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Ceropoda striata n. sp. {PI. ii, fig. 4]— General color ash-gray, black 

 powdery, witli an oclier-yellow admixture locally. Collar itiferiorly witli a yel- 

 low tinge. PatagisK margined with the same tinge toward the dorsum. Prima- 

 ries with an admixture of tiie ocherous tinge in the basiil space, the ordinary 

 spots, along the costal region and over the t. p. line. Basal line vaguely marked 

 only. T, a. line geminate, the inner line variably distinct, the outer usually 

 fairly well marked. In course it is outwardly oblique, and with quite long out- 

 curves in the interspaces. T. p. Hue geminate, with a long outcurve over the 

 cell, then evenly oblique to the hind margin, making an unusually wide median 

 solace. The outer line is indefinite, the inner lino blackish, slightly lunulate, 

 the ir.cluded space more whitish. S. t. line obscured, feebly marked at costa. 

 Just below the pale apex an oblique blackish shade extends inwardly, reaching 

 the t. p. line on vein 5. On veins 3 and 4 two pale rays cross the terminal space 

 nearly to the margin, making a prominent W-niark. Below this the terminal 

 space is uniformly dusky. There is a series of black terminal dots on the veins 

 alternating with a series of black interspaceal dots on the fringes. There is a 

 very faint median shade line. Claviform very long and narrow, almost linear, 

 not well marked, extending across the wide median space. There is a dusky 

 shade through the median cell, in which the pale ordinary s])Ots are set. The 

 orbicular is oval, oblique, whitish, the reniform is lunate, whitish, with a gray 

 centre. Secondaries white, with a punctiform outer line and a series of dusky 

 terminal dots. Beneath white, with coarse powderings over the costal region 

 and toward outer margin, and an incomplete outer line on all wings. Expands 

 36-38 mm. ; 1,45-1.52 inches. 



^a6.— Colorado, Bruce ; Nos. 23, 208, 99. 



One male and three females are before me, all save one from Mr. 

 Bruce. The species is easily distinguished, not only by the generic 

 characters, but by the pale ash-gray color, the unusually wide me- 

 dian space, leaving almost no s. t. space, and by the prominent pale 

 W ill the otherwise dusky terminal space. 



EITPOLIA n. gen. 



Head moderate in size, not prominent, but hardly retracted; eyes 

 round, naked ; tongue long, but not overly stout; palj)i of good .size, 

 not exceeding middle of front, second joint .somewhat enlarged at 

 the tip, terminal joint short; antennse in the male lengthily pecti- 

 nated, in the female simple. The vestiture of the front consists of 

 scale-like hair, directed straight forwartl, divided into superimposed 

 tufts by the insertion of the antennre. Front smooth. Thorax mod- 

 erate, quadrate, collar and patagite distinct, though not prominent; 

 dorsum with a small anterior and posterior tuft. Vestiture composed 

 of flattened, scale-like hair. Abdomen conic, exceeding the anal 

 angle of the secondaries, with a small loose tuft on the basal seg- 

 ment only. In the female the ovipositor is lengthily exserted in the 

 specimen before me. Legs robust, moderate in length, tibia) not 



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