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nil' well |»('ctiniilril. I'ody and winiis aslicii-ferniifiiioiis (someliiiics tlcc|» 

 rust-brown). Wiiiijs speckled with Idack ; an inner cnrvrd dark line with 

 two I()b(>s on tlie median space, ediicd e\1ernall\ willi rerru^inous. l)iseal 

 dot distinct: onter line ol)li(pie, scarcely an<rnlaled, sometimes waved, den- 

 tate (especially in the middle of the wini>), sha<led broadly within and (jnite 

 regularly with rnst-red. In one female, the space between tiie two lines 

 is deeper iirowii than elsewlieri;. ()n the onter side, on the second median 

 cell, is a round black spot. An apical, rather looir, black line, terminatiny; 

 directly on the aj)ex ; above a little paler ashen. Onter edfje of the wing 

 below clear; fringe very slightly darker. Tlind winiis colored much as the 

 t()rc wings, paler toward the base, darker beyond the line, which is more 

 distinct on the hind edge Beneath, more uniformly ferruginous, especially 

 on the outer third of the wing. 1'he common line; reaj)pears, broad, indis- 

 tinct, subviolaceous. Body and legs more ferruginous beneath than above. 

 In rubbed specimens, the lines are interrupted. 



Length of bod}', t? , 0.55-0.62; of fore wing, c? , 0.65-0.7'!; expanse of 

 wings, 1.50-J.60 inches. 



Montreal, Canada (Caulfield); Brunswick, Me., June, common (Packard); 

 Boston and vicinity (Morse, Sanborn, Smith, Shurtletf, May 2S) ; Albany. X. 

 Y., June 4 (Lintner and Meske); Phila. Ent. Soc; T\acine, Wis. (Hoy, I'iley 

 Coll.) ; West Virginia (Lintner). 



This form differs from E. liijpochrarid in its simple hind wings which have 

 l)ut a single slight excavation below the a|)ex, and in the outer line l)eiiig oblicpie, 

 sinuate, and not rectangular. From E. apkiaria it <litlers in the apex being 

 rectangular; the lines are waved, edged within with ferruginous. The single 

 dark spot on the middle, jnst outside the outer line, will separate it also. 

 Beneath, it is darker and more reddish than in any of the other spe(;ies. 



Like the other species mentioned above, this species belongs to the sec- 

 ond and lowest section of the genus, having the apex rectangular. When 

 faded, the reddish scales disappear as in hi/pochraria, and it has a i)ale- 

 ash hue. In some individuals, there are two ditl'use, indistinct, broad, plumbe- 

 ous lines on the fore wings. Head and prothorax and costa of wings at l)ase 

 rufous; wings usuall}- much brighter rut()us than usual, and without any 

 apical oblique streaks; an unusually broad, dilfuse, very indistinct, basal linc!, 

 but slightly curved, with leaden-colored scales; between the l)asal and the 

 outer line, the wing is clear rull)us; no discal dots: the outer, l)roa(l, diiluse 



