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hind wiiiijs, tliorc air two cxtia-discal liiius, but the cdjin of the wiiisr !■« chnir, 

 witli a bhu'k interrupted marginal line. Abdomen long and slender, with a 

 blaek band at base and a lateral linear l)lack stripe. 



Length of l)ody, <?, 0.45 ; of fore wings, <?, 0.52 ; expanse of wings, 1.05 

 inelies. 



Mendocino, Cal. (Behrens), , 



Somewhat like E. rotundopuuctata in its shape and style of markings, 

 l)ut witli more acute hind wings, and nearly twicf; as large. 



EuPiTiiECiA LUTKATA Packard. Plate 8, iig. 7. 



Eiipilhccia Uileala Pack., I'loc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xi, 4G, 1807 

 Eiqtilliecia palpala Pack., I'il'tli Kep. Peal). Acad. Sc, SS, 1373. 



2 (?, 1 9. — Fore wings long, more pointed than in E. miserulala. Palpi 

 unusually large and stent, Inoad at l)ase, acute, extending out farther than the 

 width of the head: dark gray, with light scales; tips luteous. Head dark gray; 

 front edge black. Fore wings crossed Ijy tlirec; blackish lines, very regularly 

 curved and parallel to each other, represented on the hind edge by a black dot 

 on the costa; the wing, in the middle and along the hind edge, somewhat lute- 

 ous; a liroad, luteous, extra-discal space, witii black speckles and striga; on the 

 veins; a submarginal row of white dots, shaded within with black, ending in 

 the usual geminate white dot; edge of wing black. Fringe very long, luteous, 

 cinereous, interrupted by broad, dark, scpiare patches at the end of the veins. 

 Hind wings with four obscure dark lines, the second inclosing the discal dot; 

 discal (lot black, distinct, edge Idack. Fringe as on fore wings. Abdomen 

 cinereous, with Idack scales; a black line on each side : tip .squarely trun- 

 cated, though longer than broad, with long, straight, blackish scales. Beneath, 

 pale-ashen, with two outer black lines, and on hind wing four dark lines; 

 fringe with smaller dusky spots than above. Abdomen pale beneath. Legs 

 pale, uniform with the body and wings. 



Length of body, 0.35-0.38 ; fore wing, 0.40-0.43 ; expanse of wings, 



0.85 inch. 



Caribou Island, Straits of Belle Isle, Labrador, July 14, 1860 (Packard;; 

 Brunswick, Me. (Packard); West Farms, N. Y. (Angus); Albany, N. Y. 



(Lintner). 



This is not a common species. It may be readily recognized, as it ditlers 

 in the much-pointed wings; the large, stout, acute, black palpi: the four regu- 

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