158 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, 'lO 



Type : A perfect $ captured at light in Big Indian Valley, 

 Catskill Mountains. VIII, 12, '09, by the author and in his col- 

 lection. 



Eupithecia adequata n. sp. 



Expanse 20-22 mm. In wing form and somewhat in style of mark- 

 ings, resembles multiscripta Hulst, but about one-half as large. Palpi 

 moderate, rather stout, gray and white scales, tipped with 

 white. Front, vertex and thorax above, white with scattering gray 

 scales. The latter nearly clear white centrally, where are clustered at 

 summit a few pale brown scales, the scutellar region tipped with pure 

 white. Antennae slender, silver gray, with dots of black scales dorsal- 

 ly, shortly biciliate in $ , very short in $ . Abdomen above white and 

 pa'Ie gray, each segment ringed with clear white posteriorly, the second 

 with a narrow ring of jet black anteriorly. All wings above with 

 ground color pure white, overlaid with black and gray scales, forming 

 the cross lines, and having within basal area and outside extra discal 

 line, a band of bright brown scales, the outermost clearly defined. The 

 basal line with outward curve from costa, turns sharply inward to 

 base. Outside this is the brown band a little broadened toward inner 

 margin, then a well marked black line outside it crosses costa about 

 one-third out, turns sharply toward apex and at cell centre, abruptly 

 backward to inner margin touching it barely one mm. from base. A 

 similar intra discal line crosses costa just above discal dot, makes 

 a sharper, longer spur toward apex, and turning, passes backward close 

 beneath discal dot, parallel to previous lines and close to it, broaden- 

 ing and darkening as it reaches inner margin. Beyond this line, a 

 broad, clear space crosses both wings, traversed by four fine parallel 

 gray lines, outwardly denned by heavier black lines parallel to preceding 

 lines, but much waved. The pale central space like a broad band is a 

 conspicuous mark of this species, and has a spur projecting from its 

 costal angle, toward outer margin just below apex. The costal and 

 space above this is darker and dashed with black lateral streaks. The 

 geminate pale lines seem fused into a single broad, wavy white line, and 

 beyond this the brown line clear across wing, waved to just within ana; 

 angle. A narrow white line succeeds this and the very narrow submar- 

 ginal space is gray. Marginal line fine jet black hardly broken at 

 veins. Fringes long, gray, darker at base, traversed centrally by a 

 white line. Discal dots small, linear, jet black. Secondaries, like 

 primaries, have a dark basal area, succeeded by broad pale band, 

 bordered with black at inner margin, and traversed by two fine gray 

 Unes, all of which fade out before reaching wing centre. A broad 

 shade line of gray, outside pale band, runs parallel with outer margin, 

 fading out costally and outwardly bordered by the single broad white 



