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3}4. C. electrofusca Heinrich. Similar to C. rusticana; but with the darker 

 portions evenly overlaid with ochre, giving a bright, tawny brown effect; the 

 pale ground with a suggestion of pinkish iridescence. 



End of May to July. Larva oh sweet fern. 



New Hampshire to New Jersey. New York: Ithaca. 



4. C. micantana Kcarfott. Similar to 0. fasciatana. Ground nearly even dark 

 brown, the gray band between the anal spot and the median fascia, and the gray 

 band at the anal angle both replaced by powdery whitish fasciae which join the 

 whitish apical suffusion and separate the subtenninal fascia widely from the 

 median area. 



June. Larva on dogwood. 



Apparently more common northward. New York: Ithaca. 



5. C. furfurana McDunnough. Color and appearance as in 0. permundana; 

 genitalia as in C. rusticana. Slightly more greenish olivaceous than C. p&inundana, 

 with the pale areas more strigate with darker lines and dashes, the markings 

 distinctly outlined with pale ochreous. Teeth of the postmedial band very long, the 

 upper one almost touching the subterminal band, which does not reach the costa. 

 16 mm. (Not examined.) 



June. 



Vicinity of Ottawa, Canada. 



6. C. fraternana McDunnough, another species with the appearance of permun- 

 dana and genitalia of rusticana, is unknown to me. 



tt Almost wholly "brown. 



7. C. quebecensis Heinrich (Kearfott ms.). Rather bright deep tawny brown 

 ( the " Vandyke brown " of Smith's glossan ) ; evenly colored ; antemedial band of 

 two narrow dark lead-gray striae; median, subterminal, and anal spots separated 

 by an irregular narrow lead-gray marking, the subterminal fascia not separate 

 from the costal region, and reaching the anal angle, with only a short stria 

 between it and the concolorous brown apex. The usual costal striae hardly 

 visible; fringe and hind wing unusually dark, mouse gray. 13 mm. 



Quebec; type only seen. 



ttt With normal Eatartema pattern; a part of the markings sometimes somewhat 

 suffused. Dark base reaching costa, or gradually fadvng out toward oosta^ 

 without definite upper boundary (Exartema). 



8. C. olivaceana Fernald. Markings almost completely overlaid with slightly 

 duller ochreous, the fascia narrower, silver-gray and cream, not contrasting; outer 

 markings similar, a little narrower, yellower, and less contrasting than in C. Imei- 

 fasciana. 15 mm. 



June and July. To the naked eye the whole Cymolomia pattern is more dis- 

 tinct than in other members of this group. 



General in distribution. New York: Ithaca, New Windsor (Morton). 



9. C. appendicea Zeller. Ash gray with a slight olivaceous tint, unlike all the 

 similar species of the fasciatana and permundana groups by the complete lack 

 of any yellow or brown tint. Base and median fascia above fold and apical dot 

 blackish, strongly contrasting with the olive subterminal and anal markings, and 

 the olive or obscure dorsal part of the median fascia. 



June. Larva on oak. 



Kearfott considered this a synonym of versicolorana Clemens. McDunnough 

 calls attention to the whitish base of the costa mentioned in the original descrip- 

 tion of versicolorana, and treats it as distinct. I have not seen versicolorana as 

 identified by McDunnough. Presumably it belongs to the malana or nigrana groups 

 as defined by the pattern. 



