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yellowish line, a little outward bent over custa, then slightly bisinuate 

 and nearly parallel with outer margin ; very even in course. S. t. 

 line very close to t. p. line, pale, irregular, preceded by a blackish 

 shading which darkens most of the s. t. space. A broad, evenly ob- 

 lique, somewhat diffuse median shade. A series of black interspaceal 

 terminal lunules. Orbicular small, round ; a blackish spot without defi- 

 nite outline. Reniform of good size, kidney-shaped, blackish, with- 

 out definite outline. Secondaries a little paler and less densely scaled 

 than primaries, with a dull, diffuse antemedian darker shading, an ob- 

 lique dusky extramedian line followed by a yellowish shading, and 

 a sub-marginal pale line preceded by a dusky shading. There is also 

 a broken, blackish terminal line. Beneath whitish, coarsely powdered 

 with brown; all wings with a narrow blackish discal lunule, a nar- 

 row brown extra-median line and a broader dark s. t. shade. Expands 

 1.04 i.io inches=.26 27 mm. 



Habitat Hampton, N. H., VII, 26 (S. A. Shaw) ; Cohasset, 

 Mass.,VII. 21 (W. T. Bryant) ; Sussex Co., New Jersey, VIII. 

 13 (S. T. Kemp). 



Two males and one female ; one $ in good condition, the 

 others passable only. This species is allied to flavipunctalis 

 Geyer, and exserta Sm., the course of the lines resembling the 

 former most nearly. It differs from both in the conspicuous 

 dark ordinary spots which are also different in shape from 

 those of its allies. 



This makes the third species of Renia occurring in the east- 

 ern U. S., in which the median lines are even, slender and ac- 

 companied by a broader pale shading which renders them some- 

 what conspicuous. Of these, flavipunctalis Geyer, is the most 

 common and widely distributed. Both the others are known to 

 me in few examples only; but it is not at all improbable that 

 they are represented in collections under Geyer's name. Judg- 

 ing by my description in Bull. 48, of the U. S. N. Mus., I had 

 something very like this among the material there listed as 

 flavipunctalis, and it will require a re-examination of the types 

 of the species now listed as synonyms to make certain that all 

 the names do really refer to one species. 



The description is offered at this time, to warrant the in- 

 sertion of the name into the forthcoming edition of the list of 

 insects found in New Jersey. 



