20 JOHN B. SMITH. 



by a narrow, rusty brown shade wliicli is not continuous, and followed by a vague 

 gray powdering, wliich sometimes darkens the terminal space. A broken, brown, 

 terminal line is fairly evident. Orbicular practically obsolete, i. e., it is traceable 

 by the general character of the shadings, but not in any way outlined. Reni- 

 form a little paler tlian the surrounding shade, not outlined, large, upright, the 

 upper portion larger tlian the lower. Beneath powdery, reddish gray, primaries 

 except terminal space a little darker, secondaries with a vague exterior line; all 

 wings with a blackish discal spot. 



Expands 32-35 mm. = 1.28-1.40 inches. 



Hab. — Canada; Monroe Co., New York; Gloucester Co., New 

 Jerse}', March 16th. 



Three male specimens only. Examples of this species may be 

 mixed with bethunei or signosa ; hut I do not remember seeing any 

 in the collections recently examined. The male antennae are ciliated. 



Xylina innoiniiiata Smith. 



1893, Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 227, Xylina. 

 signosH Grt. not Walker. 



1874, Grt., 6th Rept. Peab. Ac. Sci., 33. Lithophane. 



1893, Smith, Bull. 44, U. S. Nat. Mus., 227, pr. syn. 

 Head, thorax and primaries reddish luteous, with a rusty red powdering. 

 Abdomen reddish gray, the dorsal tufts minute at best and present only in per- 

 fect examples. Head with a brown line below the usual tufts. Collar with an 

 indefinite brown or blackish line — which may be obsolete — below the tip, at the 

 base of the rather low divided crest. Primaries with the niaculatiou imperfect, 

 yet all easily recognizable. Basal line geminate, oblique, brown, marked on the 

 costa and by dots on the median vein. T. a. line marked by geminate, black, 

 venular dots, and in exceptional specimens by brown, interspaceal, outward 

 angles. T. p. line iiiarked by geminate black, venular dots, parallel with outer 

 margin, a curved black line in the subinedian interspace marking the limit of 

 the prominent brown or blackish patch connecting with the t. a. line. S. t. line 

 concolorous, preceded by a rusty shade, which is more or less broken and followed 

 by black powderings in the terminal space, which may darken the veins only, 

 may group into geminate spots opposite anal angle and cell, or may, rarely, 

 darken the entire terminal space. A series of black or brown terminal lunules. 

 The median shade is obvious in all specimens and prominent in some; broad, 

 ol)lique from costa between the ordinary spots, lost in the blackish patcli in the 

 submedian interspace, and traceable below this as a narrow, diffuse, brown line. 

 Orbicular not defined, usually traceable by its slightly paler tint, large, oblique, 

 oblong. Reniform large, broader above, a little constricted centrally, outlined 

 in rusty brown, usually with a little dark filling inferiorly. Secondaries dark 

 smoky, with a yellowish tint, fringes yellow, a darker discal lunuleand a broken, 

 darker terminal line feebly visible. Beneath reddish, powdery, disc of primaries 

 often blackish; secondaries often with an exterior dark line, all wings with a 

 discal spot. 



Expands 35-40 mm. = 1.40-1.60 inches. 



Hah. — Quehec to Vancouver; New England and Middle Atlan- 

 tic .States ; Colorado; Seattle, Washington. 



