11(5 



NOCTUIB.r.. 



faint (lark iiostmodial line with whiter shade heyond it; a whitisli 

 line at Iwise of cilia ; the underside wliiter irrorated with brown, 

 the postinedial line more distinct and luther diffused. 



Uah. U.S.A., Colorado {CockereU), 1 ^. Exp. 40 millim. 



Genus EOSPHOROPTERYX. 



Eos^phoropfenjx, Dvar, Journ. X.Y. Ent. Soc. x. p. 80 (1902).. 



Tjpe. 

 thyatyroidcs. 



Proboscis fully clevelopetl ; palpi upturned, tiie 2nd joint reai-binj^ to well 

 above vertex of bead and broadly fiinged wiili scales in front, tlie 3rd long ; 

 frons sinoolh, witb tuft of liair; eyes large, round, sligbtly overbung by cilia; 

 antenntc of male ciliated; tboras't-lothed with bair aud" bair-like scales, tbe 

 iiieso- and metatborax witb large divided crest ; tibia; sligbtly fringed witb 

 bair ; abdomen witb small basal crest and very 1 irge crest on 3rd segment. 

 Fore wing witb the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and sligbtly crenu- 

 late, the inner margin excised towards tornus wiiich has a seale-tootb ; veins 3 

 and 5 from near angle of cell ; (> from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing 

 with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing witb the cell about ball" 

 the length of wing; veins 3, 4 from angle; 5 fully developed from above angle; 

 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the" cell near base only. 



8269. Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides. 



Plusia fhyatijroidcs, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 337, pi. 11. f. 8 (1852) ; Ottolen<^iii, 

 J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. s. pi. ix. f. 12 ; Smith, Cat. ]Soct. N. Am. p. 219. 



Head and thorax pale grey-brown ; frons with white bar above; 

 antennie white towards base and with some black scales on basal 

 joint above; palpi rufous; tegulse with black line at middle and 



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'Pig- ll'2.~Eosphoropier>/x thyaiyroides, <S . \. 



white tips ; patagia with some black at .shouldei-s and white line 

 near liase ; tjie dorsal crests bright rufous ; pectus and legs white 

 mixed with grey-brown, the tarsi brown ringed with white; 

 abdomen white dorsally suffused with grey-brown, the crests 

 rufous, the anal tuft red-brown above. Fore' wing white suffused 

 with purpli.sh pink and slightly irrorated with black, tlie medial 

 area silvery except towards costa ; an oblique bhick-brown fascia 

 edged with rufous from costa near base to the antemedial line at 

 subcostal nervurc; antemedial line brown defined on inner side by 



