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Forewings a rich dark velvety brown with iridescent grey cross 

 markings between which lie patches and streaks of black scaling; 

 a straight, ill-defined, fairly broad band near base; an angular, nar- 

 rower, better defined band just beyond basal third and with the 

 apex of the angle pointed toward the termen; just beyond this a 

 straight band from costa to dorsum slanting in the direction of 

 tornus; beyond these on apical half of costa four short dashes of 

 white scales fadmg out in iridescent grey a short distance from costa; 

 the costal edge of the second and third fascia are also white scaled; 

 an oval ring of iridescent grey scales on tornus; a fine black line along 

 termen; cilia brown. Hind wings dark brown; a dull black line 

 at base of cilia; cilia beyond silver grey. Underside of abdom.en 

 and legs brown, sprinkled and marked with silver grey. Underside 

 of hind wings shining brownish grey; underside of fore wings slightly 

 darker. Male genitalia of type as figured; extremely close to that of 

 the typical taxifolidla Busck; the triangonation of the cucuUus is 

 a trifle blunter and the socii are rounder at the tips than those of 

 any of the colfaxiana varities. Alar expanse, 13-14 mm. 



Hahitat.—yVsx\do [type locality] and Ashland, Oregon.. (Sergent 

 and Keen.) 



Food plant. — Pseudotsuga taxi folia. 



Reared from cones under Hopk. U. S. Nos. 12547a., 12547aa. 

 13209aa-5. 



Type.— Cat. No. 21798 U.S.N.M. 



Several of these moths have been reared at the Pacific Slope Sta- 

 tion at Ashland, Oregon of the Division of Forest Insects with differ- 

 ent lots of Evetria colfaxiana colfaxiana, the moths issuing at the 

 the same time and under the same conditions. I have hesitated a long 

 time in naming the species for it is very possible it may be only an 

 extreme variety of colfaxiana. The fact, however, that it is not 

 geographically separable or distinguishable by food plant from the 

 other varieties coupled with its distmctly dift'erent color scheme and 

 general appearance forbid its being placed as a variety under col- 

 faxiana unless it can be proven to be such. 



EVETRIA LLCULENTANA, new species. 



Plate 1, fig. 3. 



Palpi, face, head, and thorax creamy v.hite. Forewings creamy 

 white overlaid with golden brown, v/ith a thin sprinklmg of black 

 scales, and cross marked by several narrow, interrupted fasciae of 

 shining steely blue; the white color predominating in the middle of 

 the v/ing where it forms a broad, poorly defined fascia edged by 

 metallic steel blue scales; on the outer half of the wing the white 

 color is limited to four costal streaks, the first, third, and fourth very 

 short, the second extending as a faint line nearly across the wing; 



