544 



apex is a Ijiowii ptitcli, slindcd with deeper brown witliiii, iiiid a little scal- 

 loped ; discal dot uimsuall\- large, deep red<lish-l)r()wii. Hind wings like 

 tlx^ anterior |)air, with one straight transverse line, shaded with brown on 

 the inside and (iiding ont on the costa ; a small, obscure, discal dot. Fi'lnge 

 like the rest of the wing, with a pale line at the base. Beneath, a little 

 paler than above, with a decided salmon tint ; outer line bordered with a 

 delicate salmon-red, on the costa filling up the space between the outer line 

 and the apex; no discal dot on the fore wing, a distinct one on the hind 

 wing. Wings more distinctly speckled beneath than above. 



Length of l)ody, <f , 0.40,-0.47, 9, 0.55; of tljre wing, S, 0.55, 9,0.67; 

 expanse of wings. 1.40 inches. 



Montreal, Canada (Caulfield) ; Brunswick, Me. (Packard) ; New Hamp- 

 shire (Walker); Cambridge, Mass. (Harris Coll.); All)anj, N. Y. (Lintner); 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. (Graef) ; New Jersey (Sachs) ; Wisconsin (Hoy) ; Saint 

 Louis, Mo. (Riley) ; Gleiicoe (Nebraska). 



Metanema QUERCivoRAUiA Guent'e. Plate 12, fig. 39. 



" riiala')ia qucrcivoraria Abbot, MS." Giieuce. 

 Metanema qiiereivoraria Gnen., Pbal., i, 17"2, 1857. 



Wiilk., List Lep. Het. Br. Miis., xx, 203, 1860. 



Body and wings pale w4iitish-ash. Wings thickly covered wdth fine 

 speckles. Fore wings with three lines, the usual inner and outer line, and 

 a third wavy submarginal hair-line. The two inner lines iHstinct, of even 

 width, a little oblique, not waved ; the innermost line situated exactly on the 

 inner third, the outer line on the outer third of the wing. Costa stained 

 with reddish on the end of the outer line. Submarginal hair-line wavy, 

 sinuate, reddish, situated half-way between the outer line and the edge of 

 the wing, and disappearing below the second median venule, scalloped 

 between each venule, mucii more distinct below than above. On the hind 

 wings, a single brown line, and traces of a submarginal wavy line. Beneath, 

 paler than al)ove, with the lines reproduced beneath, and dull-colored ; the 

 third submarginal line on both wings partially obsolete, but clearer than 

 above. Fringe reddish. 



Length of ])ody, (?, 0.45; of fore wing, S, 0.73; expanse of wings, 1.50 

 inches. 



Eastport, Me, July (Packard); New York (Grote) ; Central Missouri, 

 August (Riley). 



