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13(i(ly and I'oro wings pale-gray, tlu; latter crossed In nnmerons dark-lirou n 

 lines; a double l)asal line, scarcidy bent on the costa, succeeded by a broad, 

 dilliise, dusky band, irregular on the edges : just before the niiddh; of" the 

 wing, and separated tVoni the broad band l)y a narrow whitish space, is a 

 double line, irregularly sinuous in its course: on tlie outer hall' of tiie wing 

 are l()nr indistinct scalloped lines, especially marked on the veins; a large, 

 dark apical cloud and two twin ])atclies lielow the apex; fringe dirty-white, 

 checkered indistiiu'tly witii brown. Iliiul wings \vhit(\ with a W'w dusky 

 scales near the outer edge ; a black marginal liiu>; fringe white. No discal 

 dots to be seen above, but beneath ore tour, those on the fore win<rs l)eing 

 linear; a slightly-marked extradiscal scalloped line; but the entire under side 

 is dirtv-white. 



Length of body, 9, O.iJo ; of fore wing, 9, O.o8; expanse of wings, 1.15 

 inches. 



Long Island, X. Y. (II. K. Morrison). 



This species belongs to the same section as L. moiitaimta, but the fore 

 wings are still broader and the markings very different It also differs in the 

 hind wings being unspotted, except the usual marginal line, and in the al)sence 

 of the discal dots on the upper side. 



LoBOPHORA MONTANATA Packard. Plate 9, iig. 21. 



Lobophora montaiiata Pack., Sixth Eep. Peab. Aead. Sc, 40, 1874. 



3 9. — Closely allied to L. ]i(dferata and carp'wata of Europe and iVsia. 

 The fore wings large and l)roadly triangular; the hind winirs very small, 

 short, and trianirular: the apex much pointed. I'ody and winirs whitish-ash. 

 Head and palpi darker. Fore wings with a liroad, dark, Itasal band, widest 

 on the costa: a median paler band, dark on the costa, and enclosing the sid)- 

 linear, rather large, discal spots; edge of wing with a broad, blackish border, 

 the veins darker; a row of fine black dots on the extreme edge; fringe white 

 on both wings. Hind wings dull-white, with a faint, dusky margin along the 

 outer edge; a faint, minute, discal dot; a very narrow black line on the 

 extreme edge of the fringe; l)eneath whitish, tinued with pale tlesli-rolor 

 along the costa; discal dots larger than above, distinct: beyond are two 

 dusky, scalloped lines, t!ie inner sinuous and antrulatcd belo\N' the costa. the 

 outer most distinct on the venules; these lines coninnni to both wing>. Fore 

 legs dusky ; liind legs whitish. 



