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luiirginal black points. Fringe not checkered, concolorons with rest of wing. 

 Hind wing like fore wing, .sometimes a faint median line of dots shaded within 

 with pule ochreous, sometimes the wing is slightly paler than the fore pair. 

 A marginal row of black dots. Beneath, tinged with ociireons, especially on 

 the veins; wing speckled rather sparsely though regularly. An outer line 

 of lirown dots common to both wings. A sulnnarginal brown line from costu 

 to near middle of wing. Discal dots conspicuous, elongate on anterior pair. 

 Fringe paler than wings beneath. Legs concolorous with the head. 



Length of body, S, O.^O. 9, 0.48: of fore wing, <? , 0.G2, 9, 0.64; ex- 

 panse of wings, L30 inches. 



Brunswick, ]\[e., June 1(J; Onmo, :\Ie., June and July (Packard); Cam- 

 bridge, Mass. (Harris Coll.); Boston, Mass. (Sanborn); West Farms, N. Y. 

 (Angus) : New Jersey (Sachs); Philadelphia, Pa. (Ent. Soc). 



This species may be known by the faint markings, the slightly-marked 

 lines, and its [lalc shade: by the partial submarginal line on the under side of 

 the fore wings and the whitish fringe. Tt varies in tint, one specimen from 

 Maine being qiute pale, whitish. 



LozoGRAMMA ATROPUNCTATA Packard. Plate 9, fig. .08. 



jMzogramma iitmpundata l':ick., .Sixth Rep. I'eab. Acad. Sc, .")(), 1H74. 



1 i and •! 9. — Closely allied to L. defi'rsaf a. hut ai)ex of fore wings more 

 acute, and outer edge somewhat lient; thus structurally it is nearer to L. 

 (lefluata, Imt in the markings is nearer L. detosiitd. Body and wings lilac- 

 ash, with scattered black speckles. Head, palpi, and antennje with a reddish 

 tinge. Fore wings with a curved, very irregular ))and, consisting of a few 

 black scales, thickest on the median interspace; an outer, very slightly curved 

 line of similar lilack dots, single toward the costa, llie line inside shaded with 

 brown, fading out toward the inner line, and not discoloring the costa. A 

 faint discal black dot. ^fargin of wing beyond the outer line l)rown; apex 

 clear lilac-ash. Hind wings just as fore wings: no inner line; outer -line con- 

 sisting of a sin<i;le. row of l>l;tck dots. Fringe concolorous with the wing. 

 li(Mieath, much as usual in 1 lu; genus: th(> surface of botli wings alike lilac- 

 ash, and unilormly speckled with black veins, less ochreous than usual: discal 

 dots black ou both wings, sinuate on hind wings. ()nter row ol black dots 

 common to both wings; wings slightly clearer outside oi eaeii dot. Legs 



