



Berlin Falls, N. H., August 9 (Sanborn). 



This pretty species is near P. mellistrigata, but the fore wings are more 

 obtuse; there are three parallel lines on (he hind wings. A distinct median line 

 on anterior pair, and the yellow portion suddenly ends, with an outer line 

 parallel to the dark termination. Beneath, the wings are whiter. 



Pitasiane sinuata Packard. Plate 10, fig 5. 



rhasiane sinuata Pack., Sixth Rep. Peab. Acad. So., 45, 1874. 



1 <i . — Closely allied to but considerably larger than P. neptata, whien 

 it closely resembles. The antenna? and palpi as in that species. Body and 

 wings of the usual color in this genus, being mouse-ash, like P. neptata, and 

 finely speckled with blackish; the specks often transversely linear. Fore 

 wings with a curved basal line, yellowish within and tawny-brown without. 

 The line is regularly curved instead of straight, as in P. neptata, and does 

 not quite reach the costa. Discal spot large, round, situated nearer the outer 

 than the inner line. The outer line more sinuate than usual in the genus, 

 curving outward opposite the discal spot, and inward below the third median 

 venule; the line is moderately broad, the inner two-thirds tawny or snuff- 

 brown, the outer dull-yellowish. A faint, dusky, diffuse line, situated half- 

 way between the outer line and the outer edge of the wing, begins on the 

 costa and ends in the extradiscal space. A marginal row of black dots. 



