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rounded, with inner margin straight. Hindwings broad, rounded, the 

 margin rather straight between veins three and six, all of thin texture 

 and clothed with yellow brown and pale scales, having lines and veins 

 mottled with dark brown, much after the style of lachrymosa Hist, of 

 which it is a close ally. On forewings basal and discal spaces arc 

 somewhat darker, separated by a pale line starting from costa about 

 one-fourth out in a sharp outward curve, thence straight across wing to 

 inner margin. The extra-discal line a little heavier especially at costa 

 than any other, and somewhat diffuse, starts three-fourths out, with a 

 slight outward curve, not angled, around discal dot, thence in a 

 series of small outward scallops crosses to inner margin within anal 

 angle, succeeded by the usual broad pale line running parallel with it. 

 Subterminal space darker, the hair line not clear except at anal angle, 

 where it becomes white, ending in geminate dots, emphasized by a clus- 

 ter of dark scales surrounding them. Marginal line dark brown, cut at 

 veins. Fringes long, ground color of wing, a little darkened opposite 

 veins. Discal dots linear, black. The discal space is sometimes centrally 

 divided by a broad pale line. Starting one-half out on costa, which 

 with a sharp outward trend passes outside the discal dot thence waved 

 to inner margin. Hindwings with dark triangular basal area, between 

 which and the extra-discal line, which is continued from forewings in a 

 diffuse outwardly curved line to inner margin one half from base, is 

 a broad clear space in which is placed the faint discal dot. The pale 

 line following extra-discal is more or less evident, partially defined 

 along outer border on both wings by short dashes of dark scales on 

 veins. Subterminal space darkened with marginal line and fringes as 

 in forewings. Beneath, pale yellowish ashen, glossy, with the pale cross 

 lines above all reproduced, bordered by dusky dotted or diffuse lines, the 

 extra-discal heaviest, with black patch at costa. Body and legs pale 

 ashen. 



Type. $ and 9 , taken in coitu, Big Indian Valley, Catskill 

 Mountains, June 29, 1907, and co-types from Bronx Park and 

 Long Island, in collection of R. F. Pearsall. One 9 from 

 Bronx Park is darker, more heavily scaled, but the usual form 

 is pale, with markings more indistinct than the types, especially 



if rubbed. 



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PROF. TREVOR KINCAID, of the University of Washington at Seattle, 

 has been asked by Dr. Howard to go over to Japan and organize a 

 system for the collection of the Japanese parasites of the Gipsy Moth 

 similar to that which is now in operation over in Europe. He ex- 

 pects to have a good time and to do a pile of hard work in the land 

 of the little brown men, and has started in to learn the lingo. 



