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July. Larva on sumac. Perhaps one of the two very different larva described 

 for M. pravella belongs to this species. 

 New York and Texas. 



10. S. basilaris Zeller. Bluish ash gray, base light wood-brown or orange, shading 

 into blackish along the inner margin, or followed by a black shade; antemedial line 

 strong, whitish, a little wavy, denned on outer side with a black line, fading out 

 at costa. Outer margin shaded with brown, the brown varying a good deal in 

 amount; discal dots and postmedial line obscure; terminal line distinct, broken, 

 black. 25 mm. 



July. 



New Hampshire and northern Ontario to Colorado and Texas. 



11. S. cviatella Dyar. Base, costa, and inner margin broadly bright reddish 

 brown, disc and outer margin bright purplish gray with paler veins; a broad black 

 inner band, cut by a fine white irregular line; discal dots confluent, clouded; outer 

 line whitish, diffuse, sharply bent opposite cell and in fold. Black terminal dashes. 

 22-25 mm. 



Chicago, Illinois. 



12. S. carneella Hulst. Powdery gray; the thorax, base of wing, antemedial 

 band, and postmedial region suffused with crimson; median area with crimson 

 shades between the veins; lines normal; antemedial excurved and hardly dentate, 

 gray, defined mostly by the lack of crimson suffusion; discal dots obscure, blackish, 

 terminal line obscure and fine. 22 mm. 



Larva on willow. 



Maine and Massachusetts. 



13. S. purpurella Hulst. Paler powdery gray, almost wholly suffused with light 

 red, leaving a whitish band before the antemedial line, which is pale, heavily 

 defined with blackish on both sides, toward inner margin, and erect; outer part 

 of costa also without red; postmedial line obscure, indicated by the lack of red 

 shading. 24 mm. 



New Mexico, the Illinois record probably in error. 



87. IMMTRLA Dyar 



Similar to Salebria, with an antemedial scale tuft. 



1. L nigrovittella Dyar. Dark gray, median area slightly paler; ridge deep black, 

 farther out toward costa, not reaching costa; antemedial line just beyond it and 

 parallel, faint; postmedial line pale, faintly bowed at middle, dark -edged and 

 running in a darker shade. 20 mm. 



,May and June. 



Western Pennsylvania. New York: Ithaca. 



88. MYELJEA Ragonot 



Similar to Laodamia; palpi shorter, fore wing much broader, with strongly 

 arched costa. 



1. M. vetustella Dyar. Light ash gray; head, collar, and base of fore wing 

 Indian red, contrasting; antemedial line defined on the outer side with a blackish 

 line; within, by a heavy blackish shade, the two fusing on the costa and obliterat- 

 ing the antemedial line. Discal dots gray, obliquely placed; postmedial line 

 faint, emphasized by dark shades before it on the veins. 25 mm. 



May. 



Ithaca, New York, and south. 



