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yellow-brown at apex. None of the markings quite sharply defined. Hind wing 

 light brownish gray. 12 mm. 



May. Type only known. 



Northern New Jersey. 



28. P. aurorana Kearfott. Fore wing light ochreous with pink iridescence; 

 median fascia somewhat oblique from middle of costa to inner margin at one- 

 third way out, nearly even in width, somewhat excurved, and shaded with black 

 on both sides at inner margin; outer part of wing with a triangle on inner margin, 

 a fascia across apex and a large central patch lacking the pink iridescence, but 

 not contrasting. Fringe concolorous, hind wing dirty white. 12 mm. 



August to early September. 

 Maine and northern New Jersey. 



29. P. hollandana Kearfott. Similar to P. aurorana; the outer part of the wing 

 suffused with gray, leaving most of the pink along the costal edge; the median 

 fascia more solidly blackish. Hind wing mouse gray. 13 mm. 



September. Not improbably a dark variety of P. bunteana. 

 Western Pennsylvania. 



30. P. bunteana Robinson. Basal third cream white, median fascia even, oblique, 

 fairly broad, abruptly narrowing to costa; mixed yellow -brown and black; outer 

 part of wing yellow-brown, heavily shaded with pink; a brown fascia across apex, 

 shaded with black, and with some black scaling between it and the end of the cell, 

 often gathering in a distinct spot. Often with & mixed black and brown triangle 

 beyond the middle of the inner margin, which may fuse with the fascia. 13 mm. 

 (voxcana, Kearfott). 



June to September. Larva on Lactuca scareola. 



Common, south to North Carolina and west to Manitoba. New York: Wells, 

 Ithaca, Poughkeepsie. 



Number 31 is vacant. 



32. P. albidana Walker. Head white, contrasting with the dark gray thorax. 

 Base strigose blackish gray, the strigae much stronger toward the inner margin 

 usually crossed by a well-marked white antemedial shade and with some yellow 

 scales in median area. Outer two-fifths ochre yellow, becoming white just beyond 

 the gray base and on the costa, with a blackish area beyond it, wider on the costa 

 and running out toward the anal angle, and crossed by a whitish transverse stria 

 or band. Fringe yellow. Hind wing gray. 10-12 mm. (icinniana Kearfott; nana 

 auct., not Hiibner. ) 



May to July. 



New Jersey and north. New York: Rock City, Ithaca, Trenton Falls. 



Number 33 is vacant. 



34. P. cenotherana Riley. Base of fore wing ochre or olive yellow, outer half or 

 rather more, deep rose pink; sometimes enclosing a patch of the ground color; 

 the boundary nearly perpendicular to costa. Hind wing dark fuscous brown. 

 10 mm. General. 



April; July; September. Larva a bud worm on evening primrose in June, and 

 feeding on the rosette leaves in late fall. 



Generally distributed. New York: Vicinity of New York City (Watson). 



35. P. elderana Kearfott. Bright yellow-brown, shaded and reticulate with 

 darker brown; a distinct but diffuse darker median shade, and bar across apex; 

 fringe concolorous. Hind wing grayer brown. 12 mm. 



July. Larva in pith of swamp elder, in June. 

 Southern New Jersey. 



36. P. discana Kearfott. Fore wing wood -brown, mottled with finely white - 

 tipped black scales, sometimes forming a vague darker median shade. Fringe 

 concolorous; hind wing brownish gray. 12 mm. 



August. 

 Maryland to Ohio. 



