404 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov., 'lO 



Eupithecias that appear to be Undescribed. 



By RICHARD F. PEARSAI.L, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

 E. valariata n. sp. 



Expanse, 20 mm. palpi short, stout, dark brown. Antennae slender, 

 flattened, shortly ciliate in $ . Front and vertex, pale ashen gray, the 

 former with dark brown line above clypeus. Thorax with narrow band 

 of dark brown, crossing above scutellar region. All the rest of the 

 body and wings above with ground color of light gray, heavily sprinkled 

 with ruddy brown scales. On primaries, which are narrow, somewhat 

 produced apically, these are massed broadly along costa, and inner mar- 

 gin, less so subterminally, leaving cell a somewhat clearer gray; vein 

 below cell, brokenly barred with black. Abdomen without black ring, 

 the dorsal tufts on central segments, small, clear white. A series of 

 fine indistinct lines, crossing primaries are formed by the ruddy scales, 

 the basal with strong outward angle below costa, almost touches wing 

 base at inner margin, and the discal and intradiscal run parallel with 

 it, the latter passing through the small, but distinct black discal spot. 

 The extra discal, broader and slightly darker, rounding out about cell 

 runs straight, with a slight basal trend to inner margin. Parallel with 

 this are three or four hair lines, traceable in submarginal space. The 

 pale geminate line, usually following extra discal, and the white sub- 

 terminal line are wanting in this species. Marginal black line faint, 

 broken. Secondaries clear, except several broad, short lines at inner 

 margin. No discal dots. Fringes on all wings long grayish. Beneath, 

 pale ashen, the primaries flecked with darker scales. No lines as above, 

 but the geminate pale line beyond extra discal is quite apparent, and 

 extends sometimes across secondaries, in which case it is bordered by 

 a broken line of dots at crossing of veins, externally. Discal dots 

 dusky somewhat diffuse. Legs and body sprinkled with dark brown 

 scales. Abdomen beneath clear white centrally with lateral borders of 

 dark brown, dusky at tip. 



Types Two $ $ and two 9 9 from San Diego 

 California, through Mr. L. E. Ricksecker, the former labeled 

 III. -9 and loth, the latter III 10 and I2th, IQIO, all in authors 

 collection. 



When fresh, these examples were veiled with a roseate 

 biush, which quick fades into the ruddy brown as described. 



E. cognizata n. sp. 



Expanse, 22 mm. Palpi short, stout, dark brown. Front, dark 

 brown centrally, with margins and vertex paler, almost white. An- 



