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brown on outside. Antennae, basal joint large, black, outer joint pectinate 

 in J , simple in 9 , fuscous. 



Thorax smooth, cinereous, patagia brown. Abdomen and anal tuft 

 cinereous ; legs same, thickly dotted and streaked with dark brown. 



Fore wing : costa moderately arched, apex rounded, termen straight. 

 Colour in some specimens cinereous-brown to cinereous-gray, in others 

 reticulated all over the surface with fine darker lines. A prominent 

 dark-brown or blackish-brown patch involves the outer fourth, its inner 

 edge begins on costa at three-quarters and proceeds obliquely to anal 

 angle, the division line is slightly concave inwardly. ,$ costal fold less 

 tlian one-third length of wing, narrow, compressed dark brown. Costa 

 between fold and dark outer patch with seven or eight obscure blackish 

 dots. Sometimes two or three about the middle of costa form a darker 

 shade. From dorsum at inner fourth a streak of brown goes obliquely 

 towards costa, and merges in this middle costal shade ; this streak is 

 sharply defined inwardly, but outwardly it is gradually lost in the ground 

 colour; width differs in different specimens, in some it is a narrow band, 

 in others it is distinctly defined for a space equal to a sixth the length of 

 wing. Female specimens are generally several shades darker in all par- 

 ticulars. Ocellic spot not defined, before the ocellic space a quadrate 

 spot of a darker shade than the ground colour, and above it a similar 

 smaller spot. Dorsal margin dotted with black. Two small black dots at 

 end of cell, oblique to each other. The outer dark patch contains three 

 darker dots on costa, and one below costa, a darker reticulation before its 

 inner margin. The basal area is paler than any other portion of the wing. 

 Cilia fuscous. 



Hind wing pale fuscous, closely reticulated with darker fuscous, cilia 

 fuscous, preceded by a paler line, hind wing beneath the same, but 

 reticulations more distinct, cilia cinereous. 



Fore wing beneath dark smoky-fuscous, costa dotted with cinereous, 

 cilia latter colour. 



Eight males, five females. Cartwright, Manitoba, viii, 3, Heath ; 

 Cincinnati, Ohio, viii, 30, Miss Braun ; Algonquin, Illinois, viii, 4-5, W. 

 A. Nason, M. D.; Mt. Desert, Me., Fcrnald ; New Brighton, Penna., vii, 

 22, to viii, 31, Frank A. Merrick, whose name I take pleasure in honouring. 



Co types : Collections of Fernald, Braun, Merrick, and Kearfott. 

 This species is of the same general appearance as //. inopiana, Haw. 

 Tlie latter, iiowever, lacks the conspicuous terminal patch. 



(To be continued.) 



