49 o 



sometimes smoolli, somelimois ornamciiled with small trajxizoidal tubercles 

 but vvithoiit any other emiiience; head llattened ; living on trees." — (Gucnee.) 



Sj/Tiopyis of l/ie Species. 



A. Wings well bent, with a distiiiet angle on the hinder pair: 



Subncbrooiis, with il;irk lines (•(Ii;cd with ochrcoiis T. fenidaria ' 



Whitish-ochroous, with two paniUel straight lines t. endropiaria. "7 



B. Wings sliglitjy bent ; hind wings rounded : 



Dusky; hyaline; veins dark T.Hemimidnriu. 



Therina fervidaria Hiibner. Plate 12, figs. 2, 3; larva, plate 13, fig. 34; 



pupa, fig. 34 rt. 



Therina ferridaria Iliibner, Geyer's Zntr., 8, figs. 499, .'iOO, 18-^5. 



EUopia fi-rridaria Gueii., Phal., i, 132, \H'u. 



Ellopiu Jiscellaria Guen., Phal., i, 133, 18.")". 



EUopia ftaniliaria Guen., Phal., i, 133, 1>«57. 



Ellopia fervidaria Walk., List Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xx, 161, 1800. 



EUopia fiseeUaria Walk., List Lep. Het. Br. Mus.,xx, IGl, 1860. 



Ellopia scitata Walk. !!!, List Lep. Ilet. Br. Mus., xxvi, I.'JIO, 1862. 



12 <f and 2 ?. — Pale ochreous, more so than usual; head and front of 

 the thorax- and anteunse deep ochreous. Wings densely speckled with smoky 

 spots (though varying in degree of irroratiou). Wings well angulated, the 

 angle on the fore wings often acute, on the hind wings forming a slight tail. 

 Outer line dark brown, bordered externally with ochreous. Inner line 

 situated either on or a little within the inner third of the wing, a little 

 curved. Discal dot dark, distinct, sometimes wanting on the hind wings. 

 Outer line sinuate, or zigzag, varying -greatly, the angle on the first median 

 venule being slight or very marked on both Avings. On the hind wings, a 

 single line only. Beneath, much paler; the lines re-appear, but are diffuse 

 and smoky. Legs: tibiae and tarsi of the two pairs of fore legs brown; hind 

 legs pale ochreous. 



Length of body, c?, 0.60; of fore wing, S, 0.G5-0.85, 9, 0.73; ex- 

 panse of wiugs, 1.50 inches. 



Montreal, Canada (Lyman); Dublin, N. H. (Leonard, Harris Coll.); 

 Massachusetts (Sanborn and Harris Coll.) ; Amherst (Packard) ; Maine, 

 common in hard woods late in September and early in October (Packard 

 and Morse) ; Salem, Mass., October 2 (Cassino) ; New York (Angus and 

 Grote) ; Albany, N. Y. (Lintner and Meske) ; Philadelphia, Pa. (Ent. Soc.) ; 

 Victoria, Vancouver's Island, July (Edwards and Crotch, Mus. Coinp. Zool.). 



