NORTH AMEIUCAN I.EPIDOPTKRA. 



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vvliich intersects at internal margin, a blackish patcli. Beneath, yellowish ini- 

 niaculate, the dots on costa of primaries before apices repeated ; fringes brown. 

 Body rust-brown. Expanse 36 mm. 



Hab. — Northern Atlantic States westward; Eurf)pe; Northern 

 Asia. [We are indebted to Dr. Packard for the recognition of 

 L. americana Harvey.] 



Genus Itafaiia Walker. 

 1855.— Walker, (Jat. Brit. Mus. Pt. v, p. lOGO. 



Synopsis of Species. 



Outer margin of primaries distinctly excavate between the veins. 



Color entirely smoky or blackisli brown aiigusii. 



Color yellowish brown or paler. 



Discal spots faint or absent, size medium. 



Color yellow-brown iiiiiiistra. 



Color testaceous <*alil«>riii4*a. 



Discal spots distinct, size large (Ire.'Kelii. 



Outer margin indistinctly excavate, nearly entire in the % . 

 Color tawny brown or purplish. 



Tawny brown, discal spots distinct, size large major. 



More or less purplish, discal spots indistinct, size medium. 

 Thoracic patch reddish brown. 



Fore wings dull whitish lilac, more or less covered with cinnamon- 

 brown scales paliiiii. 



Fore wings dark brown with a ])urplish flush flori<laiia. 



Thoracic patch ocherous iiKxIci^la. 



Color yellowish buff. 



Thoracic patch tawny brown |>oi*M|>icua. 



Thoracic patcli as pale as thorax I'obiista. 



Outer margin of primaries entire, or a little wavy in the 9- 



Primaries dark reddish brown, lines ar.d fringe coucolorous..iiitP}jerriiiia. 

 Primaries luteous tawny, lines and fringe not concolorous coiitrat^lai. 



■>. aiiSiiKii Grote and Robinson. 



ISHG. — Grote and Robinson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vol. vi, p. i). 



1888. — Beutenmiiller, Can. Ent. vol. xx, p. 135. 

 Deep smoky-brown throughout, costal margin of fore wings and outer edge 

 darker; five blackish, narrow lines across the wing, the two outer ones con- 

 tiguous; an oblique apical streak ; discal dots faint or wanting. Head and two- 

 thirds of thorax covered by a square or constricted, deep chocolate-brown patch. 



Hab. — Northern Athxntic States westward. 



D. iiiiiiisira Drury. 



1773.— Drnry, 111. Ex. Ent. vol. ii, pi. xiv, f. 3. Phalcena. 



1888. — Beutenmiiller, Can. Ent. vol. :cx, p. 16. Dalana. 

 Reddish brown, fore wings irrorate with brown scales, costal edge slightly 

 brighter in tone, hind wings paler. The lines as in angusii. Thoracic patch 

 deep red-brown, shading into ocherous brown on the liead. Expanse 35 — 45 mm. 



Hab. — Atlantic States westward. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXI. JUNE, 1894. 



