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Betroversa and kappa have the ordinary spots, somewhat pale-ringed 

 and usually rather distinct. The former is distinguished by having the 

 t. p. Hue in^vardly toothed at middle, the tooth extending to the t. a. 

 line, but not beyond ; basal dash very faint. The latter has the basal 

 dash rather more distinct, becoming prominent before the t. a. line and 

 extending through median space to t. p. line, the connection thus not 

 formed by the tooth of the t. p. line. Of retroversa I know only the 

 type. 



Badistriga, the type of the genus, is as a rule paler, more grayish. 

 The basal dash is very distinct and prominent, and the outer black 

 streak starts from the orbicular and extends through the reniform to 

 near the outer margin. 



SYNOPSIS OF SPECIES. 



Transverse lines wanting, or indicated by venular dots only. 

 Brownish fuscous, median lines faintly indicated. 



Veins black marked; a row of terminal black lunules INCOMITATA. 



Veins not black marked; no terminal lunules picixa. 



Fuscous gray, collar paler ; lines all lost ; veins marked in the $ only .inconstans. 

 Transverse lines distinct, the t. p. at least. 

 Basal longitudinal streak wanting. 

 S. t. line wanting. 



Median lines connected by an inward tooth from t. p. line figurata. 



S. t. line distinct or at least traceable ; median lines not connected. 

 Fuscous gray ; t. p. line nearly straight, not as much inflected as usual. CHORDA. 

 Clayey gray, much shaded with black; t. p. line widely bent, with an acute 



costal tooth toward base of wing epipaschia. 



Basal longitudinal streak present. 



T. a. line obsolete vulnerea. 



T. a. line distinctly present. 

 No line from reniform outwardly, crossing t. p. line. 



Basal dash extending only to t. a. line deserta. 



Basal dash extending through median space to t. p. line induta. 



A black line crossing reniform, and extending outwardly across t. p. line and 



t. space. 



T. p. line with a strong inward tooth connecting with t. a. line, retro versa. 



T. p. line not toothed ; median lines connected by a continuation of basal 



streak. 



Basal streak faint ; the line crossing t. p. over reniform obscure, shaded ; 



secondaries fuscous kappa. 



£asal streak very distinct, as is the streak over reniform ; secondaries 



pale BADISTRIGA, 



Homohadena incomitata Harv. 



1875, Harv. Buff. Bull., iii, 6, Homohadena. 

 1875, Harv. Can. Ent., vii, 136, Homohadena. 



Deep dark, somewhat fucous brown, somewhat variable in intensity. 

 Head and collar a richer, more reddish brown. The ordinary lines of 

 primaries are obsolete. Median lines sometimes entirely wanting, 

 'Usually traceable as a series of black venular dots. S. t. line entirely 



