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Hind wing dark smoky brown, blackisli-brown outwardly. Cilia 

 whitish-gray, with a black basal line. Under side both wings grayish- 

 brown, costal spots of fore wing repeated. 



Described from two ^ and seven 9 specimens. Essex County Park, 

 N. J., July r to 17; Newark, N. J., June 9, A. J. Weidt ; Hampton, 

 N. H., June 10, S. Albert Shaw. 



The New Hampshire specimens are all large, the (^ 1 1.5 to 12 mm., 

 and the ? 14 to 14.5 mm. One of the New Jersey specimens, from 

 Newark, a ? , is 13 mm., and seems to be of the same race as those from 

 New Hampshire ; the other four New Jersey specimens, all 9 's, are of a 

 much smaller race, expanding 9.5 to 10.5 mm.; I was inclined to separate 

 them, but most minute examination fails to show any specific difference. 

 This species is closest to £. bracteaiana, Fern.', and the larvae are likely 

 to be found in the cone scales of some of our eastern Conifera, as is the 

 habit of Fernald's species in California. 



Named in honour of Mr. S. Albert Shaw, of Hampton, New 

 Hampshire, to whom I am indebted for a great many carefully-collected 

 and exquisitely-mounted specimens. 

 ^^"Proteopteryx Mar?nontana, sp. nov. 



Expanse, 12.5 to 18 mm. 



Head brownish gray ; palpi dark gray, paler within; thorax bronzy- 

 black, posterior end and patagia streaked with white; antenna and 

 abdomen dark fuscous; legs whitish, dusted and banded with bronzy-blick. 



Fore wing: Inner half bronzy-brown, heavily overlaid with gray, the 

 ground colour gradually becomes lighter outwardly, until in the apical 

 third it is bright coppery-brown or ochreous. There is a large white 

 dorsal spot between inner and outer third on lower half of wing, dotted 

 with blackish-brown on dorsal edge, and in some specimens a few dark 

 scales above ; the inner edge is outwardly oblique and indented below 

 fold, a short spur follows fold on its outer edge, but e.Kcavated beneath. 

 Above this spot a broad double geminate gray fascia continues to costa. 

 The basal area outlined by this fascia and dorsal spot is edged with black 

 scales, in the middle of its lower half is a grayish shade. Beyond the 

 fascia and dorsal spot is a curved coppery-brown fascia, bhck on 

 costal edge, dotted with black below fold and on dorsal edge, 

 and a icw black scales on its outer edge before the ocellus. Beyond 

 this a pair of geminate costal spots send a double geminate band of shining- 

 gray to ocellus, the latter pure white, shining on the sides and mixed with 

 a few shining gray scales, the centre is tinged with ochreous and crossed 

 by three horizontal black lines in the upper half. There are two other 



