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Ephyra pendulinaria Giiciu'c. Plati' 10, fig, 72. Plate 13, fit's. 14, 11a, 



14/'. pupa. 



I'.phijra piiiiliiUiKuia Giun.!!, I'li;il., i. 111, 1^57. 



\V:i1k., List Lcp. Hct. Br. Miis., xxii, (hil, 1801. 

 Aridalia qiiadmiHjiiltitti \V:ilU. !!!, hist Lep. llet. Hr. Mus., xxvi, WXt, lH(y. 



;5 S and l) 9. — AnteniiHe moderately poctinati'd in the male. U()(l\ and 

 wings Avliite, speckled with dark gray or blackisli. Head white on the 

 vertex, brown in front; palpi white; antcnnje white above; pectinations 

 white. Fore wings with an inner curved line of veimlar black spots; a 

 middle sinuous, indistinct, dusky shade half-way between the discal ringlet 

 and the outer parallel curved line of veiiular blackish dots; a submarginal, 

 dark, slightly-scalloped shade; marginal row of black dots distinct on both 

 wings. Hind wings with tour lines and shades, as in the anterior pair, but 

 the middle (second) shade touches the large discal ringlet. Beneath, white. 

 Fore wings slightly dusky in the middle of the wing; the outer row of l)lack 

 dots present, l)ut less curved than above and situated farther from the edge 

 of the wing. Hind wings almost puro white, with a taint outer row of dots. 

 The marginal row of dots alike on both wings Legs white, dusky in front 

 on the anterior pair. 



Length of body, J, 0.36, 9, 0.36-0.38; of fore wing, <?, 0.47, 9, 0.43- 

 0.50; expanse of wings, 1.00 inch. 



Boston and Andover, Mass. (Sanborn); Brookline, Mass., August 6 

 (ShurtleiT) ; Cambridge, Mass., May 2^, July 26 (H. K. Morrison); Brooklyn, 

 N. Y. (Graef ) ; West Farms, N. Y. (Angus) ; New Jersey (Sachs) ; Phila- 

 deli)hia, Pa (Amer. P^nt. Soc.) ; Maryland (Scudder). 



This species may at once be known by its white color and large discal 

 ringlets and the mesial shade. It is nearly related to the P]uropean E. pcn- 

 (hdaria. Like the following species, it varies considerably in size. 



Larva. — "Light green with longitudinal white lines, and dotted with w hite 

 spots. A dorsal and three subdorsal lines; the dorsal straight, but the others 

 l)roken and irregular, the stigmatal edge wrinkled, the white spots irregu- 

 larly scattered. Body beneath with the white lines interrupted. The last 

 segment with the anal prolegs and tip of the tirst pair of prolegs slightly 

 reddish. Thoracic legs pale greenish-, black at the tips. A few scattered hairs 

 on the body. Head faint reddish marbled with whitish, with two while 

 stripes. Length 0.40; thickness 0.12 inch, ll I'ctnh im Coniptonia usp/rni- 

 fo/ia in Massachusetts. 



