AmerigAna 



VOL. II. 



BROOKLYN, JANUARY, 1887. 



NO. 10. 



New species of Geometridae, No. 3. 



By Rev. Geo. D. Hulst. 



Ephyra plantagenaria, sp. nov. Expands 21 mm. Palpi very short, black 

 with scattered white scales becoming thus gray beneath; front black; thorax and ab- 

 domen light gray, the abdomen with indistinct annul. tion. of lighter color, often 

 white. Fore wings light gray, more or less overlaid with dark gray, forming indef 

 inite lines and bands. The basal space is often dark gray, and the lines are three, 

 each well determined on costa, indefinite, dissolving into the ground color as they 

 cross the wings; the first is finest, the outer broadest, the latter band like with heavy 

 cloud at middle and near inner margin, all very much angulate wavy across tin 

 wings. An indeterminate submarginal line or shading and a marginal line of black 

 points; annulate spots faintly discerned on middle line. Mind wings like fore wings 

 but wanting the first line; annulate spot faintly evident. Beneath, light cinereous 

 with outer line evident, as also annulate spots. 



7(j\ 89, Tex. Ariz. Coll. Lintner, Neum. Hulst. 



Acidalia obluridata sp. nov. Expands 19 mm., Palpi and head reddish brown ■ 

 Wings whitish washed with light ochreous, which is somewhat darkened into cross 

 lines; over the wings is also a peppering of black scales, very much scattered but 

 more numerous on the crosslines, and forming on fore wings a cloud at middle of 

 outer third, and at inner margin, and on hind wings a somewhat distinct intra medi- 

 an line. On fore wings, the first line is basal, bent, the next extradiscal, oblique, and 

 on the outer third, closely together and parallel, are three others, in part coalescing, 

 dentate or wavy, showing white dentate space between; apart from the basal line the 

 hind wings correspond; hind wings somewhat angled; cliscal spots small black - a 

 row of black points on each wing just within margin, and an alternating row on 

 fringe, faint: fringe light ochreous. Beneath whitish, without the ochreous tinge 

 and with the black run into the cross lines, which thus become quite marked espe 

 daily outwardly. 



19 Rockledge, Fla.. Coll. Hill. 



Acidalia volucrata, sp. nov. Expands 19 mm. Palpi, head and thorax 

 light ochreous. rather dull and blurred; abdomen same color, with a brownish cast 



