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the antemedian and one following the postmedian line ; along the costa the 

 main lines are generally accentuated by slight dark blotches ; through the darker 

 terminal space are traces of a pale waved s. t. line ; a heavy blackish terminal 

 line broken by pale dots on the veins. Secondaries with the lines of primaries 

 continued, the postmedian being especially heavy and preceded by a minute 

 discal dot. Beneath primaries darker than above with traces of the same 

 maculation but much fainter and confined largely to the outer area; secondaries 

 paler than above with dark basal area, well defined discal dot and postmedian 

 line and dark subtemiinal one. Expanse 13-14 mm. 



Habitat: San Diego, Calif. (Apr. -May). 3 5 , 2 $. Types, Coll. 

 Barnes. 



One 9 Co-type is in the collection of the American Museum, 

 this specimen having been included by Pearsall as a Co-type of vapor- 

 ata; apart from the frontal structure the species may be recognized 

 by the larger discal dot of primaries and the paler color with better 

 defined ante- and postmedian lines. 



EUPITHECIA MISERULATA Grt. 



There seems to be no end gained in disputing the identity of this 

 species as determined by Pearsall and Grossbeck (Ent. News, XIX, 

 312) and we agree in applying the name to the species with heavily 

 fasciculate-ciliate antennae. Regarding the synonymy we are rather 

 in doubt ; nehulosa Hist, was described from speciinens from N. Y., 

 Texas and N. J. ; the type from N. J. is a 9 in the Philadelphia 

 Academy Coll. and is probably miscrulata; the N. Y. and Texan 

 specimens are in the Hulst. Coll. the latter being in very poor con- 

 dition ; under these circumstances we believe the holotype should be 

 restricted to the N. Y. specimen as was virtually done by Grossbeck 

 (Ent. News, XVIII, 343). This specimen is one of those forms with 

 rather evident brown band following the postmedian line and with 

 darker median area than usual and equals grossbeckiata Swett ; know- 

 ing how close some of the Eupithccia species run to each other we 

 are in doubt as to whether nebttlosa may not eventually prove a 

 good species but our material at present is totally inadequate to decide 

 the question and we suggest for the present listing nehulosa (gross- 

 beckiata) as a form of niiserulata rather than making it an exact syn- 

 onym in order that this possibly distinctive feature may not be totally 

 lost to sight. 



Plumbaria Hist, based on a single 9 from Washington, D. C, 

 in the National Museum seems to be nothing but a 9 miserulata 

 and must be added to the synonymy. 



