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SYNOPSIS OF THE SPECIES. 



Atlantic States. 



A. Cinereous; discal dot roiaidcd : 



Whitish, with two reddish bauds ; one basal, the other subuiargiual E. albicapitata. ' 



Fore wiugs rounded at the apex; (liree large black costal patches; discal dot ; 



large, ovate ; no distinct augulatcd extradiseal line E. ahsynllnata. — 



Like £. absi/utJiiala, but larger, with the wings rather more produced ; outer edge 



slightly sinuous ; the lines finer, and discal dot much smaller t!. zijijaUcmala. " 



Fore wings pointed, with numerous transverse, fine, wavy, black lines, angulated 

 sharply outward; extradiseal line forming a large right angle opposite the 

 distinct discal dot, with a notch pointed upward on the subcostal vein ; a 

 distinct submarginal, wavy, white line ending in large twin spots at the 

 inner angle; five dark lines on hind wings; beneath, hea*'y black costal 

 spots aud nuirgiual lines E. miseriilala. 



Fore wings still more pointed than in E. m/sen(?»/a, liueated transversely ; beyond 

 the discal spot, the wing dull carueo-einereous, with the extradiseal liui^ in 

 the middle; a large rectangle opposite the discal dot; palpi long E. luUata. 



Form and size of E. miscrulala, but russet-brown ; extradiseal browu Hue curved 



opposite the discal dot E. slnilloiiiiln. 



B. Of larae size: whitish; disctd dot verv huear; wings very lung: 



White, with brown bands aud patches; costa ri'ddisb-brown, interrupted by clear 



white lines E. rarocostalUita. '^ 



Pacific States. 

 A. Of rather small size: 



Like E. m'mridatu, but with a decided rnsset tinge, more distinct lines, the extra- 

 diseal less acutely bent, and five lines on hind wings E. rotiiiKhipiiiKtaln. 



hika E. roli(ii)loi)iiiictiiUi,hat nearly twice as large, and with still longer palpi; 



with similar markings, but smaller linear discal dots E. luiiiiipatjxita. 



Like E. ahsjiiiDiiata, but much larg<'r, with the wings much produced, and outer 



edge sinuous ; E. bchrciinata. 



B. Of larg(^ size, with very long wings : 



Like E. rni-ocoslnUata, but more cinereous, with a russet-brown costo-apical patch. i'. neradata. 

 Larger than the others, reddish brown E. nubapicitUi. 



EUPITHECIA ALBICAPITATA, W. sp. Plate 8, fig. 1. 



2^,1? . — A ratlier small specit's, wit h large acute ixdpi ; 'a scutellate area 

 of liairs on tiic vertex, quite distinct from the similar scutel-shaped front, 

 which rounds to a point moic than usual. Palpi very long and large, longer 

 than th(^ head, acute, porrect, dark on the sides, jjalcr above; and at the tips. 

 Anlcmiu} slcn(h'i-, simple, very minutely cihated lieneath. Prothorax doubly 

 crested, one crest before, one on the posterior edge; the anterior black in 

 the middle. At l)ase of abdomen, an ol)scnre slight reddisli Itand : a dorsal 



