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Type Male is from Victoria, B. C, IV, 4, 03 (Anderson), 

 in the author's collection, and the female type rests in the Brook- 

 lyn Institute Museum, having been labeled by Doctor Hulst as, 

 the type of Eup. nimbosa in error. It bears a locality label 

 "Calif.," without date, but I doubt the correctness of this 

 legend. It is, however, the only perfect female at present 

 known to me. Cotypes, one male in author's collection and two 

 males and a crippled, headless female in the U. S. National 

 Museum. 



Eupithecia classicata, new species. 



Expanse, 20 mm. 



Palpi moderate, dark brown to black, tipped minutely with white, not 

 bushy. Antennae compressed, ciliate, rather slender, pale gray, barred 

 with black. Front and thorax dark chocolate-brown, the former crossed 

 beneath antennae with a pale band of milky-brown or cafe au lait color 

 which also tinges the primaries along costa and inner margin, also 

 quite broadly along inner margin of secondaries. Abdomen above of 

 same color, having second segment diffusely black, with tufts on three 

 succeeding segments jet-black tipped with white. The pale-brown here 

 in certain lights assumes a coppery gleam. Collar pure white, and across 

 thorax in front veins a narrow snow white band, losing itself terminally 

 in the patagia, which are tipped with white and rather long for this 

 group. Ground-color of all wings dark leaden, lighter centrally on 

 primaries, and basally on secondaries. Primaries rather extended, 

 apparently crossed by a series of ill-defined narrow black lines sharply 

 angled at costa and retreating basally in a direct course toward inner 

 margin. A single broad jet-black band runs outwardly from costa, 

 sharply angled just in front of discal dot and reaching inner margin 

 about 1 mm. from base. The paler central space includes a jet-black 

 oblique, linear discal dot and is outwardly bounded by the geminate pale 

 line, sharply angled at costa and running in a direct line to inner margin 

 near anal angle. This line and the subterminal white line are not very 

 distinct. Terminal line black. Fringes leaden, mixed with brown. 

 Secondaries show the geminate pale line running parallel to outer mar- 

 gin, bordered on each side at inner margin with a narrow line of black 

 scales. Two other similar lines between these and base fade out half- 

 way across wing. Basally at inner margin is a jet-black patch of 

 scales. A faint linear discal dot. Fringes and terminal as in primaries. 

 Beneath silvery gray, with indications of lines as above, not very 

 clear. Discal dots on all wings, linear distinct black. Abdomen white 

 basally for half its length, the remainder to tip sooty black. Body 

 and legs soiled white. 



Type One male from Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, VII, 

 07 (Haimbach). It was presented to and remains in the col 



