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darker patches at end of veins, on all wyigs. Hind wings rounded, 

 paler subcostally, otherwise the same arrangement of lines as on fore 

 wings but without darker basal area, and much more obscure. Discal 

 dot small, faint. Beneath grayish white. The double series of pale 

 lines as above, very apparent, almost pure white, and the separating 

 dusky lines diffuse. Basal line on hind wings rounded, entire, an intra 

 discal runs outward to discal dot, though not always touching it, turns 

 backward to inner margin at almost a right angle, and extra discal with 

 outward curve around discal dot, reaches inner margin one-half out. 

 A diffuse, dusky shade line, subterminally. Abdomen beneath and legs 

 pale silvery gray. 



Type $ and $ taken in Big Indian Valley, Catskill Moun- 

 tains, the former May 25th, '06, the latter May 31, '06, in my 

 collection. 



Co-types 24 $ and 5 taken in same locality May 25 to June 

 12. Readily determined by the patch of yellow scales on fore 

 wings beneath discal dot on fore wings, and the snow white 

 scutellar area. Near to fletcherata Taylor, but smaller. 



Eupithecia erpata n. sp. 



Expanse 17-18 mm. Palpi long dark brown, mixed gray scales. Ver- 

 tex and front dark brownish ash. Thorax and abdomen above, dark 

 wood brown with a few pale scales intermixed, the second segment 

 entirely soiled white, the sixth and seventh, with black dots laterally; 

 tufts, small, black, all wings somewhat extended, above dark ashen 

 brown faintly tinged with yellowish, the latter more apparent on fore 

 wings, at junction of veins three and four, and subterminally, especially 

 toward apex. Over all is a thin sprinkling of black scales, heaviest 

 along costa and subterminally. Basal area to discal line is crossed 

 by wavy indefinite lines, of darker hue. The black discal line curves 

 sharply outward at costa, then recedes toward base, touching inner 

 margin, one-third out. It is faint and narrow, bordered by a pale 

 gray line. The intradiscal, also faint, starts from costa, with an ill- 

 defined cloud above discal dot, extends outward to include same, 

 and thence straight to inner margin. In rubbed examples this line is 

 frequently wanting, with the discal space paler and clear. The extra 

 discal with its succeeding double pale lines, are sharp and distinct, 

 the former black, more intense centrally, where also a few white 

 scales border it outwardly. It curves gently outward around cell, 

 without angle at costa, to inner margin, having sharp inward spurs 

 on veins one and two. Subterminal space darker; the central clear 

 white line runs in waves parallel to the double lines, and ends near 

 anal angle in a larger angular white patch. Marginal line black nearly 



