32 JOHN B. SMITH. 



scales, preceded by l)lackish irregular spots. A faint, darker terminal line. 

 Claviform small, pointed, l)lack edged, not prominent. Orl)iciiIar oval, oblique, 

 moderate iu size, pale powdered ; suborbicular ringed with whitish, centre con- 

 colorous. Reniform moderate, upright, somewhat constricted centrally, black 

 edged inferiorly, narrowly annulate by paler scales, a few reddish scales in cen- 

 tre. A median darker shade is traceable, oblique between the ordinary spots and 

 darkening the reniform a little inferiorly. Beneath, primaries dusky except 

 along costa and in terminal space where it is whitish, powdery. Secondaries 

 whitish, powdery, with a dusky exterior line and a distinct discal spot. 

 Expands 41-43 mm. = 1.64-1.72 inches. 



Hab. — Winnipeg, Manitol)a. 



Two male.s in good condition, received from A. W. Hanhani. 

 Tlie two are much alike and resemble reduced examples of latici- 

 nerea, with the maculation more obscure and the basal black streak 

 of primaries so much reduced as to be scarcely distinct. The an- 

 tennre are thickened, the joints marked and laterally fringed with 

 tufts of fine hair. In a way the species is intermediate in appear- 

 ance between uidmoda and laticiiierea, falling in with the former 

 because of the lack of an obvious longitudinal black line at base. 



Xylina iiiiiiiioda Lintner. 



1878, Lintner, Ent. Cont., iv, 96, Xylina. 



Head, thorax and primaries an even, soft, dark ashen gray, in whicli all the 

 markings are lost. Head with the usual frontal line barely indicated, the tuft- 

 ings not obvious. Collar with the usual black line wanting or barely indicated. 

 Thoracic crest small, not divided ; vestiture hairy. Abdomen without dorsal 

 tufts, soft, pale mouse gray. Secondaries smoky, with a yellowish tinge, fringes 

 tipped with white. Primaries a little whitish at extreme base, where the basal 

 line is indicated on the costa in some specimens. T. a. line lost in most cases; 

 when present slender, moderately toothed in the interspaces, in one example pre- 

 ceded by a few white scales. T. p. line barely traceable by a very slightly paler 

 shade. S. t. line whitish, preceded by smoky spots, sometimes united into a con- 

 tinuous shade. A feebly marked, broken terminal line present in some speci- 

 mens. Median shade vaguely traceable in some examples. Orbicular round or 

 oval, whitish, rarely defined, .sometimes continued below the median vein into a 

 suborbicular. Reniform upright, of moderate size, a little constricted centrally, 

 incompletely annulate by a somewhat paler gray, else concolorous. Beneath, 

 primaries dusky, except that the terminal space is whitish powdered. Second- 

 aries whitish, powdery, with a blackish oute^i" line and discal spot. 



Expands 40-45 mm. = 1.60-1.80 inches. 



Hab. — Canada ; New England States ; Northern New York. 



This species is recognizable by the uniform, dull, yet soft, dark 

 gray, the paler orbicular ottering the only point of relief, and the 

 s. t. line the onl}' bit of obvious transverse maculation. Some speci- 

 mens are almost immaculate The male antennie have the joints 

 marked, and at the sides tufted with fine cilite of niodeiate length. 



