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stoutly ciliated, ■\vitii sliorf, slout pectiiialions. Thorax concoloroiis with Uk; 

 front. Wings pale cinereous, witli two fine, basal, black, parallel lines, bent 

 ontliecosta; a ])roa(l mesial band, deep black on the edges, consisting of 

 four bands, th(! outer ones heaviest, and shaded ditfusely within with black, 

 two-thirds as wide on the inner edge as on the costa ; a faint discal streak ; 

 th(! outer line of this broad l)an(l is very black, straight on the costa; on tlie iirst 

 median vein, it lias a large, acute tooth, of which the lower side is nearly con- 

 tinuous \\\\\\ the course of the band ; on the costa, one-half way between this 

 l)and and the apex, is a square, dark sjtot, margined with white externally, 

 which is the beginning of a white zigzag line, continued to the inner edge of 

 the wing; beyond, the edge of the wing is dusky, witli a marginal row of 

 geminate, intcrvenular, flue, l)lack dots; fringe dusky at base, paler on the 

 outer half. Hind wings with no discal dot; two outer, zigzag, dark lines 

 parallel with the dusky edge of the wing, and a row of geminate, black dots 

 and fringe, as on lh(> primaries; beneath, pale, with a luteous tinge; on the 

 l)asal fourth ol the costu is a conspicuous black spot; a mesial, curved, linear, 

 costal line; beyond is a sinuate, black line, most distinct on the costa; outer 

 edge of the wing dusky; iViiigc as above. Discal dots distinct on Ijotli 

 wings. An outer, curved, sinuate line, especially marked on the veinh^ts. 

 Fringe paler than on the fore wings. Alnlomcn pale-ashen, with a dorsal 

 row of black, geujinato dots. 



Length of body, c?, 0.40-0.45, 9, O.tO-045; of fore wing, <?, 0.4.S-0.G0; 

 expanse of wings, 1.00-1.15 inches. 



Caribou Island, Lal)rador, August 2 (Packard); Brunswick, Me., July (> 

 (Packard) ; Moinit Washington, N. 14. , July 7 (Sanborn) ; early in August 

 (Scudder) ; Beaver Ib'ook, Colorado, August (Uliler, llayden's Survey); 

 (California (Edwards aiul llehrens); Victoria, Vancouver Island, July (Crotch, 

 Mus. Comp. Zoul.). 



4'his sjjecies may l)e easily recognized by its minutely-pectinated antenn*, 

 eacii l)raneh of which ends in a slight tuft of long ciliaj ; by the long, dark 

 pal[ii, paler at the tip, the l)road mesial band, both black on the outer and 

 inner edires, and not narrowinij on tlie innin- edire so much as usual ; bv llie 

 l)roa(l dusky patch l)etween this and the apex, margined externally liy a wliite 

 line ; and by tiie hind wini^s having two distinct waved lines on the outer half, 

 and also by the very distinct double row of black a!)dominal spots. 



Wl;en rubbed, tlie (J'alifornian (examples look as in fig. 58. 4'lie Pacific- 



