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K. graefii n. sp. — Expands 25-28 mm. Palpi rather long, gray or blackish 

 gray ; front strongly tufted, light gray or fuscous ; thorax fuscous. Abdomen 

 gray or fuscous; fore wings fuscous gray or gray, crossed by many wavy, or in 

 most instances very indistinct and indeterminate lines; the most prominent in 

 most cases are one close to base rounded dentate : a second intra discal with an 

 angle at subcostal and at vein la, and a third extra discal straight or slightly 

 concave from costa obliquely outward to between veins 5 and 6 there angled, and 

 then waved dentate, parallel with outer margin across the wing; the outer space 

 is more shaded than the middle and has a generally well marked, light, scalloped, 

 submarginal line ; discal spot large, distinct, blackish, oval ; hind wings fuscous 

 gray, faintly indicating wavy cross-lines ; discal spot dark, indistinct ; margins 

 of all wings black, broken at ends of veins; beneath lighter than above, silky, 

 with blackish along costa of fore wings, and the upper lines very faintly if at all 

 showing. 



Mt. Hood, Washington. From Mr. E. L. Graef. 



E. grsiiidis n. sp. — Expands 28 mm. Palpi rather long, fuscous ocher; front 

 light fuscous, tufted ; thorax fuscous, with an ocher tinge. Abdomen the same 

 color, with the tufts blackish ; fore wings base fuscous ocher, edged outwardly 

 with a fine rounded black line; beyond this to outer line the wing is lighter, 

 showing whitish at beginning, centrally within discal spot in a waved double 

 cross-line, and also in a double line at end of middle sjjace. these lighter lines 

 separated by fine dark lines ; outer line running obliquely outward to between 

 6 and 7, then turning at a right angle and following margin in quite even scal- 

 lops; outer spa(;e darker, especially within apex, and towards costa between the 

 outer line and a scalloped submarginal whitish line which runs parallel with 

 outer margin; margin darkly shaded on either side of ends of veins; hind 

 wings even, light fuscous gray, margin dark shaded on either side of veins ; be- 

 neath even light silky fuscous, darker and more ochreous on outer space. 



Washington. 



17. VENUSIA Curt. 

 Type camhrica Curt. 



Palpi rather short, .somewhat recurved, scaled ; tongue developed ; 

 clypeus scaled, smooth ; antenntie of S bipectinate, of 9 filiform ; 

 thorax and abdomen untufted ; hind tibia? with all spurs present. 

 ^yings rounded, fore wings 12 veins, one accessory cell ; hind wings 

 8 veins, 3 and 4 separate, 8 anastomosing with cell to beyond middle. 



Species. — V. canibrica Curt. 



f V. daodeci mlineata Pack . 



V. comptaria Wlk. (perlineata Pack.) 

 I \. incluiitaria Wlk. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXIII. (35) AUGUST, 1H96. 



