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T. cretata n. sp. — Expands 22 mm. Palpi gray, short; front gray; collar 

 black ; thorax and abdomen ocher-gray. Wings broad, whitish, overlaid with 

 fuscous, the lighter color showing in lines, and all somewhat washed with ochre- 

 ons ; the basal whitish line well out, wavy, rounded ; two blackish wavy lines on 

 median field, the inner passing through discal spot: an outer light line, evenly 

 rounded from costa to vein 2, then bent to margin ; the marginal space blackish, 

 broadest towards apex; discal spots black; hind wings corresponding, but basal 

 and median portions lighter; lines very indistinct, discal spots not strong; be- 

 neath as above, without ochreous tint, and the dark colors more lead like. 



Colorado. From Mr. Bruce. 



T. fuiuosa u. sp. — Expands 18-24 mm. Of a uniform even dark fuscous 

 color, the cross-lines of the wings only faintly, if at all, showing. Wings broad, 

 rounded ; discal spots of fore wings round, large, prominent, black ; four black 

 spots on costa of fore wings, each one the beginning of a fine black cross-line, the 

 two outer being subparallel and just beyond discal spot; a lighter submarginal 

 line, indistinct, somewhat clearer in a spot at anal angle; hind-wings with faint 

 median and submarginal lines: beneath color as above, darker in median and 

 submarginal bands on all wings ; very close in appearance to duller specimens 

 of T. absynthinta L., but distinct in the long, almost tufted palpi. 



South Abiiigton, Mass., Brockport, N. Y. 



T. maei^tosa n. sp. — Expands 24 mm. Palpi long, somewhat drooping, 

 light gray; front gray, somewhat tufted, black below: thorax dark fuscous. 

 Abdomen nearly black. Wings fuscous gray, overlaid with fuscous, the ground 

 color showing in the cross-lines; lines many, more distinct than usual, the basal 

 median and outer showing most plainly; the basal narrow, running out from 

 costa to subcostal vein, then turning back at a right angle straight to inner mar- 

 gin just out from base ; the median of the same shape, passing through discal 

 spot and reaching inner margin one-half out ; the outer with a deep rounded 

 sinus from costa. rounding backward, then at a sharp angle turning parallel with 

 outer margin to inner margin, wavy in its course ; hind wings with a double 

 wavy black line beyond middle, and another margined, all more distinct than 

 usual; discal spots of fore wings large, distinct, black; beneath nearly uniform 

 dark fuscous. 



Colorado. From Mr. Bruce. 



T. iiiinbicolor n. sp. — Expands 23 mm. Palpi of moderate length, heavily 

 haired, blackish, with gray at end of longer scales: front blackish; antennae 

 dull fuscous; thorax and abdomen lilackish gray, the abdomen interlined with 

 black. Wings very uniform blackish fuscous, blackish cross-lines very faintly 

 showing, the costa and outer margin of fore wings being somewhat darker than 

 rest of wing; hind wings uniform, all wings with marginal black line evident; 

 beneath very much as above. 



Calgarry, Canada. From Mr. Wolley-Dod. 



T. ninibosa n. sp. — Expands 24-26 mm. Palpi short, not heavy, light fus- 

 cous to fuscous; thorax, abdomen and wings light fuscous, the fore wings and 

 hind wings outwardly with shadings of dark fuscous; fore wings with fine 

 blackish basal line, a fine intra discal line and a corresponding geminate line 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXIII. AUGUST, 1896. 



