NOKTH AMKRICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 191 



jfl. albosigiiia Fitch. 



1859.— Fitch, Rep. Iiis. N. Y. v, p. 64. Clostera. 

 var. specifica Dyar. 

 1892. — Dyar, Can. Ent. vol. xxiv, p. 180. Ichthyura. 



Deep smoky brown, the apical shade deep purplish brown, sharply limited 

 internally by the white .sigmoid bend of the fourth line, and becoming velvety 

 black at this point ifii'st and third lines free and nearly parallel, paler than the 

 wing, not well defined. A s. t. row of diffuse dots. Thoracic patch velvety 

 brown. Expatise 30 mm. 



Mab. — Atlantic States northward and westward to Pacific North- 

 west. 



The variety specified is paler throughout. 



Hab. — Rocky Mountain region to New Mexico. 



M. aletlie Neumoegen and Dyar. 



1893. — Neumoegen and Dyar, Can. Ent. vol. xxv, p. 122. 



Uniformly dark brown, a darker shade on costa before apex. Lines very nar- 

 row, yellowish, pulverulent, the fourth white on costa. S. t. dots distinct on a 

 uniformly colored ground, straight. Expanse 30 mm. 



Hab. — California. 



M. brucei Hy. Edwards. 



1885. — Hy. Edwards, Ent. Amer. vol. i, p. 17. Ichthyura. 



Pale ash-gray, the lines faintly yellowish. A deep smoky brown shade obtains 

 over the space between the third and fourth lines, and also subapically ; fourth 

 line widened and white on costa, the rusty patch outside of it very obscure. S. 

 t. waved row of dots very distinct. Secondaries darker than fore wings and 

 strongly contrasting. Expanse, 22 mm. 



Hab. — Northern Atlantic States to the Rocky IStountains. 



91. niiiltnoiiia Dyar. 



1892. — Dyar, Can. Ent. vol. xxiv, p. 179. Ichthyura 



Deep smoky brown with a purplish tint, the lines yellowish. The fourth line 

 very indistinctly widened on costa. Subapical patch rusty-red, distinct, trian- 

 gular. S. t. dots very obscure. Secondaries concolorous with fore wings. 



Hab. — The Pacific Northwest. 



M. strigosa drote. 



1882.— Grote, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. vol. vi, p. 582. Ichthyura. 

 race luciileiita Hy. Edwards. 



1886. — Hy. Edwards, Ent. Amer. vol. ii, p. 10. Ichthyura. 

 Yellowish gray, shaded and blotched with olive-brown. Lines as in apicalis, 

 but even more waved. A yellowish shade at base and subapically, irrorate with 

 rusty-brown ; more or less distinct longitudinal lines of smoky-black precede 

 the s. t. dots, the one between veins 4-5 (vs-vz) most distinct. Thoracic patch 

 faint, clouded. 



Hab. — Northern Atlantic States. 



The race luculenta is paler, and lacks the brown thoracic mark. 



Hab. — Westward . 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXI. ■ JUNE, 1894. 



