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Syrinpsis of tJic Species. 



A. Wings, es[)ecially liiiuler pair, Inng, produced toward the apex, 



much as in I'vl rophora : 



Male anteiiiiai Uoiivily (icctiuatml ; inner anil onter od^e of mesial band heavy and \ 



dark O. muniluria. 



Male antenn;L' heavily iieelinated; n-in^.s wood-eiiloi'ed O. ligiiicolorana. X. 



Male antennie slightly jieetiuated ; ciliated; winj;s light, ai;h ; iutradiscal baud 



heavy O. ahrasuria. "^^ 



Autennic simple ; wings pale ash, with llesh-colored bands; inner edge of middle ^ 



band no heavier than the onter ; a subniarg-inal eoft'ee-colored band, edged 

 externally with white O. ijuciu'cala. ^-^ 



Like (jiiennila, but smaller, and ed^es of middle band less marked ; a general flesh- 

 colored tint O. citrnealtt. 



Fore wings tinged with reddish; hind wings bright red (J. ruhruxiiffnsaia. 



Smaller than the preceding; cream-white bands on fore wings, and cream-colored 



hind wings 0. laclcuta. 



B. Fore wings usually shorter, liiiid wings mucli sliorter, than 



in section A : 



Antennie simide ; wings short, pale-whitish; inner edge of roseate baud heavy 



and black 0. fhsignala. 



Antennie pectinated; wings short; miildle baud black and heavy or rust-brown. O./oriir/drid. 



OcHYKiA MLXHAi;iA Ililhucr. Phite 8, (igs. GG, G7. 



" dcomclra miinUdta Iliibn., Schm. Eur., 'Mj, 1803. V 



Cidaria inittiilnta Steph., 111., iii, oir>, 1831. 



C'hUuia miniiUiiia Boisil., Gen. Ind., 21-1, 1K40. 



Liiniilia muiiiltitd Il.-.Sch., Sclim. Enr., I(j7, tig. oJlJ; Snppl., CO, 1S47. 



Coniiiia mttiiitiUa Gui'U., I'lial., ii, -iUi), 1857. 



Walk., ListLi^p. Hot. Jir. Mns., xxv, l;'.tl4, 1713, lHG-2.» 

 ('uremia JahradurUiiiis I'ack., I'roe. Ijost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xi, 40, 18ti7. 

 C'iduriii nlfiata I'ack , I'roc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xi, 50, 1857. 

 t'orimia valiforuuila I'atk., I'roc. Dost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xiii, 3'J8, 1871. 



5 c? and .') 9. — This very varialjle s|)ecies may be known by its heavily 

 j)ectinated autemiit, in which respect it closely resembles O. Ugnicolorata. 

 The style of markings is much as in (). dv-signala; but the fore wings are much 

 longer and mure [)t)inled tiiaii in th;d species. Fore wings pale whitish, with 

 the median band ii.sually daik or reddish-brown, the inner edge of which is 

 heavy and blacla.sh, w hile on the outer edge art; three parallel lines, much as 

 in (). (les'ignatd ; tint edge is angletl in much tlie same way as in dcsignaia. 

 Beyond are two rows of l)l;i(d\. vtmidtir spots, a subapical Ijlack and oblique 

 line. There are soinelimos traces ol' four or live lines on the hind wings. 



Length of body, c?, 40, 9, 0.40; fore wings, <?, 0.52, ?, 0.54-0.65; 

 expanse of wings, 1.00-1.20 inches. 



" Standiuger gives the following .synonyms, which I have had no opportunity of verifying: dicolo- 

 rariii Esper., 50, r> (prior to muiiUala!) ; arcticaria Germ., Eu. I. E., 10; Zetterstedt, Ins. Laji., 1104 ; cultt- 

 nttriu Metzuer, Stett. Ent. Zeit., 238, 1840; Err., .Wl, 1. 



