504 



line is l)r()a(lly iuigiilated on (lie luidillL- of the wing. Fringe concolorons with 

 the lines. Hind wings coneolomiis with (he fore wings, paler toward the 

 base. Discal dots rather large, distinct Beneath, the wing is oclireoiis, 

 thicUl}- sprinkled with dull violet or tawny strigte ; a common, difliise, broad 

 line, especially on the hind wings. Antennte gray; branches reddish. 



Lenglli of body, 0.58; of fore wing, 0.64 inch. 



The bright ferruginous hues, and leaden, subviolaceous, diffuse lines, 

 the inner of which is slightly curved, and the outer nearly rectangular at the 

 middle of the wing, the want of tlie usual apical streak, and the sinuate line 

 on the hind wings, with its small size, slender l)ody, and entire wings, readily 

 .separate it Ironi any other species, though its nearest ally is E. hyiwchraria. 

 Of my three males, no two are alike. One nude, from West Virginia (Lint- 

 ner), is dull tawny-brown, densely speckled with two broad plumbeous shades 

 on the fore wings and one on the hind wings; beneath, the shades are very 

 di.stinct, and the wings are dull ochreous; veins dull ochreous ; head and 

 front ot" thorax dull ochreous. 



Endropia hypochkakia Jlerrich-Schaeffer Plate 12, fig. 12. 



lijiiotw (En(h(ij)ia) li iiinich raria }I.-.Sfli., Au.sserciir. Sobui., ti3, tigs. '2117, "208, 1850-.58. 



Kndropia lii/jWi-lircii-iaV.l, Giieii., Pbal., i, 12.'), lHo7. 



Kiulropia rifracHiria Giieii. I ! !, PUal., i, 12.5, 1S57. 



Endropia htleyilioria Gnen., Plial., i, 1"2.">, 1H,')7. 



Endnqna liiijioclimna Walk. ! !!, List Li'p. Hct. 111-. Mils., xx, 100, IbOO. 



Eiiilropia nfravlaria Walk. ! ! !, List Lep. Het. lii-. Mils., xx, 151, IHliO. 



Endmjna imnliixnla Walk. 1 1 !, List Lep. Het. Br. Mils., xx, 154, 18G0. 



20 S and 14 9, — Palpi very long and slender at the tip. Wings very 

 short and broad, not toothed, except having a sinus between the apex and 

 the middle angle of the hind wings, being much more entire than in any 

 of the preceding species. The female is much more lixlcate and angulated 

 than tlie male. Body and wings ])ale brown or ashen, mottled with dark; 

 wings with ferruginous niottlings, and often a distinct violet hue along the 

 lines and on the fringe; the tip of the al)domcn projects but a little beyond 

 the hind wings. Fore wings with a ])asal line mucii curved in front of the 

 median vein ; behind it sinuate, shaded beyond with rusty-brown, with some- 

 times a faint olivaceous tinge, and with a violet hue along the in.side ; outer 

 line nearly straight in its general course, angulated on the first median vein, 

 the anyle very large and going straight from the apex to the costa, shaded 

 bi'oadU' within with lirown, e\t<'rnall\ with a tJnnt violet tinge; this line is 



