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apical, rcddisli-ln-dwii sliadc ; llir ;ni;riil;ii- liiiid w iiiirs, and the url|-iiiiiik''(l 

 l>r()ad yollowisli hand coiuiiiDn to hotli \vin;vs. 



Professor Zcllrr's description is so lull that tliere is little diflicidty in 

 recognizing liis species, wliile Walker's was idcntilied liy a coni|)arison with 

 his type in the British Museum. 



Semioi'HIsa minorata Packard. Plate 10, tig. 17. 



Macaria minorata Pack., I'iflli Ucp. I'cal). Acad. Sv.'i.. (ili. 1S7:1. 



3 <?• — Smaller tlian any species known tome; the fore wings slightly 

 excavated helow the apex ; hind wings angidated a little and slightly scal- 

 loped. Body and wings pale pearly-ash; head, i)r()thorax, palpi, and antcnnEe 

 tawny-red. Fore wings crossed by three distinct wavy brown lines, ending 

 in three well-marked, long, oblique costal spots, the lines being angulated out- 

 ward below the costa. A broad, sid)marginal, difluse, tawny rust-red shade, 

 most distinct on the costa. A distinct dark-brown n)arginal line. Hind wings 

 crossed by three distinct brown lines, of which the middle is the i)etlcr 

 marked, being much curved and wavy. Beneath paler, no rusty-tawny scales 

 on the fore wings, and only one well-marked line just l)efore the middle of tin; 

 wing. The three lines present on hind wings, and a faint discal dot. 



Length of body, S, 0.37 ; of fore wing, <?, 0.42 ; expanse of wings, 0.80 

 inch. 



Natick, Mass., June 16 (Stratton); Amherst, Ma.ss. (L. W. Goodell); 

 Aiidover, Mass. (Sanborn); Salem, Mass., June 17 (Cassino). 



This is our smallest species, and somewhat resembles our common S. 

 hisignata Walk., having four costal spots, of which the fourth is large, rust- 

 tawny, while the body and wings are of much the same color. The hind 

 wings, however, are much less angular and the lines more distinct, while the 

 moth is very much smaller than usual. 



Skmiothisa I'Ri'EATOMATA l*ackard. Plate 10, fiy. 18. 



" Geometra pra'atumata Haw., Lep. Brit., 345, 1810." 

 Macaria praatomata Stepli., Nonienc. Br. Ins., 4.^, 1829. 



Wood, Index Ent., 116, [il. 2(!, fig. 74(»(, H:ii». 



Guen.!!!, Phal., ii, 70, 1857. 



Walk., List Loj). Het. Br. Miis., xxiii, 8S2, 18()1. 

 Macaria consepla Walk. ! ! ! (fide Grote), List Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xxili, 941, 1861. 

 Macaria coiifimilata Zcller, Veib. Hot. Zool. Gea. Wicn, xxii, 48:{, 1872. 



2 (?. — [Male antenna' broad, flattened, serrate, ciliated. Fore wings fal- 

 cate; apex acute, rather more so than usual. Hind wings acutely angulated. 



