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Head dark gray, whitish in front ; palpi whitish inside, ochreous, 

 dotted with bronzy-brown outside ; antenna bronzy-gray ; thorax bronzy- 

 gray, posterior end whitish-gray ; abdomen dark shining fuscous above, 

 anal tuft dull ochreous ; legs whitish, dusted and banded with bronzy- 

 brown. 



Fore wing shades of gray and fuscous. There is a whitish-gray 

 basal palch. extending in middle of wing to inner third, with a small 

 bronzy-brown spot on dorsum at base, and another above it in middle of 

 wing extending to costa. The costal edge is slightly darker gray, and is 

 marked with six large bronzy-brown spots between inner third and apex. 

 At the end of cell there are two spots, vertical to each other, of dark brown 

 raised scales, shaded with whitish outwardly. In the fold beyond middle 

 of wing is a short blackish line, above which is a cluster of grayish raised 

 scales, edged outwardly with white. Below the fold, on inner third, is a 

 small blackish dot. There are a few black dots on the outer fourth of 

 wing, below the costal spots, and an irregular line of black dots before 

 termen. Cilia dark, speckled gray. 



Hind wing smoky-gray, cilia same but shining ; under side paler. 

 Under side fore wing dark smoky gray. 



, One ^ and two '.^ specimens, Ottawa, Canada, June 20, C. H. 

 Young. 



The fore wings of this species are narrow, but less pointed than 

 cresce?iie/la, Wlsm.; it resembles cresceiitella, but is generally darker, and 

 tlie crescent-shaped row of black spots with the white character before 

 them are entirely wanting. 



Proteopteryx monioiui/ia, s]\ nov. 



Expanse, 13-5-15 mm. 



Head ochreous-gray ; paljii cinereous brown outside and in front, 

 inside dirty white ; antenna ochreous-brown ; thorax grayish-brown ; 

 patagia ochreous-brown : abdomen fuscous above, silvery-white below and 

 on sides ; legs whitish, dusted and banded with dark brown. 



Fore wing dark bronzy-brown, somewhat overlaid with grayish-blue 

 on the inner half, shading into ochreous-brown in the outer half; the 

 ochreous shade is brighter in the apex. There is a conspicuous pure 

 white dorsal spot, between middle and outer fourth ; the mner edge is 

 slightly oblique and convex (the dark ground colour is more intense where 

 it touches this spot); it extends to middle of wing, and is slightly angulated 

 at the top ; the outer edge is angulated and outwardly oblique ; it sends a 



