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Qiuibec, Canada (F. X. Belangev); Brunswick, Me. (Packard); Cam- 

 l.ridiie, Mass. (Harris Coll.); Brewsters, N. Y. (Groto); Ithaca, N. Y. (H. 11. 

 Sniitli, Corn. Univ.); Oneida, N. Y. (R. V. Hawley); Brooklyn, N. Y. (Graef); 

 Phil. I'a. (Anier. Eat:' Soe.) ; Missouri, May (Riley) ; Lawrence, Ivans., 

 April ;;0 (Snow) ; Victoria, Vancouver Island, July (Crotch) ; Nova Scotia). 



This icnuirkable species need not be confounded with any other Geo- 

 rnetrid niuth, the markings are so peculiar ; as many as fifteen light lines 

 alternating witli reddish-brown bands. 



Deddcratum. 



Cvrtmia ohruptela Walk., List. Lep. Br. Miis., xsvi, 1713, IbfiS. This is a Pleinyria. 



EPIRRITA Hiibner. Plate 1, fig. 4. 



Epirrila Hiibii., Teutamen, 1810 (or befon;). 



Oporiina Hiibu. (in part), Verz., 321, 1818. 



Acidalia Treits. (in part), Scbm. Eur., tI, 5, 1828. 



Lareulia Diip. (in part), Lep. France, Noct., viii (v), 35H, 1830. 



Uporabia .Stepb. lUtr. Haust., 273, 1831. 



fcniisia Curt., Br. Ins., 7.''>9, 1839. 



Enholia Boisd. (in part), Gen. Ind., 201, 1840. 



Lureniia Boisd. (in part), Gen. Ind., 204, 1840. 



Ili/dreUa H.-Scli. rin part), Scbm. Enr., iii, 110, 1847. 



Lnroitia H.-.Scb. (in part), Scbm. Eur., iii, 141, 1847. 



Oporahla .Stopb., List Lep. Br. Mus., 198, 1850. 



Cidaria Led. (in part), Verb. B. Z. Ges. Wieu, 253, 1853. 



f'cniisia Gneu., Pbal., i, 440, 1857. 



Oiioiabia Gnen., Pbal., ii, 261, 18,57. 



nuusia Walk., Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xsii, 678, 1861. 



Ojmrabia Walk., Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xxiv, 1167, 1862. 



Head large, with the front very full, bulging out much more than 

 usual. Palpi small and slender, not reaching to the front. Antennas either 

 pectinated, the branches fine, slender; or short and stout, ciliated, or simply 

 ciliated. Fore wings short and broad, triangular, the eosta being much arched 

 toward the a|)e.\, which is much rounded, especially in the male; outer edge as 

 long as the inner in the male, shorter in the female. Hind wings large, long, 

 and rounded, extending far beyond the end of the abdomen. Venation much 

 as in G/auco])fery.x, but the venides, especially the second and third subcostal, 

 are much shorter; the posterior discal venule very oblique, and not bent, 

 while there is l)ut one subcostal cell. Hind tarsus a little shorter than the 

 tibia. AbdomtMi long and slender, with a very slight anal tuft. The colora- 

 tion is pecidiar, but veiy uniform in th(! different species. They are whitish- 

 gray, with about a dozen wavy, darker lines, somewhat l)roken Ijetweeu the 

 V(!ins. The origin of Ihc first and second median venule is i)lack. 



