418 



Length of body, J, 0.58, 9, 0.65; of tore wing, J, 0.65, 9, 0.85; 

 expanse of wings, 1 30-1.70 inches. 



I.dinldii, Canada (Saunders); Brunswick, Mc (Packard); Beverly, Mass., 

 June 26 (Burgess); Boston, Mass. (Sanborn); Brookline, Mass. (Shurtleff, 

 Coll. Bust. Soc. Nat. Hist.); Springfield, Mass. (Dimmock); Natick, Mass. 

 (Stratton); West Farms, N. Y. (Angus); Albany, N. Y., June 17 (Lintner); 

 Philadelphia, Pa. (Grote and Ent. Soc). 



This species may be recognized among all (he variations different 

 specimens present by (he white color, rarely subochreous, the base and outer 

 edge of the wing being as pale as the middle portion, and by (he pale under 

 side of the wings and its large size. 



It varies greatly in the distinctness of the lines and (he degree of irrora- 

 tion. In some, the lines are diffused, and the species is rather more heavily 

 dusted than deplanaria. Guenee's description of P. nvbecularia, described 

 from one male, agrees with some of my heavily-dusted specimens; and his 

 P. ?namurraria, described from one male, agrees with some of my specimens. 



Larva. — The moth has been raised by Mr. W. Saunders, of London, 

 Canada, from a "brown geometric larva on the pine, the imago appearing 

 June 24th." 



Paraphia deplanakia Guene*e. Plate 11, fig. 9. 



Paraphia deplanaria Guen., Phal., i, 272, 1857. 



Walk., List Lep. Hot. I5r. Mus., xxi,424, I860. 

 Macariafidoniata Walk. ! !! (Grote Comp.), List Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xxi, 924, 1861, " Hindostan." 



10 £ and 4 9. — In this species, the antennae are well pectinated, but 

 the wings are rather shorter, less produced toward (he apex (ban in P. sub- 

 atomaria. Wings ochreous-ash, (he head and body uniformly tawny-brown. 

 Fore wings with three brown lines, the innermost bent nearly at right angles 

 in the discal space, The less distinct middle line is straight, and situated 

 just within the distinct discal dot. Between this and the outer-line, the wing 

 is whitish and freer than usual from the transverse brown speckles on the 

 other parts. The outer line is regularly sinuate, slightly dentate. Beyond 

 is a broad, ochreous, diffuse shade, succeeded by a brown submarginal shade, 

 disappearing in the extradiscal space, above which, i. e., in the last subcostal 

 space, is a large, round, conspicuous, white spot (sometimes there are two or 

 three white spots below this). Fringe checkered with white and dark 

 brown. Hind wings pale ash within the outer line, with a slighl ochreous 



