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2. Outer margin of dark area of fore wing nearly vertical (slightly angulate 



outwardly at middle) ; extending no farther out on dorsum than on costa. 



(4) melanosticta. 



Outer margin of dark area decidedly irregular, extending farther out on 



dorsum than on costa 3. 



3. Outer costal and subapical dark markings nearly obsolete (1) montanana. 



Dark costal spots, subapical bar, and dark terminal shading distinct. 



(2) rubipunctana. 



4. Dark markings of fore wing conspicuous as a blackish, more or less triangu- 



lar subapical bar, a blackish subtornal spot, and a broadly triangular or 

 hooklike black patch at end of cell reaching to costa but darkest below 



middle (representing remains of a median band) (9) antiquana ntibilana. 



Dark markings otherwise 5. 



5. Ground color of fore wing pale sordid ocherous; conspicuous dark markings 



confined to a blackish smudge on mid costa, a black apical spot and a fine 



black subapical bar (3) sordulenta. 



Ground color sometimes ocherous, but much suffused with dark scaling ; 

 conspicuous dark markings otherwise 6. 



6. Median and basal dark area of fore wing mottled or shaded with deep black 



scales ; dark scaling of palpi semiiridescent bluish-black 7. 



Median and basal dark areas with little or no appreciable black scaling ; 

 dark scaling of palpi fuscous 8. 



7. Costa of fore wing arched at middle; apex evenly rounded (6) daeckeana. 



Costa of fore wing straight beyond base ; apex slightly pointed. 



(5) hebesana. 



8. Antemedian area of fore wing no paler than basal area ; alar expanse over 



16 mm (8) infuscata. 



Antemedian area slightly paler than basal area ; alar expanse under 15 mm. 



(7) conditaiia. 



1. ENDOTHENIA MONTANANA (Kearfott) 

 (Figs. 190,349) 



Olethreutes nimbatana montanana Kearfott, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 vol. 23, 1907, p. 157.— Forbes, Memoir 68, Cornell Univ. Agr. Exp. Sta„ 

 1924, p. 456. 



Argyroploce nim'batana montanana Barnes and McDunnough, Check List 

 Lepid. Bor. Amer., no. 6821a, 1917. 



Is only superficially like nimhatana. 



Male genitalia figured from specimens in collection Cornell Uni- 

 versity from Ithaca, N. Y. (Cornell Lot no. 450, sub 434, W. T. M. 

 Forbes). Female genitalia figured from type. 



Specimens in National Collection and American Museum from 

 New York and North Carolina. 



Alar expanse. — 17-20 mm. 



Type. — In American Museum, 



Type locality. — Mount Graybeard, N. C. 



