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edge of each abdominal segment; thorax very hairy, with a prominent median 

 crest. A l)roa(l, fawn-colored, brown band in the middle of the fore'wings, 

 limited by flic inner and ontcr line, wjiich are dark black-brown and very 

 distinct; inner line curved jnst below the costa, and slightly sinuate below 

 the median vein ; outer line sinuate as in kubnerata, having a deep curve 

 inward in the middle of the wing, and another near the inner edge, and 

 oblique on the costa. Beyond this line, the wing is ash-gray as at the base, 

 with a large, oval, diffuse, iiiwn-ljrown spot, extending from near the internal 

 angle to the middle of the wing. Edge of the wing a little darker than next 

 to the outer line; a dark line at the base of the fringe. In the hind wings, 

 which are pale ash-gray, the single outer line is nearer the outer edge than 

 in A. hiibnerata, and is a little more sinuate. Base of the fringe lined with 

 black, and four black, difiuse, intervenous spots, very unlike the large 

 distinct ones of ^. hiibnerata. On the fore wings, a large,- curvilinear, white, 

 discal dot, lined within with black scales. Beneath, uniformly pale-ash ; 

 discal dot more diffuse than above, with a black dot within. 



Length of body, 0.65; of tore wing, 0.73; expanse of wings, 1.50 

 inches. 



California (Behrens). 



At once known by the broad fawn-brown central band on the fore 

 wings, contrasting with the pale granite ash-gray of the rest of the wings and 

 body, and by the clear, large, discal dot. Antennae a little slenderer than in 

 hiibnerata. 



Desiderata. 



Gonodontl)< peplaria Hul)ner and Geyer, Zutr. Exot. Schm., 27, figs. 709, 

 710, 1832. 



Jzf'/iwrt.'' 0a/m«H« Walk., List Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xx, 187, 1860 — 

 "Male. Brownish cinereous. Frontal tuft prominent. Third joint of the 

 palpi very minute. Antemise moderately pectinated, simple toward the tips. 

 Thorax slightly crested. Abdomen extending beyond the hind wings. 

 Wiiigs slightly and minutely speckled with black. Fore wings subfalcate, 

 with a straight oblique blackish-brown exterior line, which is concise on 

 the outer side l)ut very difliise on the inner side; a blackish-brown streak 

 extending oldiquely outward to the disc from the basal part of the costa ; 

 exterior border with two slight angles. Hind wings with a slight line, which 



