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Grayish white, more evenly black powdered; orbicular absent; dagger 

 mark not distinct and does not cross t. p. line opposite anal angle. 



populi. 



8. T. a. line incomplete, but usually present in part . . 9. 

 T. a. line complete, geminate ........ 10. 



9. White with a creamy tinge, primaries rather sparsely powdered; or- 



bicular distinct . lepusculina. 



Ashen gray, primaries quite densely powdered with coarse black scales; 



no median shade line ... . Cinderella n. sp. 



Ashen gray as before, but with an evident, smoky, angulated median 



shade line or band . . . transversata n. sp. 



10. Primaries dark bluish gray; t. a. line almost upright, its two parts 



almost equally distinct and quite widely separated; size smallest 

 of the group ...... ... tota. 



Group Lobeliae. 



1. No black basal dash line or streak and no black dagger marks of any 



kind 2. 



A black basal dash, streak or line present in all cases; one or more 

 dagger marks usually present .... . 3. 



2. Ground color creamy white; costal marks and t. p. line black. 



innotala. 



Ground color luteous, the maculation but little darker and none of it 

 black . . betulae. 



3. The ordinary spots are more or less obviously tied or connected by a 



black line or dash ......... 6. 



The ordinary spots not connected by a black line or dash. 



Scaly vestiture of primaries smooth, decumbent . . 4. 



Scaly vestiture of primaries elevated, rough, giving the surface a 



more or less velvety appearance . . . . 15. 



4. Maculation strigate, all the ordinary lines and spots obscured . 9. 

 A more or less obvious black line or dagger mark touches or crosses 



the t. p. line opposite the cell . . 5. 



No trace of a dagger mark or black line opposite the cell of prima- 

 ries . . . . . . . . . . . .10. 



5. Dorsum of the thorax discolorous, yellow, primaries creamy white 



with yellow shadings, secondaries smoky ; size large . mornla. 

 Dorsum of thorax concolorous. 



Size moderate, primaries ashen gray, no median shade line; all the 

 dashes distinct and the markings well defined . occidentalis. 

 Size small, primaries with a more or less obvious median shade line. 

 Ashen gray with a slight reddish tinge; opaque; the dash oppo- 

 site anal angle usually crossing the t. p. line . . paupercula. 

 Glistening or shining white, with mossy olivaceous or bluish 

 shadings; anal dagger usually not crossing the t. p. line. 



vinnula. 



