356 GEORGE D. HULST. 



wings basal line lost; middle line showing only in a black spot on inner margin i 

 outer line black, a little dentate outwardly on veins, slightly angled at (5: margin 

 wavy; a black marginal line; discal spot oval, annulate, black, quite distinct; 

 beneath even light fuscous on all wings. 



Seattle, Wash., from Mr. Bolter. The insect has much the ap- 

 pearance of Edropls grisearla Grt. 



54. MERICISCAn.gen. 

 Type gracea Hulst. 

 Palpi short, porrect ; front smooth; antenn.'e of S bi])ectinate, 

 apex simple, pectinations claviform ; antennae of 9 filiform ; thorax 

 scaled, somewhat tufted posteriorly ; abdomen smooth ; hind tibi?e 

 swollen, without hair pencil, with all spurs ; wings broad, rounded 

 slightly wavy margined outwardly ; fore wings without fovea below 

 in S , 12 veins, 10 and 11 from cell; hind wings 5 not developed, 8 

 separate from cell. 



Species. — M. gracea Hulst, n. sp. 



M. gracea n. sp. — Expands 38-42 mm. Palpi short, light gray, with blackish 

 interuiixed. black at tips: front black on central perpendicular line, dark fuscous 

 laterally, crown dark gray; thorax blackish dorsally at center, dark gray on pa- 

 tagise and around upper edges. Abdomen, first segment black in front, white 

 behind, the rest dark fuscous, becoming blackish dorsally, more so on second and 

 third segments; fore wings light gray, striated with black; basal line fine, black, 

 angulated outwardly at cell and vein 1 ; outer line heavier, distinct, black, three- 

 fifths out on costa straight to vein 5, then turning at a right angle inwardly nearly 

 to cell, then at a little more than a right angle to between 2 and 3, then rounding 

 to inner margin, reaching it a little within the middle ; a blackish cloud or band 

 across middle field, darkest within, forming towards and at inner mai'gin a broad 

 band with the outer cross-line ; a black spot near costa within apex, and a broad, 

 central, submarginal cloud reaching to outer line; on the basal field, central, is a 

 cloud of reddish brown, and a broad band of the same color across the wliole 

 wing exterior to outer line ; a row of marginal black spots; hind wings in general 

 like the fore wings, lacking the basal line and reddish shade, but with outer line 

 beyond middle distinct, rounding outwardly from anterior margin to vein 2, then 

 turning to near middle of inner nuirgin , a broad blackish centi-al band less 

 marked anteriorly, and an outer reddish brown band beyond cross-line, this also 

 obsolete at anterior margin ; marginal line black, distinct ; outer edge of both 

 wings somewhat scalloped, the hind ones more decidedly; beneath fuscous, 

 smooth, the black i)arts above reflecting through. 



Colorado, from Mr. Bruce. 



r^-i. CL.EORA Curt. 



Brit. Knt. ii. i)l. 88, 182."). 



Type cinctiiria Schif. 



Boonnia Treits. Schm. Eur. vi, 1, 187, 1827, type cindnrin Schiff. 



l*alpi moderate or quite long, porrect or subascending, rough 

 .<c;il('(l ; tongue develoi)e(l ; front scaled, sometimes tufted ; antennte 



