NOTES ON AND DESCKIPTIONS OF SOME AMERICAN 



MOTHS 



By Carl Heinrich 

 Entomologist, Bureau of Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture 



The notes and descriptions in this paper are offered in response 

 to requests for determinations. One genus, 10 species, and one 

 variety of American moths are described as nevv\ One old species 

 is referred to synonjany, a new food-plant record is given, and the 

 genitalia of seven previously described species are figured. 



Family GEO^^IETRIDAE 



Subfamily GEOMETRINAE 



GALENARA CONSIMILIS, new species 



Plate 1, Figures 2, 3, 4 



Deserlptioji. — Palpus brown, ocherous on inner side. Face ocher- 

 ous-brown. Thorax brown, Forewing brown faintly shaded with 

 ashy white, the whitish color forming a pale diltused outer border to 

 t. a. line, a rather large pale spot beyond cell, and a pale suffusion 

 near tornus; t. a. line sinuate, rather well defined; median dark band 

 poorly defined, fusing more or less with a broad dark postmedian 

 shade; a distinct blackish-brown incurved line on outer margin of 

 cell and a similar incurved line below from vein 2 to dorsum, but 

 (in the male at least) no defined postmedian line; s. t. line blackish 

 brown, discontinuous (broken between veins ?> and 4), outwardly 

 edged with clear white; area bordering termen slightly paler than 

 ground color of remainder of forewing, but not white ; terminal line 

 scalloped, black; cilia pale smoky fuscous. Hind wing pale smoky 

 fuscous, somewhat darker outwardly; terminal line dark brown; a 

 white spot at anal angle margined inwardly by a blackish streak; 

 cilia pale smoky fuscous. 



Genitalia figured from type and paratype. 



Alar expanse. — 34 to 45 mm. 



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