Geometridae 



(i) Tephroclystis absinthiata Cleick, Plate XLII, Fig. ^2, 

 $. (The Absinth.) 



Syn. minutata Treitschke ; notata Stepliens ; elongata Hawortli ; absyiithiata 

 Guen^e; coagulata Guen^e; geminata Packard. 



This inconspicuous little creature illustrates the truth of the 

 remark, already made, that the smaller the insect the more and 

 the lengthier the names which it bears or which have been im- 

 posed upon it. 



Genus EUCYMATOGE Hubner 

 (i) Eucymatoge intestinataGuenee, Plate XLll, Fig. 30, $, 



Syn. implcta Walker ; indoctrinata Wallcer. 



The moth is almost universally distributed throughout the 



United States. It is found in the spring of the year seated upon 



the trunks of trees, the gray bark of which it assimilates in 



color. 



Genus VENUSIA Curtis 



The genus is common to both hemispheres. Venusia cam- 

 brica Curtis is found in Europe and the United States. Two 

 other species of the genus occur in our territory, and of both of 

 these we give figures. 



(i) Venusia duodecimlineata Packard, Plate XLIII, Fig. 



The moth is very widely, if not universally, distributed 

 throughout temperate North America. 



(2) Venusia comptaria Walker, Plate XLII, Fig. }}, 6 . 



Syn. condcnsata Walker ; iiulmataria Walker ; iiiclinata Hulst ; pcrHiicafa 

 Packard. 



The species is common in the eastern portions of the United 

 States. 



Genus EUCHCECA Hubner 



(i) Euchceca albovittata Guenee, Plate XLIV, Fig. 19, 6. 

 (The White-striped Black.) 



Sya. propriaria Walker ; 7-ecipyocahj Walker. 



The moth is found from the Atlantic to the Pacific and ranges 

 well up into Alaska, whence I have obtained specimens taken at 

 Sitka and on Lake Labarge, in the Valley of the Yukon. 



(2) Euchceca californiata Packard, Plate XLIV, Fig. 20, 6 . 

 (The Californian Black.) 



The moth inhabits the Pacific States. 



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