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curved; wing shaded beyond with tawny; a submarginal row of |>;de, 

 irregular spots, often obsolete, connecting with a pale, apical, oblique streak 

 (sometimes nol present); wings beyond the outer line tawny-brown, more 



or less mottled with paler patches, and with a tew scattered black scales. 

 Hind wings with sometimes a faint, diffuse, inner line: outer line merged in 

 with the darker border of the wing, faintly doubled, the inclosure being 

 rather small; diseal dots black, a little larger and more distinct on the hind 

 wings than on the fore wings. Beneath, pale ochreous, both wings uniformly 

 mottled all over: the outer border of the wings being the same as within; 

 no inner line: the common outer line very distinct tawny-brown, curved as 

 above and on the hind wings doubled in the middle, and sometimes shaded 

 beyond irregularly with tawny; diseal dots indistinct. Hind tibiae swollen; 

 legs pale, mottled sparingly with dark. 



Length of body, J, 0.70-0.80, ?, 0.70; of fore wing, <?, 0.70-0.90, 

 9, 0.96; expanse of wings, 1.80 inches. 



Brunswick, Me., frequent in July and August (Packard) ; Massachusetts 

 (Sanborn, Minot, "Aug."); New York (Meske) ; Roxbury, Mass., middle of 

 Augusl (Minot): New Jersey (Sachs); Missouri. May (Riley); near Mam- 

 moth Cave, Ky., April •_".! (Sanborn, Ky. Geol. Surv.). 



It is easily known by the large non-serrate wings, its large size, and 

 pale ochreous color, with the submarginal row of pale spots, and nearly 

 entire hind wings. The outer line on the fori 1 wings of the female is straighter 

 than in the male. 



It differs from E. effectaria Walk, in the outer edge of the fore wings 

 being entire, and the hind pair being tridentate instead of seven-toothed, 

 with no teeth behind the middle of the wing. The outer third of the wing 

 is fuscous, the outer line being merged into this part and not so distinct 

 nor doubled, as in E. effectaria. The basal line on the hind wings is much 

 shorter and broader and is more diffuse. The antenna' and legs are darker 

 than in that species, though the head and palpi are of nearly the same tint. 



Endropia yinulentaria Grote and Robinson. Plate 12, tig. 14. 



Endropia vinulcntqria Grote and Rob.', Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist., viii, pi. 15 A, lig. :">, J, . 1867. 



2 <?. — This species, in the shape of the wings, is almost identical with 

 E. madusaria {vinosaria), but the wings are uniformly pale chocolate-brown, 

 being less mottled with brown than usual. The fore win_ r s are moderately 

 falcate compared with the higher species, and entire, while the hind wings 



