THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



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Fore wings of male ash colored 

 or brownish gray, the whitish spot 

 found on the fore wings of pomet- 

 aria wanting. 



The whitish bands found on the 

 fore wings of poineiaria are wanting, 

 but there is a jagged, submarginal 

 white band on the upper side of 

 the fore wings in most specimens. 



Three interrupted dusky lines 

 across the fore wings, instead of 

 two lines as in pometaria ; some- 

 times these lines are only indicated 

 ■by dark spots on the costa and by 

 blackish dashes at the crossina; of 

 the median nervure. 



There is an oblique black dash 

 near the tip of the fore wings, also 

 a distinct, nearly uniform, continu- 

 ous black line before the fringe. 



The white band found on the 

 hind wings of p07nefaria is wanting. 



Abdomen of the female termin- 

 ating in a retractile ovipositor rather 

 acutely tapering behind. 



Body and legs of the female 

 clothed with whitish and dark brown 

 dentate scales ; general coloration 

 not uniform ; a black, dorsal, longi- 

 tudinal, interrupted band on the 

 abdomen ; a whitish patch on each 

 side of the beginning of the band ; 

 the spines often give a reddish tinge 

 to the part they occupy. 



Fore wings of male ash colored, 

 with a distinct whitish spot on the 

 front edge near the tip. 



Forewings crossed by two whitish 

 jagged bands ; the outermost band 

 has an angle near the front edge ; 

 the whitish bands are sometimes 

 obsolete, in which case only the 

 whitish spot remains. 



Alons: the sides of the whitish 

 bands there are several blackish 

 dots, each on a nervule, and all 

 generally connected together by a 

 dusky band which includes them. 



Within the angle of the outer- 

 most whitish band, near the front 

 edge, there is a short, faint, blackish 

 line, and there is a marginal row of 

 black dots before the fringe. 



In most specimens a curved 

 white discal band extending across 

 the hind wings. 



Abdomen of the female without 

 ovipositor, terminating bluntly. 



Body and legs of the female 

 smooth, clothed with glistening 

 brown and white truncate scales 

 intermixed, giving the body the ap- 

 pearance of uniform shining, dark 

 ash color above, and gray beneath. 



