190 B. NKUMOEGEN AND H. G. DYAR. 



C eiiierea Walker. 



1865.— Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus. Pt. xxxii, p. 407. 

 var. «?iiiereoi«les Dyar. 



1890.— Dyar, Can. Ent. vol. xxii, p. 253. 

 var. placida Dyar. 



1892.— Dyar, Psyche vol. vi, p. 291. 

 var. iiivea Neunioegen. 



1891. — Neumoegeu, Can. Ent. vol. xxiii, p. 124. Heterocampa. 

 1893. — Dyar, Ent. News vol. iv, p. 35. Centra. 



paradoxa Behr. 

 1885.— Behr., Bull. Cal. Acad. Sci. vol. i. p. 64 (no desc). 

 1892.— Dyar, Psyche vol. vi, p. 291. 



meridionalis Dyar. 

 1892.— Dyar, Psyche vol. vi, p. 291. 

 1893.— Dyar, Ent. News vol. iv, p. 35. 

 Dark cinereous to white, the broad, doubly concave t. a. band and subapicai 

 t. p. band dark, or in the pale forms pale gray, or even absent or represented by 

 scattered black scales. Both bands edged with orange scales; a median shade 

 line and venular row of dots preceding the t. p. band. A curved row of dots on 

 the veins before t. a. band, and one on median vein (cubitus) at base. Terminal 

 dots variable in size. Expanse 37 — 45 mm. 



Hab. — North America, the dark forms in the Atlantic States, the 

 pale form in California, and the white in the Rocky Mountain region. 



Genus Iflelaloplia Hiibner. 

 1810.— Hiibner, Tent. p. 1. 



Jchthyura Hiibner. 

 1822?— Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 162. 



Clostera Stephens. 

 1828.— Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent., Haust vol. ii. p. 12. 



Synopsis of Species. 



Lines on primaries not anastamosing, free. 



Size large, with a distinct, large, brown, apical shade albostgiiia. 



Size smaller, apical region not distinctly discolored. 



Wing uuiform in tint alelhe. 



Wing shaded with darker blotches. 



Pale, the blotches contrasting brucei. 



Dark, more uniformly obscured nililtiiuiiia. 



Lines anastamosing, the second joining the third. 

 Lines uneven, the basal toothed. 



Subapicai patch pale, yellowish, the s. t. dots preceded by streaks. 



strJgo.sa. 

 Patch yellowish to rusty brown, without streaks. 



Size moderate; thoracic mark present apirajis. 



Larger ; no thoracic mark iiioriiata. 



Lines nearly even, the basal one dislocated, but not toothed. 



Fourth line white on costa iiieliisa. 



Fourth line not distinctly white .jocosa. 



