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This ochreous shade begins on costa about one-sixth before apex, as a 

 light ochreous spot with black centre, the division line continues 

 obliquely inward nearly to end of cell, thence to dorsal margin, vvhich it 

 reaches at outer three-quarters ; the internal boundary on the lower half 

 is dark brown, the ocellic space beyond is definsd by a large U-shaped 

 mark of shining ochreous scales, a narrow horizontal bar and a few black 

 specks of black cross this space, above it, to costa, the ochreous colour is 

 paler than the colour of extreme termen and cilia, but is more or less 

 mottled with shining as well as darker scales. The extreme edge of costa, 

 when viewed from the front, is ochreous its entire length, but interrupted 

 by numerous black scales. The basal area is not defined. Hind wing 

 smoky cinereous, darker towards apex and termen, cilia paler, preceded 

 by a darker, then by a paler line; beneath cinereous. Fore wing beneath 

 smoky black, with four geminated ochreous spots on outer half, and a few 

 single spots of same colour on inner half of costa. Gray below the fold. 

 Cilia ochreous, and a few ochreous scales are scattered along the termen. 



Thirty-five specimens, (^ and 9 ■ Rounthwaite, Manitoba, July, 

 Marmonl; Montreal, viii, 15, A. F. Winn; Chicago, lUs., September, J. H. 

 Reading; Winchenden, Mass., ix, r, and New Brighton, Pa., viii, 6 to 

 10, F. A. Merrick ; Nicholson, Pa., viii, 5, A. E. Lister ; Piummer's Isl., 

 Md., viii, 10, A. Busck ; Montclair and Essex Co., N. J , viii, 20 to 26, 

 Kearfott. 



Co-types : U. S. Nat. Mus., and in collections of Merrick, Lister and 

 Kearfott. 



- Proteopteryy: Criddieana, sp. nov. — Expanse, 13 to 17 mm. Fore 

 wing whitish-gray, with a bold blackish-gray basal area, sharply angulated 

 outwardly, and a shade of dark colour from end of cell to apex. 



Head gray, speckled with fuscous above, face white, palpi, tuft on 

 second joint flattened, rounded above and below, outer half of third joint 

 exposed ; whitish-gray, speckled with fuscous above and on outer sides, a 

 strong streak of blackish through middle of tuft from base on the outer 

 side. Antennae grayish, annulated with fuscous. Thorax smooth, gray, 

 heavily overlaid with black scales in some specimens, patagia same. 

 Abdomen gray, anal tuft cinereous. Legs whitish, fore and middle pairs 

 annulated and streaked with black. 



Fore wing : ^ costal fold narrow, over one-third length of wing, not 

 closely appressed, in several specimens the tuft is expanded fan-like in 

 front of the costa, and fold bent under the costa. Colour whitish-gray, 

 with wave-like shades of cinereous-gray on the outer two-thirds, nearly 



