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vciuilc sulidividcs ; llic srcoiul siilicdslal venule, PiS it were, sep;iia<es IVoiii its 

 origin witli its inaiii vein, and arising i'roni tlu; iirst alont liall'-way hclweeii 

 the arcol(! and the costal edge; otlierwisc tiie V(M;r.ficiii is nineli as in Dciliiiia. 

 It also dilFers rciuaikal)ly in tlie large, swollen, Iiii;d liliia.', and the short, small 

 tarsi, which are only hall as long as the til)ia'. This remarkable genus is an 

 interesting svnthctie iy|ie, eomhiuiug the characters el' Dtilijiid and Ac'uIaHa, 

 liaviniT the head and yc^yA of the tbrnier wilh the hiud legs of the latter, 

 while in the venation it dill'ers iVem Ihilinid m the ])resenco oi" a subcostal 

 ai-eole, in which it is also allied to AiidnHa. 1 he species may be i-ecognized 

 by their close resemblance to those of l)('il}nut. 



It gives me ])leasui'e to dedicate this I'eniai'kable genus to ]\[. Guenee, 

 to whom Ameiican entomologists are under lasting obligations for his conlii- 

 butions to American lepidoplerology. 



Giu:nekia hasiata Packard. Plate 10, fig. 2U. 



EUiiina hashdiu W;ilk.:, Li.st Li-p. Ilct. l!r. Miis., xxvi, 130^, ISGi. 



10 S and S 9. — Body and wings pale ochreous, witii ochreous strig;r, 

 much as ill DfiUnid cri/thcmdrht. Front of the head ochreous; anteun;e and 

 palpi ochreous. Both wings witli a single, wavy, line, ochreous, common line. 

 There are faint traces of two inner lines on the lore wings, much as in Dcili- 

 jilii, and of a single inner line on the liind wings; l)ut these lines .arc often 

 neai'ly obsolete. Ijeiseath, a little paler than al)ov(^ ; l()ur discal dots, those 

 on the hind wings much larger and more distinct than those on thclront 

 wings. A submargiual row oi dislinct veuidar dots parallel with the outer 

 edge of the wing. Fore legs ochreous; hind legs white. 



Length of liody, c?, 0.40, 9, 0.40; of lore wing, <^ , 50, 9, 0.50-0.55; 

 e\[;ause of wings, 1.05—1.15 inches. 



j\Iontreal, Canada (Lyman); Brunswick, Mc, very common, Jun(^ S to 

 July 10 (Packard, Mus. Peab. Acad. He); P:sscx County, Vt. (Cassino); 

 Salem, ]\Iass., Jidy 13 (Ciissino); 15oston, JLiss. (Sanl)orn and ^fonison); 

 Andierst, Mass. (IL W. Goodell); Springfield, jMass., June 5-21 (Dimmork); 

 Mount Tom, Ilolyoke, Mass., July 2 (Morrison); West Farms, X. Y. (Angus); 

 Ithaca, X. Y. (Sufith). 



This is one of our nio.-;t common moths. Hying in pine-woods and adjoin- 

 ing fields in June and July. It may be dislinguished at once fruiii the species 

 of Dcilinid by the series of vennlar dots and the discal dots on the under 



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