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is variable, the median area is in some specimens pure white, in others 

 quite smoky ; the discal mark may be present or absent. 



Phyciti'mce. 

 Euzophera strigalis, sp. nov. 



Palpi upturned, 3rd joint moderate, pointed, smoothly scaled with 

 whitish ; pectus and legs pale gray ; antennae of ^ lamellate and ciliate ; 

 front gray ; thorax and primaries dark gray, sprinkled with lighter ; prim- 

 aries with the basal area and central area at end of cell slightly less 

 sprinkled than remainder of wing ; all maculation wanting, except that the 

 veins are prominently outlined in black, giving a strigate appearance to 

 the wing. Secondaries, hyaline, with white fringes, slightly smoky at apex 

 of wing. Beneath primaries smoky ; secondaries as above, costal margin 

 sprinkled with dark scales. Expanse, 42 mm. 



Habitat : Eureka, Ut., i $ . Type, collection Barnes. 



Related to E. gigafitella Rag., but lacks all traces of the trans- 

 verse lines. 



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Insects of Farm, Garden and Orchard. 



"Insect Pests of Farm, Garden and Orchard," by E. Dwight 

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The increasing number of workers in economic entomology and the 

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It is impossible in a review of this nature to give more than a super- 

 ficial idea of the contents. In the author's words, it has been his efibrt "to 



