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the same course the red is mixed with yellow, followed again with a strip of 

 yellow reaching from near apex to vein 3 ; within the first yellow band, and 

 without the second one, are single lines, deep red, with dark scales intermixed, 

 following the same general course, the inner straighter, the outer with deeper 

 loop, the outer beginning at the deep red apex, and both continuing to base; the 

 inner inwardly, and the outer outwardly, are shaded with violet pinkish ; hind 

 wings reddish yellow, lighter towards base, more yellowish anteriorly, more red- 

 dish about anal ajigle; a deeper reddish Hue starting within anterior angle, 

 rounding close to outer margin, then turning inwardly to middle of anal margin ; 

 beneath as above, but fainter, but with apex of fore wings bright orange-red. 



From Mr. Bruce, Colorado. 



A most beautiful insect. Different in its style of ornamentation 

 from any other American Geometer that I know. 



77. ANAGOGA Hiib. 



Verz. 294, 1818. 



Type pulverata L. 

 Asiuophora Steph., Cat. 126, 1829, type pulverata L. 

 Numeria Dup., Lep. Fr. viii, 107, 1829, type pulverata L. 



Palpi moderately long, ascending, heavily scaled, end member 

 very small ; front tufted ; tongue developed ; antennae of S bipec- 

 tinate to apex, pectinations filiform, of ? deeply serrate, almost 

 pectinated ; thorax hairy above, woolly below ; abdomen loosely 

 scaled, untufted ; wings broad, even, rounded ; fore wings without 

 fovea below, 12 veins, 6 separate, 10 and 11 from cell separate from 

 each other as well as from 12 and 9 ; hind wings 5 undeveloped, 8 

 separate from cell ; hind tibiie not swollen, with all spurs, without 

 hair pencil in % . 



Species. — A. occidaaria Walk. 



78. NEOTERPES n. geu. 

 Type ephelidaria Hulst. 



Palpi ascending, rather long ; tongue strong ; front close scaled, 

 slightly tufted ; antenniB bipectinate in both sexes, in £ almost t(j 

 apex ; thorax hairy scaled above, slightly hairy below ; abdomen 

 scaled, untufted; hind tibiie of Z swollen, with hair pencil, with all 

 spurs present ; fore wings slightly angulate on outer margin, without 

 fovea below, 12 veins, 10 and 11 from cell; hind wings ronnd, or 

 scarcely angled, 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 stemmed, 8 separate from 

 cell. 



This may be the same as Sicyodes Warr., but the description, 

 " like Sicya Guen., but with the 9 antennte pectinated, though more 



TRANS. AM. KNT. SOC. XXIII. (47) SEPTEMBER, 1896 



