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beyond is m broad, difl'iiso, submargiiial, russct-browu band; I hi- one just 

 bcibre the discal d(»t largest, square. ^liddlc and outer inargiu ol' tbe wing 

 brownish; a sidjuiarginal, pale, obscure line; a tew l)lack striga; and dots on 

 the median and internal veins on basal half of tlie wing; and a short row of 

 black venular dots just beyond the discal dot. \\ hieh is very distinct, on a 

 cinereous ground. ]\Iargiu of wing black; fringe long, dusky, with intcrven- 

 ular l)la(d\ linear spots. Hind wings cinereous, with lilaek speckles at base, 

 outer third brownish; a short, w'avy, whitish, geminate line, beeoniing ol)so- 

 lete toward the middle of the wing, with a single pale dot on the inner angle; 

 no discal dot. Beneath brownish, esi)ecially externally ; discal dot very dis- 

 tinct, small on hind wings ; an extra-discal narrow liand and a marginal broad 

 brown band common to both wings. 



Length of body, 0.28 ; length of fore wing, 0.38 ; expanse of wings, 0.82 

 inch. 



Natick, Mass., July 17 (Stratton). 



This is not a common species, but one example having as yet occurred. 

 It may be known by the rusty-brown wings, an outer, pale, curved line, includ- 

 ing black dots; by the costa being paler, with live black spots; and by the 

 want of the usual zigzag, waved, pale, and dark lines, the extra-discal line being 

 regularly curved opposite the discal dot. 



EuPiTHECiA Behrensata, sjh n. Plate 9, fig. 5. 



1 ^ ._A very large species. Head, body, and wings of a uniform gray ash- 

 color, being of much the hue of E. absijnthiata ; without the usual lines and 

 markings, being the most clear gray species yet known from Calilbrnia. Both 

 wings very much elongated toward the apex, being narrow , oval, and rather 

 more pointed than in E. suhapkata. Fort; wings with a prominent. sul)linear, 

 rather thick, black, discal dot. No costal spots. Two very faint, narrow, 

 intra-discal lines, very oblique below the costa. lieyond the discal spot an^ 

 traces of four very obUque, black, parallel lines, and of a submarginal, white, 

 wavy line, with a bent, white, narrow si)ot near tlu; inner angle. A faint 

 discal line, and traces of the begininngs of two or three lines, on the hind 

 wings. On the second segment of the abdomen is a prominent l)lack i)and, 

 and there is a dorsal and lateral row of black dots. 'Y\\v under side; of tin; 

 wings exactly' as the upper, except that the discal dots are much smaller, and 

 there are no traces of lines. 



