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pencil of hair, l)i'yoiul llu' (Uavul fell, is apiiaivully diUViviit in cliar- 

 ucter fri)ni tlic costal orntiinentation ul" llic Asiatic CrocidoloniUu 



Coiidyloloinia nartitipialis, Grote. 



i . — The fore wings are sniooth, dark oclircy yellow, more or less washed 

 and shaded with vinous red, especially terminally. There is no percci)til)le 

 ornamentation except an outer transverse even slightly arcuate pale shade 

 line with a preceding reddish stain, lliud wings dark fuscous, a little i)al(! 

 at costa. Th<^ fringes are rather long, glistening, dark reddislt on primaries, 

 pale fuscous on the hind wings. Beneath paler, testaceous' with obscure red- 

 dish shadings. Primaries the darker, with a transverse line at ^l, followed 

 by a pale outward shading and corresponds with that on the upper surface. 

 Hind wings pale yellowish, with the inception of a transverse shade marks 

 on costa. Abdomen above fuscous, the prominent anal tuft and under-surface 

 yellowish. Legs dusty yellowish ; middle and fore tiliia reddish outwardly. 

 Thora.K and head above like the primaries. 



Expanse, 1-4 m. in. Habitat, Pennsvlvania (Xo. 8). 



Deulerollyta borealis, Grotc. 



f, . — From the base of the antennae two long scaled processes extend back- 

 wards over and close to the thoracic surface, reaching to the mesothorax, and 

 resembling in position the palpi of Anaphora. Labial palpi exceeding the 

 head, third joint long and pointed ; maxillary pali)i present, very short. Fore 

 wings dusty yellowish gray with ])owdery black lines. Inner middle line 

 determinate on costa, irregular. A black discal dot inside of the narrow me- 

 dian shade. Outer middle line irregularly denticulate, produced about vein 

 4, thence running inwardly below vein 3, whence it descends very slightly 

 outwardly projecttu to internal margin. Terminal field wide; a Avide black- 

 ish ' terni'.uivi shade band, dnged with brown, not-ibly so at about internal 

 anglfe. AVerminal series of well-marked interspacet. blackish marks, becom- 

 ing continuous inferiorly ; fringes whitish. Hind wings fuscous, the veins 

 darker marked; a discal dot very near the base and costal border: a terminal 

 strongly marked line; fringes whitish. Beneath pale yellowish gray ; a mu- 

 raon line and discal dots ; the marginal shade band less prominent. Thorax 

 and head above like primaries. Leg.s concolorus ; tibiae marked outwardly 

 with black. 



From Cambridg-e, Mass. ronccted by J. C. :Merrill (Xo. 9). 

 ExjMiise, 20 m. in. Kindlv determined as D. conspicualis, Led. 

 (from Brazil), on Lederer's authority, for me, by Prof. Zeller, but 

 differing decidedly by the greater Avidtli of Iho terminal spaces on 

 both surfaces, the irregularly denticulated exterior lines which are 

 more inwardly placed, the smaller size and i)aler color. 



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