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long as the inner cdiiv of (he uiiijr. The hind wiiius ;,re sliorl, scarcely 

 veacliing to llie <'ii(l of Ih.. aixloiueii. Vciialion somew hat as in I'lii^sa/ia, 

 hut the (liscal venules are situated in ihe middle of tlir wiuij, and tln-rc are 

 six suljcostal vennh's; lhe(irstand second snhcostal venules are ihn.wn oil' 

 I'nun a coaiiuon l)raiicli. and liolh curve alike toward tiie costa. In color- 

 ation, the species are much as in liiose of liiston ; \m\ the extradiscal line is 

 distinctly angulated, wiiere it is not heiit in IVistoii. The ahdomen is perhaps 

 rather longer than in Biston. 



Larva. — Raniiibrm, large, and with a notched head. 'I'he pupa is sub- 

 terranean. 



Tiiere is no good reason why liiihner's name Eabijja should not be 

 adopted; besides having the priority ovei- Treitscjdve's, it is defined and 

 limited in accordance with the genus as it now stands. 



Sijnops'ts of I he Sj}ecie,'<. 



A. Wings broad, white as a ground-color: 



The. extradiscal liue very angular, e.spccially ou lir.st inediuu veuulo E. queniaria. 



I. ike qiurimrin, but the extradiscal line on the hind wings not bent outward /;;. vujmlaria. 



B. Wings narrow, ash-colored : 



Extradiscal line bent at right angles on the independent, not wavy A. coynataria. 



EUBYJA QUERNARIA Smith- Abbot. I'late 11. fig. (;. 



I'lialaiia qiiernaria Sniith-Abbot, Lep. Ins. Georgia, ii, -inri, pi. lii:{. 171»T. 

 Amphidask quernaria Cinen., Pbal., i, 20(i, lf*r>7. 



Walk., List Lep. Het. Br. Mns., xxi, :W7, ISOO. 



1 ^- — Body stout; abdomen thick, with a dorsal row of l()ur larye tufts, 

 the fourth white, the others dark. Antenna' black. Head in front and 

 palpi black-brown; vertex white, rounded behind by a black thread-line; 

 thorax white, witli two I)lack spots in the center, and s[)otted with black 

 posteriorly. Alxlomen white on the outer third, with a wiiite interruj)ted line 

 ou each segment, spotted thickly on the under side with white. L^'ilt 

 brown, spotted with white. Fore wini^s long, outer edge very ()bli(|ue. snow- 

 \vhite as a ground-color; l)asal third white mottled with deep brown, espe- 

 cially on the costa. The middle third of the wing brown, bordtn-ed with the 

 black basal and extradiscal lines. The basal line is deeply au<l re<rularly 

 curved outward ; the extradiscal is irreirulaily and deeply scalloi)ed : il runs 



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