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PsAMMATODES EKEMIATA (illClH'c. Pliltc 9, fli;-. 7o. 



I'iammato'ths (Tcmiiil<i (liicii.. I'lial., ii, IIIH, lsr>7. 



Walk., Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xxiii, 071, 18(51. 



• 3 <? and 2 9. — Male antennne ciliated ; teinale simple. Body and wings 

 unifonnly soft granite-gray, with a slight pearl-colored tinge. The fore wings 

 have three parallel brown lines, the basal angled in the discal space ; the 

 middle line is a little nearer to the basal than the outer line, wliich is slightly 

 sinuous. A row of minute,. dark, marginal spots. Fringe on both wings 

 concoloious with the wings. Hind wings exactly ccrneolorous with the 

 anterior pair; the inner line runs very near a faint discal dot ; the extradiscal 

 line is bent slightly in the middle. Beneath, the wing is pearly-gray, mottled 

 with small white spots, and tlie fringe is paler than above, finely checkered 

 with darkci-. Faint discal dots present on both wings, and an outer faint line, 

 broader than above, common to l)()th wings. 



Length of body, S, 0.42, 9, 0.40; of fore wings, c^ , 0.46, 9, 0.48 ; ex- 

 panse of vs'ings, 0.90-0.92 inch. 



Natick, Mass., May 14 and August 2 (Stratton) ; Center, near Alliany, 

 N. Y., August .5 and 6 (Lintner) ; Ohio, 111. (Morrison). 



This moth is not nucommon, and is evidently double-brooded. It may 

 l)e recognized by its close resemblance to some species of Phasiane, from all 

 of wliich it differs in the two l)rown lines on the hind wings. It differs in 

 the same respect from any species of Semiothisa. From S. ocelUnatn and 

 S. S-signata, allied forms, it differs in the more obtuse fore wings, the slightly 

 more curved costa, and the style of markings. 



I am indebted to Mr. Morrison for the identification of this species. 



8EMIOTH1SA liUbner. Plate 3, fig. 6, 6«. 



Pharmm-is Hiibn. (in p.art), Verz., 298, 1818. 

 iSemhlhim Hiibn. (in part), Verz., 298, 1818. 

 " Entropa and Paraxcmia Hiibn., Zntrii};o." 

 Macaria Cnrtis, Brit. Ent., vi, 132, 182(i. 

 EntiomoH Treits. (in part), vi (i), 3, 1827. 

 Philobia Dup., Lep. France, viii (iv), 195, 1829. 

 Macaria Steph.. Noniencl. Br. Ins., 4.^, 1829. 



Boisd., Gen. Ind., 186, 1840. 



H.-Sch., Scbni. Enr., iii, .''jO, 1847. 

 Mucaria Stepb., Cat. Br. Lcp.. 227, 1850. 



Guen., Pbal., ii, 00, 18:)7. 



Walli., Li.st Lep. Het. Br. Mns., xxiii, 878, 1801. 



Male antennse simple (except in 6'. didocaria., where they are well pecti- 

 nated), ciliated, rarely with rudimentary pectinations ; in female, simple. 



