24 JOHN B. SMITH. 



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

 New Jersey ; Central Illinois ; Washington, D. C. 



Seven males and thirteen females are at hand, differing consider- 

 ably in shade of brown and the amount of contrast. Some are dis- 

 tinctly gray, while others lack all trace of this shade and are obvi- 

 ously brown. In all of them the strigulate character of the macu- 

 lation is apparent, and this, with the ground color, will distinguish 

 the species. The male antennae are as lu f err ea lis, as is the thoracic 

 vestiture. 



Xylina anianda n. sp. 



Head, thorax and pinmaries reddish gray, usually more or less washed out, 

 strlgate. Abdoraeu more even, varying from reddish to almost whitish. Second- 

 aries smoky, with a yellowish tinge, sometimes much paler, fringes paler than 

 the ground. Head gray at the base of the antennse between the tufts, a brown 

 or black line below. Collar gray tipped above a black line at the base of the 

 prominent divided crest. Patagife gray powdered, a whitish line above the in- 

 sertion of the primaries, where also there is a white spot. Primaries with a slen- 

 der black streak at base, above which, to the costa, is a somewhat paler gray 

 shade. Basal line barely indi(;ated by geminate costal spots — in one example 

 only. T. a. line geminate, marked on costa by small black venular dots, and by 

 a long blackish tooth in submedian interspace. An even, luteous or reddish 

 shade extends through the cell and obliterates all, save the lower portion of the 

 reniform which is brown. T. p. line marked by a more or less complete series of 

 geminate, venular black dots, which are unusually close to the outer margin. S. 

 t. line marked only by a pair of preceding rusty brown spots opposite anal angle 

 and cell, and from these an oblique brown shade extends through the terminal 

 space. A series of black terminal lunules, the veins also being black marked 

 toward the margin. Beneath powdery, primaries with terminal space paler; 

 secondaries with a smoky exterior line ; all wings with a large, smoky discal spot. 



Expands 39-42 mm. — 1.56-1.68 inches. 



Hab. — Franconia, New Hampshire; Calgary, Canada; Winni- 

 peg, Manitoba; Vancouver, British Columbia; Pullman, Wash- 

 ington ; California. 



Four males and two females are under examination. Three of 

 them bright reddish gray and three of them faded and washed out, 

 with a mere trace of reddish. As the latter lack fringes and are 

 otherwise Hown I assume that they are faded ; yet it is not beyond 

 the bounds of possibility that two species may be represented. The 

 pale tints, the lost markings and the yellowish shade through the 

 cell, ob.scuring the ordinary spots, make this an easily recognizable 

 species. 



The male antennse are shortly ciliated, no scale thickening per- 

 ceptible at base in any example. 



