AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



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of I bipectinate, apex simple, the pectinations filiform, long, sud- 

 denly shortening to simple apex, the antennse generally plumose, of 



9 filiform or serrate ; thorax scaled, sometimes tufted posteriorly, 

 somewhat hairy beneath ; abdomen scaled ; hind tibiae swollen, with 

 all spurs, with hair pencil in S ; fore wings even, 12 or 11 veins, 

 varying in the same species, with fovea below in I ; hind wings 5 

 undeveloped, 6 and 7 separate, 8 separate from cell, the wings 

 rounded, even, or slightly wavy. 

 Species : — 



C. farfunita Hulst. C. indimtaria Walk. 



rC.'datari a Grt. . ^O^gawyimana-Giieu. 



C. opacaria Hulst. / OJo rmosata Hulst, n. sp . 



C. lixaria Grt. C. vellivolata Hulst. 



C. cribraria Guen. /C. larvar iaGuen. 



C. forinosata n. sp.— Expands 35 mm. Close to C. indicafaria Walk, {poly 

 grammaria Pack.) ; the color is lifcht gray, overlaid with fuscous lines, black, dis- 

 tinct; the outer is evenly and regularly bent twice, followed by a distinct brown 

 baud ; the submarginal line is distinct white, the marginal line black, edged at 

 base of fringe with white, hind wings with three dark shade lines, wavy, parallel 

 with each other and the outer margin, all extra-discal ; beneath light fuscous, 

 evenly peppered with dark fuscous scales, lighter on the veins on fore wings. 



Colorado, Mr. Bruce. A more than ordinarily showy insect of 

 its class, the colors more vivid, and especially distinct by the brown 

 cross band. 



56. ]»IEL,A]VOL,OPHIA n. gen. 

 Type canadaria Guen. {Tephrosia). 



Palpi short, stout, porrect, heavily scaled; tongue developed; 

 front loose scaled, somewhat tufted below ; antennre bipectinate in I , 

 apex simple, pectinations moderate ; summit with slight scale tuft ; 

 thorax loosely scaled above, woolly haired below ; abdomen coarsely 

 . scaled and haired with lateral tuft of hairs on third segment ; legs 

 smooth, hind tibire in % swollen, with a dense pencil of fine hairs ; 

 two pairs of spurs in both sexes; fore wings even, without fovea at 

 base in S , 12 or 11 veins, 10 and 11 stemmed from cell; hind wings 

 all veins separate, 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell. 



Dr. Packard figures canadaria with 11 veins in fore wings; this 

 may happen, though I have seen no example. In that case 11 is 

 wanting, having become coincident with 10. 

 Species. — M. canadaria Gn. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXIII. SEPTEMBEK, 1H»K. 



