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GEOMETRID NOTES— DESCRIPTION OF A NEW EOIS. 



BY L. M. SWETT. BOSTON, MASS. 



Eois hrauneata, n. sp. 



Expanse 13 mm; palpi quite long, blackish; head light ash 

 gray at base of antenna^, darker beyond. Thorax and abdomen 

 light ash gray. Fore wings long lanceolate, light gray shaded 

 with brown. Five black clots on costa, from the first basally runs 

 a black hair-line irregularly across the wing showing strongly on 

 the veins as dots. Above the black discal dot there is a spot on 

 the costa; from the discal dot to inner margin there runs a black 

 line. There is a narrow pointed brown band which runs just out- 

 side of discal dot and extends toward tip of forewing as it runs 

 beyond discal spot. Beyond this narrow band which resembles 

 slightly the band of Leptomeris occidentaria Pack., only much 

 narrower, there is a wide light ash space. Outer margin with a 

 broad brown band crossing to inner margin, through the middle 

 of which runs a zig-zag white line. Venular dots at base of long 

 brown fringe. Hind wings grayish brown with an irregular, broad 

 fuscous band crossing as two zig-zag lines on each side of the 

 discal spot. This band appears to be projected outwardly on 

 the veins. There is a marginal irregular black line. The fringe 

 is long and brownish gray in colour. Beneath fore wings reddish 

 brown, especially near apex of wing. There is a trace of the 

 fuscous band crossing wing at discal spot, which is apparently 

 in the middle of it. The costa has dots of black and yellow at 

 intervals from base to tip. Hind wings lighter coloured than fore 

 wings. Fuscous band at discal spot showing through faintly and 

 bent toward opposite spot; rest of wing beyond light ash. 



This delicate little Geometer may be known by the peculiar 

 band across the fore and hind wings and by the ash colour shaded 

 with brown. I take pleasure in naming this species after Miss 

 Braun. 



Type.— 1 9 , May 20, 1906, Cincinnati, Ohio; from Miss A. F. 

 Braun; in mv collection. 



GEOMETRID NOTES.— A NEW DIASTICTIS HUB. 



BY L. W. SWETT, BOSTON, MASS. 



Diastictis anataria, n. sp. 



Expanse, 24 to 30 mm; palpi, 1 mm, grayish; head light gray 

 at base of antennae ; thorax and abdomen light ashen gray. Fore 

 wings light ash with a bluish tinge; there are four distinct costal 

 patches of rusty brown, the outer being the largest. From each 

 of the costal patches pale rust-coloured bands run sinuately to 

 inner margin and at the outer margin is a broad reddish brown 



January, 1913 



