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Forewing: gray-brown, sparsely speckled with whitish-gray scales; the ex- 

 treme costal edge is marked with a number of small geminate pinkish-ochreous 

 spots, separated and divided by short black lines. There is a wood brown fascia 

 in middle of wing, caused by absence of the whitish specks. It is narrow on 

 costa, enlarging below and covering outer end of cell, cut by a line of ground 

 color on fold, leaving a rounded spot below between fold and dorsum. There is 

 a similar patch beyond end of cell, involving anal angle and lower third of ter- 

 men. A line of black scales outlines it on outer and upper edges, and a similar 

 line cut through it on outer side, paralleling the outer edge. There is a flattened 

 tuft of raised scales in middle of wing at end of cell and another near base of 

 vein eight; also one at anal angle. These tufts, with the outside black lines, 

 form a nearly complete circle, and, as the black lines are finely edged with 

 whitish and a few whitish scales occur in the tufts, the circle, under a low-power 

 glass, appears white. Beyond the black line the apical margin is brown, with a 

 sinuate white edged black line from costa crossing it. Cilia pinkish-gray, with a 

 gray and black spot at end of each vein. 



Hindwing: light gray, brownish at apex; ciiia grayish-white, preceded by a 

 broad, darker and a thin, paler line; underside the same. Underside forewing 

 smoky brown, dull ochreous, dotted with brown on costa. 



Eight specimens: Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 17th to 31st, Miss 

 Braun ; Plummer's Island, Md., Aug., A. Biisck. 

 Cotvpes in U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Commophila huaclincana sp. nov. 



Expanse 22-27 mm. 



Head and palpi pure white; a few brownish scales on outer end of palpi, out- 

 side; thorax white, with a yellowish tinge; patagia pure white; antenna and 

 abdomen light brownish-white ; anal tuft ochreous-brown ; legs yellowish-white, 

 dusted with ochreous-brown. 



Forewing: basal area pure white, shaded below costa with light fuscous-brown 

 and a few bluish scales. This area extends to inner third on dorsum and nearly 

 to middle on costa. It is toothed outwardly below costa and above dorsum. 

 Beyond it is a broad central fascia of light brown, on which is a horizontal dash 

 of black in middle of wing and a black spot below it. The outer edge is very 

 irregular; a rounded spur leaves it at upper and lower edges of cell and one at 

 dorsum. The outer portion of wing is of the same color as middle fascia, except 

 a large patch of white on upper lialf, from fascia to outer sixth, which sends a 

 whitish shade to anal angle. The latter is more or less overlaid with light brown, 

 and its outer edge is indented in middle of wing. Before the apex the brown 

 area is rather heavily overlaid with dark brown and black, forming a large cres- 

 cent-shaped black spot with a leaden band through the middle. The dorsal 

 margin below the fascia and white shade is dotted with black. The ternien is 

 mottled with brown and cream-white, arranged in irregular lines. Cilia whitish, 

 mottled with fuscous. 



Hindwing: grayish-brown, reticulated with a darker shade; underside gray- 

 ish-white, heavily reticulated with grayish-brown. Underside forewing smoky 

 brown ; outer half of costa spotted and upper half of termen streaked with dull 

 ochreous. 



TEAN8. AM. BNT. SOC. XXXIII. MABCH, 1907. 



