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K. griK'fii ti. sp. — Expands 25-28 iimi. I'alpi ratlier long, gray or hlackisli 

 gray; front strongly tufted, light gray or fuscous; thorax fus<-ous. Abdomen 

 gray or fuscous; fore wings fuscous gray or gray, crossed by many wavy, or in 

 most instances very indistinct and indeterminate lines; the most prominent in 

 most cases are one close to biise rounded dentate: a second intra discal with an 

 angle at subcostal and at vein la, and a third extra discal straight or slightly 

 concave from costa obliquely outward to between veins 5 and 6 tliere angled, and 

 then waved dentate, parallel with outer margin across the wing; the outer space 

 is more shaded than the middle and has a generally well marked, light, scalloped, 

 submarginal line; discal spot large, distinct, blackish, oval; hind wings fuscous 

 gray, faintly indicating wavy cross-lines; discal spot dark, indistinct; margins 

 of all wings black, broken at ends of veins; beneath lighter than above, silky, 

 with blackish along costa of fore wings, and the upper lines very faintly if at all 

 showing. 



^It. Hood, Washington. From Mr. E. L. Graef. 



E. vfraiKlis n. sp. — Expands 28 mm. Palpi rather long, fuscous ocher; front 

 light fuscous, tufted; thorax fuscous, with an ocher tinge. Abdomen the same 

 color, with the tufts blackish; fore wings base fuscous ocher, edged outwardly 

 with a fine rounded black line; beyond this to outer line the wing is lighter, 

 showing whitish at beginning, centrally within discal spot in a waved double 

 cross-line, and also in a double line at end of middle space, these lighter lines 

 separated by fine dark lines ; outer lii;e running obliquely outward to between 

 6 and 7, then turning at a right angle and following margin in quite even scal- 

 lops; outer space darker, especially within apex, and towards costa between the 

 outer line and a scalloped submarginal wliitish line which runs parallel with 

 outer margin; margin darkly shaded on either side of ends of veins; hind 

 wings even, light fuscous gray, margin dark shaded on either side of veins: be- 

 neath even light silky fuscous, darker and more ochreous on outer space. 



Washington. 



17. VEXUSIA Curt. 

 Type cumhrica ('urt. 



Palpi rather short, soinewliat recurved, scaled ; tongue developed ; 

 clypt'us .scaled, smooth ; antenme of S bipectinate, of $ liliform ; 

 thorax and abdomen untufted ; hind til)ia^ with all spurs present. 

 Wings rounded, fore wings 12 veins, one accessory cell ; hind wings 

 8 veins, 8 and 4 separate, 8 anastomosing with cell to beyond middle. 



Species. — V. en m brim Curt. 



V. duodecimUiieata Pack. 



V. comptaria Wlk. (pi'rlineata I'ark.) 



\. iiiclinltarid Wlk. 



TRANS. AM. KNT. SOC. XXIII. (3.")) Al GUST, lH9ti. 



