— 149— 



Luteous to fuscous or reddish powdery walkerii. 



Red-brown sidus. 



T. p. line even, pale. 



Variable in color; luteous to brown; t. p. line irregularly sinuate; s. t. 



line irregular, angulate morrisoili. 



Sordid luteous gray; t. p. line evenly bisinuate; a distinct, rigidly oblique 

 pale shade line through s. t. space devia. 



S. graefiana. 



1S74, Grt. Buff. Bull, ii, 69, Scopelosovia. 

 1S82, Grt. % 111. Essay 65, pi. 3, fig. 438, Scopelosoma. 

 Rather pale yellow, with orange irroration; transverse lines distinct, 

 brown. Basal line distinct. T. a. line rigidly upright, or slightly ol)lique. 



T. p. line inwardly oblique; with a small out- 

 ward curve on costa, thence rigid to hind 

 margin. A distinct, slightly arcuate median 

 shade line equally distinct from costa to inner 

 ' \- margin; forming inner boundary of reniform. 

 S. t. line very faint, barely traceable, irreg- 

 ular, punctiform. A row of terminal lunules. 

 Ordinary spots concolorous, ringed with brown. Orbicular small, round; 

 reniform large, slightly constricted medially. Secondaries pale yellow, with 

 an outer darker line. Beneath pale yellow, with a more or less complete 

 outer line; secondaries with discal lunule. Head and thorax concolorous 

 with primaries. Antennae of ^ with fine lateral tuftings, of ? perfectly 

 simple. Ex^Muds 1.30 — 1.50 inch.; 2il — 38 mni- 

 Hab. — New York northward. 



The differences between this species and the closely alHed mof- 

 fatiana are elsewhere discussed. 



S. moffatiana Grt. 



1882, Grt., Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. vi, 5S3, Scopelosoma. 

 grcefiaiia % Grt. 



1882, Grt., 111. Essay 65, pi. 3, fig. 38, Scopelosoma. 

 1882, Grt., Bull, U. S. Geol. Surv. vi, 583, pr, syn. 

 Rather deep reddish yellow, the lines distinct, darker brown. T. a. line 

 somewhat arcuate, rarely nearly rigid. T. p. line with an initial curve on 



costa, thence inwardly oblique and usually 

 somewhat arcuate to hind margin. S. t. 

 line faint, irregular. A row of terminal 

 lunules; median shade line rather broad, 

 ^ diffuse, subsinuate. Ordinarj- spots con- 



colorous with brown outlines; orbicular 

 rather small, round; reniform large, somewhat constricted at middle. Sec- 

 ondaries pale yellow, with a reddish suffusion, the outer line- of underside 

 sometimes faintly reproduced. Beneath as in grcrfiana. Head and thorax 

 concolorous with primaries. Expands 1.40— 1.50 inch.; 35—37 mni. 

 Hab. — New York, northward. 



