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of % bipectinate, apex simple, tlie j)ectinations filiform, lonii:, sud- 

 denly shortening to simple apex, the anteniue generally plumose, of 

 9 filiform or serrate; thorax scaled, sometimes tufted posteriorly, 

 somewhat hairy beneath ; abdomen scaled ; hind tibiie swollen, with 

 all spurs, with hair pencil in S ; fore wings even, 12 or 11 veins, 

 varying in the same species, with fovea below in % ; hind wings 5 

 undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate from cell, the wings 

 rounded, even, or slightly wavy. 



Species : — 

 C. furfarata Hulst. C. indicataria Walk. 



C. dataria Grt. C pampinaria Guen. 



C. opacaria Hulst. C. formomta Hulst, n. sj). 



C. lixaria Grt. C. vellivolata Hulst. 



C. cribraria Guen. C. larvaria Guen. 



<\ f'orino^iiKta n. sp. — ExikhhIs 155 imn. Close to C. hidicatdria Walk, ipolij- 

 grammaria Pack.) ; the color is li}rht gray, overlaid with fuscous lines, black, dis- 

 tinct; the outer is evenly and rejrularly bent twice, followed by a distinct brown 

 band ; the subniarginal line is distinct white, the marginal line black, edged at 

 base of fringe with white, hind wings with three dark shade lines, wavy, parallel 

 with each other and the outer margin, all extra-discal ; beneath light fuscous, 

 evenly peppered with dark fuscous scales, lighter on the veins on fore Avings. 



Colorado, Mr. Bruce. A more than ordinarily showy insect of 

 its class, the colors more vivid, and especially distinct by the brown 

 cross band. 



5G. l»IEL,Al«OI.OPHIA n. gen. 

 Type canadarid Guen. {Tephrasin). 



Palpi short, stout, porrect, heavily scaled ; tongue developed ; 

 front loose scaled, somewhat tufted below ; anteniue l)ipectinate in % , 

 apex simi)le, pectinations moderate ; summit with slight scale tuft; 

 thorax lov)sely scaled above, woolly haired below ; abdomen coarsely 

 scaled and haired witl) lateral tuft of luiirs on third segment; legs 

 smooth, liind tibia- in % swollen, with a dense iH'ncil of Hue hairs; 

 two pairs of spurs in both .sexes; fore wings even, without fovea at 

 base in S , 12 or 11 veins, 10 and 11 stemmed from cell ; hind wings 

 all veins separate, 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell. 



Dr. Packard figures cauadaria with 11 veins in fore wings; this 

 may happen, though I have seen no example. In that case 11 is 

 wanting, having become coinci<lent with 10. 

 Species. — M. cauadaria Gn. 



TRANS. AM. KNT. SOC. XXIII. SEPTEMBER. 189H. 



