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veintd, 5 tuid 4 furcating, Blackish and gray. Fore wings with a 

 faint and inconstant sliading of rod at base, usually absent. Basal 

 field of the wing wdiitisli gray, before the line shaded with blackish. 

 Inner line continuous, whitish gray, followed by a blackish line, twice 

 indented, usually roundedly exserted in the middle. Median space 

 Avashed with gray anteriorly and along costa. Discal mark consisting 

 of two, generally fused dark dots, obliquely placed, slightly relieved 

 by whitish. Outer line pale, tolerably even, 

 indented below costa opposite cell and again 

 less distinctly on submedian fold. A row of 

 terminal blackish points ; fringes concolorous. 

 There is a more or less evident darker 

 median shade, Avhich oblii[uely margins in an 

 irregular fashion the outer and darker i)ortion 

 of the median space ; sometimes a faint reddish 

 tinge is perceptible itbout this shade-line, 

 on submedian space. Thorax ashen, sometimes faintly ruddy. Ilind 

 wings sub})ellucid, shaded with fuscous, darker in the female ; fringes 

 paler, neatly interlined near the base. Expanse 24 to 20 mil. A 

 considerable numljcr of specimens examined. New England and New 

 York. 



VaR. (JL'INQUEPUNCTELLA. 



S ? . Closely allied to contatdla. It differs by its smaller size ; 

 the last two scallops of the interior line more or less e^'idently pure 

 white and contrasting. The line is followed by three dots ; one 

 below costa, indistinct, sometimes absent ; the second at median 

 vein, at the inception of the white portion of the line ; tlic third 

 on submedian fold. These dots seem to be the remainder of the 

 blackish shade following the white portion of the line. The discal 

 dots are separate. The outer line is more denticulate; the wing is 

 more noticeably stained with red. Hind Avings and under surface as 

 in its ally. Expanse 21 to 23 mil. One male and four fenuiles, 

 from Maine, New York, and from London, Ontario, Mr. Reed. This 

 may be a distinct species and is readily distinguished from the 

 typical contatelUt. 



I have not been able to examine the neuration of the Texan 

 species, Ugnosdla, and tartareUd, described by Zeller of which I have 

 but single si)ecimens. I have also seen no N. Am. species referable 

 to Pempelia, as restricted by Ileincman to species with 7-veined 

 secondaries. 



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