266 THE CANADIA.N ENTOMOLOGIST. 



A NEW PLAGODIS. 



BY HARRISON G. DYAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Plagodis approximaria, n. sp. 



Fore wings dark ochreous, paler about the faint purplish cloud that 

 rests on internal margin ; a cluster of blackish strigae in centre of basal 

 space on internal margin and a larger cluster in the black cloud ; other- 

 wise the ground colour is without strigce. T. a. and t. p. lines slightly 

 curved, broad, somewhat clouded, nearer together than usual, blackish 

 brown, the t. p. line the more distinct. Hind wings paler, largely over- 

 spread by a purplish shading that extends from a large cluster of dense 

 blackish striga; at inner angle. Thorax ochre, purplish in front and on 

 the head. Expanse 50 mm. 



Two males, Portland, Oregon, April 23rd, 1892. U. S. National 

 Museum, type No. 4110. 



SYNOPSIS OF SPECIES OF PLAGODIS. 



Notch at inner angle of primaries nearly like the subapical excavation, so 

 that the outer margin looks produced centrally. 



Pale yellow, t. p. line diffuse, sinuate, shaded below ; other lines 



obsolete serinaria, H.-S. 



Ochreous, strigose, t. p. line distinct, straight, t.a. line fainter ; discal 



dot a rino' alcoolaria, Guen, 



Notch at inner angle proajunced, the margin looking straight with a 

 notch below. 



T. a. line very faint and diffuse or absent. 



Fore wing straw colour, notch moderate. 

 T. p. line present, not obscured. 



No large purplish cloud beyond t. p. line ; at most 



some strigose markings fervidaria, H.-S. 



A purplish cloud beyond t. p. line . .keiitzi?igaria, Pack. 

 T. p. line absent, lost in a large purplish cloud that reaches 



middle of wing nigrescaria, Hulst. 



Fore wing cinerous clay colour; \-\o\.c\\\a.xgQ . emargitiaria, Guen. 

 T. a. line if faint, not diffuse ; usually distinct. 



T. a. and t. p. lines remote, narrow and discreet ; hind 

 wings usually with a narrow submarginal 



line ph/ogosaria, Guen. 



T. a. and t. p. lines approximate, rather broad and a little 

 clouded ; hind wings without any line, a strigose cloud 

 at inner angle npproximaria, Dyar. 



