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;il)()ii( tlic lines !iii(l on llic nndcr sides of tlic winys. TTc;i(l icddisli-lj.own 

 in tVdiil and on llic |i:d|)i, w hicli arc stoni, and pass consideiaMN lM'\(Mid llic 

 Ironl ; the vertex is whitish ash. Wini^s sahnoii asli-f,nay, a htth- daik.T 

 between the two liiu-s; both lines pule, testaceous, e(lii;e<l on llie sides liicin"- 

 the discal dot with hiown ; they are distinct, not l)iendr(l with Ihe rest 

 of the winy; inner line ohTupn', slightly curved; tiie outer line is oblicine, 

 ending next to the apex: on llie cosfa a l)roa(l pale space hetween the line 

 and the dark apical streak below, the lin(> l)eing niargiiu'd externally with a 

 litint brown line; just- Ixwond this line the. wing is clear and paler, as within 

 the inner line, and with dark tlecks, but the edge ol' the wing is as dark as 

 in the middle; di.scal dot black, small, curvilitiear, dislinct ; fringe l)rowi), 

 with a paler fine line at the base. Hind wings a little paler and more trans- 

 versely strigat(!(l than the fore wings; a single straight line just beyond the 

 middle of the wing, like the outer line on the fore wings; i)eneath, paler 

 than above, carneous-asli. Veins and common line with a decided reddish 

 tint, especially toward the apex of the fore wings; tin; line is very ditfuse, 

 especially on the hind wings. Both pairs of wings are transvensely strigated. 

 Fringe brown beneath aiid darker on edge of fore wings. On the hind 

 wings, the line is a very dilfuse shade. 



Length of body, J, 0.45; of fore wing, cf, 0.50; expanse of wings, 

 1.00 inch. 



Montreal, Canada (Caultield) ; Lansing, Mich. (Miles) ; New York 

 (Mus. Peal). Acad. 8c.) 



Metanema inatomaria Guenee. Plate 12, fig. 38. 



Mvlunema inatomaria Gueu., Phal., i, 171, pi. 3, fig. 7, 1857. 



Walk., List Lep. Het. Br. Mils., xs, -iOS, 1800. 



3 <} and 2 9. — Pale gray, with a slight .salmon tint; wings specked 

 transver.sely with brown, the specks being longest on the costa, there being 

 two prominent, deep, brown, squarish spots just inside the terminations 

 of the two lines. Wings crossed by two oblique pah; lines, the inner 

 situated just beyond the basal third'uf the wing; it is not sinuate, Init 

 is sometimes a little curved, and is l)ent a little on the costa, where it 

 expands widely; outer line more obliipie, shaded within with reddish-browii 

 (especially on the hind wings), not curved, and not iienl on the costa, but 

 spreading to form a triangle it ends a little before the apex; just below the 



