May, '08] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 195 



cies I describe herewith, having before me a series of eleven 

 in both sexes, under the name of 



Eupithecia meritata n. sp. 



Expanse 20-22 mm. Head, thorax, body, except second segment of 

 abdomen, which is black, and wings above, a uniform dark cinerous, 

 crossed by fine black lines, or rows of dots on veins. These lines en- 

 larged at costa, the two largest just preceding and beyond the discal 

 dot. The basal line at costa bends sharply outward, then retreats to- 

 ward base at inner margin. The discal line, with a short outward 

 angle at costa, runs straight across wing. Extra discal is a series of 

 dots on veins, rounded out from costa to below cell, thence direct to 

 inner margin. Midway between these a fine black distinct line starts 

 from costa, rounds out sharply to enclose discal dot, below which it 

 runs straight to inner margin, sometimes wavy. Subterminal clear 

 space, beyond the narrow pale line following extra discal, and parallel 

 to it, is traversed centrally by a fine whitish crenulate line, a little 

 clearer at anal angle. Centrally the veins are marked quite freely 

 with black dashes. Fringes long, cinerous, darkened at ends of veins. 

 Fine terminal line black. Abdomen, with scattering brownish scales, 

 tufts small, black; below somewhat darker. Body and legs pale ciner- 

 ous. Comparison with geminata Pack, might be useful and descriptive. 

 It may be separated thus : Beside its smaller size which is quite con- 

 stant, the upper surface is darker, more distinctly marked with black 

 fine lines, or sharply dotted. The white line in submarginal space is 

 clear and continuous, and the discal dots large oval, jet black on fore- 

 wings, are entirely wanting on hindwings, or very faint and small ; 

 while in geminata, the discal dots on all wings are large and very 

 prominent. Beneath, the surface is crossed by well-defined bands, a 

 little diffuse in some examples, the extra discal on both wings and 

 the pale line beyond it particularly clear. The white submarginal line 

 reappears below quite plainly and the discal dots if present are fainter- 

 while in gcininata the under surface is clear silvery cinerous, the pale 

 line beyond extra discal only showing by contrast with dusky shade 

 preceding and subterminally, the latter not traversed by white line, 

 and the discal dots large, distinct on all wings. 



Type, $ and 5 from Big Indian Valley, Catskill Moun- 

 tains, July 6 and 16, 1899, in my collection. Co-types from 

 Air. F. A. Merrick, New Brighton, Pa., taken in August, 

 1907, represented in the Merrick Museum, and in my collec- 

 tion. 



NOTE In March issue Hut. News, the date of capture <>!" 

 9 type of Eup. conformata should read April 23, 1904, and 

 of the types of filniata April 29, 1907. 



