452 

 Cleora pulchraeia Min,ot. Plate 11, fig. 32; pupa, plate 13, fig. 13. 



Cleora pulchraria Minot, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., \iii, lTo, 1869. 

 Zerene piniaria Pack., New and Little Known Insects, 14,1870. 

 Cleora /a liai-i, i,irin Pack., Fifth Rep. Peali. Acad. Se.,7s, l-7:i. 



7 <S and 8 9. — Pale ash, with dense brown settles, or white, with fine 

 dusky scales. Head deep yellow, paler in some; in one female, while. 

 Body, including abdomen, white ; legs dusky externally. Fore wing crossed 

 by two black lines, clearly cut in the white examples, diffuse on one side in 

 dark specimens; their distance apart varies greatly; in two closely-allied 

 female individuals, the lines vary in being separated by a distance ecpial to 

 halt' the length of the wing, while in the others they touch just below the 

 median vein. The inner line consists of four scallops, the fourth and lowest 

 half-formed ; the first or costal is often indistinctly marked ; discal dots dis- 

 tinct, larger on the fore wings than on the posterior pair. Outer line sinuate, 

 scalloped, with a great curve outward between the subcostal and the third 

 median venule. Opposite the discal dot are three acute, smaller scallops, till of 

 equal size. Fringe whitish, distinctly checkered with black on the ends of 

 the venules. Hind wings with a scalloped outer line, oftem obsolete toward 

 the costal edge, varying in its distance from the outer edge. Beyond this line, 

 the wing is darker than at the base. Beneath as above, but sometimes a 

 little clearer. 



Length of body, <f, 0.50, 9, 0.40-0.50; of fore wing, c?,0.60, 9,0.55- 

 0.65; expanse of wings, 1.30 inches. 



Brunswick, Me., September (Packard) ; Salem, Muss. (Cassino) ; Massa- 

 chusetts (Sanborn); Boston, Mass., September (Minot); Albany (Lintner 

 and Meske); Philadelphia, Pa. (Ent. Soc.). 



This delicate pretty moth may be known by the three equal, acute, 

 small teeth opposite the discal spot. It varies much in color, some being 

 smoky -ash and densely scaled, others being almost snow-white and with 

 very fine, specks. 



The form which I described as pellucidaria is a rather larger and more 

 dusky, smoky pellucid form than usual. Head white, front a little dusky : 

 palpi dark. Thorax and body pale mouse-colored. Wings of the same hue. 

 Inner line not so much curved, and outer line much as usual, but with the 

 three teeth a little longer and less even. The lines are duller, and do not 

 contrast so much with the rest ot the winy; as in the ordinary form. Fringe 



