499 



Epirriiantis ohfirmaria lliilmcr. rialc 12, lig. 7. 



KpirrhaniU obfirmaria Hiibu., Schiii. Kxot., ii, 1806. ..^ ( ' 



Numcriii obfirmaria Gneii., Plial., ii, i;i5, 1857. 



Walk.. List Lop. llet. Hr. Miis., xxiii, 1017, IHf.L 



AiiteiuiH' hrowii. IJody uiid w iiii^s dull rcddi.sli-ljiown ; liiiid wiiig.s 

 at base and both wings beneath icddish-ochreons. Head and tiiorax Ix-ow n ; 

 alxlonicn l)ec()iiiii)g ochri'ous at the ti[). l'\)n' wiiig.s uiiil()rndy didl laist-icd 

 l)i(i\vii, cxcejjta broad, nu-siai, dull, ochreous .shade, which i.s .sliglilly ohlicjiic bnl 

 straight on tlic outer side and regidarly curv(>d w ithin, and a I hiid or a hall'w ider 

 on the eosta than tlie inner edge; tliis sluule speckled with l)rown and brown on 

 the eo-sta. Hind wings deep ochreous at base; just beyond tiie large, distinct, 

 discal dot, several limes larger than on the fore wings, is a single;, dark-itrown, 

 sinuate line, beyond whi<di the wing is brown, l)ut toward the ape.\ dull ochre- 

 ous. Fringe iirown. IJencatli, t\vx'\) rcddish-ochreous, densely ami coarsely 

 speckled, with a coninion didl-brown line, ditl'usc and dilated in the middle 

 on the hind wings. The female is much larger, the mesial shade; much fainter, 

 being nearly as l)rown as tlie rest of the wing, while the two lines bounding 

 it are clearer, being brown, edged narrowly with deep ochreous. More coarsely 

 speckled beneath. than in the male. 



Length of body, i, 0.50, 9, 0.45; of fore wing, <?, 0.67, ?, 0.65-0.75; 

 expanse of wings, 1.30—1.60 inches. 



Maine, June, frequent in pine-woods (Packard); Massachusetts (San- 

 born); Albany, N. Y. (Lintner, "May 21", and Meske); Philadelphia, Pa. 

 (Ent. Soc. and Glrote). 



ENDROPIA Guenc'e. Plate (,', tigs. 6, 10, l;i, 14. ♦ 



Eiinomoa Treits. (in pait). Schin. Eur., vi (i), :i, is-.i7. 



Boisd. (in part), Gen. lud., 18-.J, 1840. 

 Epione (in part) and ifetrocampa (in part), H.-.Scb., Kxot. Solim., 1850-i>8. 

 Prioci/cla Giien., Phal., i, 90, 1857. 

 Eiidropia Guen., Phal., i, I'ii, 1857. 



W^alk., List Lep. Hot. Br. Mns., xx, 148, 1800. 



Head nearly srpiare in front, being rather narrow. Palpi rather large, 

 either porrect or slightly ascending, and reaching liirlher than usual beyond 

 the front ; the three joints very distinct, the third two-thirds as long as the 

 second is broad. Male antennce heavily pectinated: in the female, simple. 

 Thorax tliick and hairy. Fore wings moderately broad and usually fidcate ; 

 the costal edsje either straight or a little curved ; outer ediie either bent once, 



