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B. Fore wmg with Rj anastomosing, or becoming coincident, with Sc (fig. 309). 

 * Terminal line continuous above, replaced by black dots below. 



27. C. hortuellus Hiibner, race topiarius Grote. Clay color, becoming clear yel- 

 low toward the outer margin; with dark fuscous, more or less shining stripes 

 between the veins, leaving a clear yellow space before tlie subterminal line; two 

 such stripes in the cell, and three oblique ones running clown from the costa out- 

 wardly, the first nearly longitudinal and extending along the costa to the base; 

 subterminal line silver gray, angled moderately opposite the cell, often edged 

 with brown, and followed by a second silver streak at the costa; terminal line 

 and dots contrasting on the yellow ground; fringe shining, somewhat bronzy. 

 Hind wing gray, with a pale fringe as usual in the genus. 18 mm. 



Very common in June and July. Larva on various low plants; sometimes 

 injurious to cranberry. Larva dirty gray with light yellow-brown head, and with 

 black clypeus and labrum; cervical shield inconspicuous. 



Generally distributed. New York: Common and general. 



** Terminal line formed of dots or inconspicuous. 



28. C. trisectus Walker. Light grayish luteous, shaded with dull gray between 

 veins, leaving fine pale streaks on the veins, and outwardly in the middle of the 

 interspaces; costal region more or less streaked with yellowish, sometimes clear 

 light ochre. Median and subterminal lines represented by blackish oblique shades 

 across the middle of the wing; terminal dots weak, often obsolete; fringe fuscous, 

 strongly cut with white between the veins. 28 mm. (biliturellus Zeller, exsiccatua 

 Zeller, interminellus Walker.) 



Larva on grass. Two broods, the moth flying in June and August. 



Generally distributed and not rare. New York: Newport, Fentons (Lewis Co.), 

 Newcomb, North Creek, Honeoye Falls, Batavia, Lewiston, Otto, Ithaca, Big 

 Indian Valley, Little Falls, Schenectady, Nassau, Rhinebeck, New Windsor, and 

 Lynbrook, Long Island. 



Inomatellus Walker may be a pale or rubbed specimen of this species. 



29. C. laciniellus Grote. Fore wing pale cinerous ochreous, especially on the 

 costal and outer portion of the wing; a few scattered brown scales. Median and 

 subterminal lines faint, of ochre scales, partly overlaid with brown; three terminal 

 dots on dorsal part of wing; fringe evenly gray, pale at base. 27 mm. 



Maine. 



30. C. caliginosellus Clemens. Smoky brown or fuscous; somewhat powdery 

 and showing traces of a luteous ground. Median and subterminal lines blackish, 

 underlaid with yellow-brown, irregularly dentate, and roughly parallel; often 

 broken and obscure, the median line sometimes obsolete; terminal line faint, 

 widening into dots between the veins in some specimens. Fringe and hind wing 

 concoloroua. 13-25 mm. 



Larva pinkish white, tinged with br.own; with a dark brown ,or black head; 

 sometimes injurious to young corn, girdling it and eating out the growing point; 

 also on grass. Two broods, June to end of August. 



Common and generally distributed. New York: Lancaster, Otto, Ithaca, Nassau, 

 Greenwich, New Windsor. 



31. C. zeellus Fernald. Closely similar to C. caligmosellus, of which it may be 

 a pale variety; ground luteous, considerably overlaid with smoky brown; with 

 the markings of C. caliginosellus in blackisji brown. 18-24 mm. 



Larva like C. caliginosellus; likewise injurious to corn. 



Maine to West Virginia, Illinois, and Missouri. New York: Batavia, Ithaca, 

 Big Indian Valley, Little Falls, Albany, Rhinebeck, Katonah, Staten Island. 



