338 GEORGE D. HULST. 



20. SYMPHERTA n. gen. 

 Type tripunctaria Pack. 



Palpi long, porrect or drooping, beak like, loose scaled below ; 

 tongue developed ; front with a long conical hair tuft ; antennae bi- 

 pectinate in % , the pectinations rather short, apex sin)ple ; thorax 

 and abdomen rather loose scaled ; legs smooth ; hind tibife in % 

 swollen, without hair pencil in % , with two pairs of spurs in both 

 sexes ; fore wings falcate, rounded, with fovea at base of wing in % , 

 12 veins, 10 on 9, 11 from cell; hind wings all veins separate, 5 

 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell. 



Species : — 

 S. marcessarla Pack. S. julia Hulst, n. sp. 



■\ S. tripunctaria Faick. , S. coloradensis Hulst, n. sp. 



S. julia. n. sp. — Expands 28 33 mm. Palpi and front fuscous, to fuscous ocher; 

 thorax gray to fuscous. Abdomen dull white to fuscous; fore wings light gray 

 to fuscous, somewhat mixed with darker atoms ; basal line dark brown to black- 

 ish, slightly rounded outward, not distinct ; middle line a faint shade, straight, 

 just within discal spot; outer line scarcely visible in black points on veins, or 

 wholly obsolete, its place shown by a broad band nearly or quite obsolete costally ; 

 this varies in intensity and color, being sometimes reddish brown, reaching from 

 that to olive color; a submarginal whitish dentate line, parallel with outer mar- 

 gin, runs through this band : this line often indistinct and having on the inner 

 side a series of dark spots, especially marked at veins 3 and 4, and at 6 and 7 ; 

 discal spots lengthened, enclosing a space of ground color, marginal line of dis- 

 tinct black points; hind wings gray to fuscous, darker outwardly, cross-line faint 

 or obsolete ; beneath fuscous to fuscous ocher, in all cases more ochreous on the 

 veins. 



Sudbury, Ontario, from Mr. Evans ; Washington, from Prof. 

 Riley ; Calgary, from Mr. Wolly-Dod ; Glenwood Springs, Col., 

 from Dr. Barnes ; Montana. 



S. coloradensis n. sp. — Expands 35 ram. Palpi and front blackish gray 

 or blackish ; thorax dark fuscous gray. Abdomen dark gray, ringed with black ; 

 fore wings gray, stained with fuscous, and with a bluish tint, crossed by three 

 subparallel broad lines dark fuscous in color, each somewhat bent at cell, the 

 middle one enclosing the annulate discal spot ; a submarginal lighter line parallel 

 with margin or nearly so. edged inwardly below costa and at middle with dark 

 brown cloudings; marginal line of faint black spots, edged outwardly with 

 whiti-ih ; hind wings even dark fuscous, with a faint cross-line beyond cell ; be- 

 neath fuscous, peppered with darker atoms, veins with ochreous tinting. 



Colorado, from Mr. Bruce ; somewhat resembling some specimens 

 of S. julia, but with wings less broad, and pectinations of antennae 

 of S much shorter. 



