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PcrvoHiii iiuiiiijiittrUt Iliiliii.. Vcrz., 'J'.'O, 1"!18. 



Fiilonia ]>iiuiaria Tri'ifs., .Sclini. Kiir., vi (i), 205,1827. 



Sj>eran:a nyharia C'mtis, liiit. Eiit., SJ."), It^SS. 



Stcpli., Koiiiencl. ISr. Ins., ^:!, 1829. 

 Speraii:a hiiiiimala Stcpli . Cat. Hi'. Lcp., I57, li^.'SO. 

 TiKtmiionomn bniiiniiila Lotlcicr, Verb. liot. Zool. Ges. Wieii, 171), 1853. 

 I'idonia piiuluriu Gncu., Pbal., ii. 157, lH.'i7. 



ICupistiTia pinetaria Walk., Li.st Lcp. Het. Hr. Mils., xxiv, UMO, 18(52. 

 EiiphthtTia /iniKjhmria Tack., Fiflli Rep. ruali. Acail. Sc, 78, 187:!. 



8 <? iiml 4 9. — Front of head and palpi concolorous with rest of Ixxly. 

 Of I'.xacily tlic form of 7'. argillacearla ; the antenna' peclinated in tin; same 

 manner. Uniformly ►Scotcli-snufF brown, with no markings except a tew 

 darker oo.stal specks, sometimes four kiracr ecpiidistant spots, with tijur 

 obscure lines proceeding from them. xV slight, dark, discal spot on each wing. 

 IJeneath, nniformly deep dnll-ochreous, with no markinifs or discal dots. 

 Frinije a little dark(,'r above and beneath than the winiis. Liirlit ferruifinous 

 reddish-brown, ochreons on tlie costa, darker toward the outer margin; dusted 

 with transverse striga^, especially conspicuous on the costa of the fore wings. 

 On the fore win<i's. three transverse dark-brown lines, dilating broadly on 

 the costa, the two basal ones angulated on the median vein, the third curved, 

 especially on the anterior half of the wing; the outer triangular costal spot 

 half-way between the thiid line and the tip; fringe l<*ng, dull, smoky. 

 Hind wings somewhat paler ochreons, witli two very distinct dark lines; 

 the inner straight, the outer obtusely angulated in the middh'. A narrow 

 discal dot on botli wings, l)ut more distinct on the liind wiuijs. lleneath, 

 bright ochreons, tinged with reddish on tlu; vt^nnles ; the lines re-appear 

 beneath, being broader and more dilfux': tiie wings speckled thickly with 

 ferruginous on the basal half. LciJjs very long and slender; til)ia' and tarsi 

 dark; fenioia paler, speckled. 



Length of body, c?, 0.42, 9, (1.40: of fi)re wings, J, 0.50, 9, 0.45-48; 

 expanse of wing.s, i.'2-l.l"2 inches. 



Maine, June 25 to July 8, in pine-woods (Packard); sides of 3Iount 

 Washington, N. H., July (Morrison); Natick, IMass. (Stratton, Mus. Bost. Soc. 

 Nat. Hi.st). 



This form may be recognized by its resemblance in the shape? of the 

 wings and autenna to 7'. argiUacearia, and liy the nnilluin dull snnil-colored 

 wings and duU-ochreous under side of the males. The iemales differ 

 unusually in coloration, being l)right-ochreous, with three dark-l)rown lines. 



Our examples are so closely similar to European specimens (male and 

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