558 



the want of lines on the wings, though the three subapical spots are appar- 

 ently the remains of an extradiscal line, and by the three subapical large black 

 spots. The front of the head is ochreous, like the rest of the body. 



An egg retained on the end of the abdomen is apparently spherical, 

 with numerous high and very distinct longitudinal ridges. 



Eutrapela nubilata Packard. Plate 13, tig. 61, J, fig. 62, 9. 



Chcerodea nubilata Pack., Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xiii, 381, 1871. 



3 <$ and 1 9. — Closely allied in form and structure to E.transversata; the 



fore wings slightly more falcate and the hind wings a little less caudate. Fawn- 

 colored, like dark individuals of E. Ininsrcrsnta. Head, palpi, and body con- 

 colorous with the base and outer edge of the wing, being speckled with 

 black scales and short strigae. On the basal third of the wing is a very dis- 

 tinct, dark, zigzag, broad, diffuse, blackish band, not reaching the costa, being 

 most distinct on the hind edge; the outer line is brown, and is curved on 

 the submedian cell, thence going straight to near the apex where it is reflected 

 at an acute angle on to the costa; the angle, however, is less acute than in 

 E. transversata, and the reflected portion half as long. Just outside of this 

 line are five diffuse blackish patches, one on the inner edge near the angle, 

 the other resting on the apex, and forming a diffuse oblique line, which passes 

 within the angle of the outer line. The median part of the wing between 

 the two lines is clear tawny fawn-color, with obscure, large, transverse strigse, 

 not present elsewhere on the wing. The discal dot is large and distinct, 

 smaller on the hind wings. Hind wings with thick diffuse strigae, less fine 

 than on the fore wings, and a single, outer, slightly sinuate, brown line, on the 

 inner side of which the wing is clearer than elsewhere. Beneath, the wings 

 are closely dotted with dark scales, with the outer lines reproduced, though 

 most distinct on the hind wings. 



<f . — Length of body, 0.65; of fore wing, 0.85; expanse of wings, 1.75 

 inch. 



Sanzalito, Cal., December -28 (Behrens). 



In the female (fig. 61), the fore wings are very much produced and the 

 apex is very sharp, reminding one of Drepanodes, while the style of coloration 

 is very much like that of Drepanodes varus; the base and outer edge of the 

 fore wings are darker than in the males, and there is more of a rusty shade 

 along the extradiscal line than in any of the males. 



