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palpi longer than the head and thorax ; antennae in the male 

 bipectinate ; fore wings with the median vein white, and 

 bordered above with dark brown in the outer half of the 

 cell, from which a gray shade extends to the apex, behind 

 which the entire surface of the wings is yellowish gray, 

 except in the fold. Fringes yellowish gray. Hind wings 

 grayish fuscous, paler basally. 



Habitat. Georgia, Missouri, Colorado. Food plant and 

 early stages unknown. 



I have seen Zeller's type, now in the British Museum ; and 

 Morrison's type, which belongs to the National Museum, is 

 now before me. 



THAUMATOPSIS EDONIS. (Plate IV., fig. 12.) 

 Crambus (Propexus) edonis Grote, Can. Ent., Vol. XII., p. 19 (1880). 



Expanse of wings, 34-36 mm. Head, palpi and thorax 

 reddish fuscous ; antennae of the male bipectinate ; fore 

 wings reddish fuscous, without markings, but dusted with 

 fuscous on the interspaces and terminally. Fringes fuscous. 

 Hind wings pale fuscous, with paler fringes. 



Habitat. North Carolina, Kansas. Food plants and 



early stages unknown. 



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THAUMATOPSIS REPANDUS. (Plate IV., fig. 15.) 

 Crambus (Propexus} repandus Grote, Can. Ent., Vol. XII., p. 19 (1880). 



Expanse of wings, 22-32 mm. Head, palpi and thorax 

 whitish, more or less tinged with ashy gray. Fore wings 

 whitish, with numerous fine dark-brown lines in the inter- 

 spaces ; median line broken and acutely angled at the end 

 of the cell. Subterminal line black where it arises from the 

 outer fourth of the costa, but soon changes to brown, form- 

 ing an inward tooth on vein 7 and an outward tooth near the 

 anal angle. Terminal line black, and broken into three dots 

 between veins 3 and 5. Fringes silvery gray, cut with 

 white three or four times. Hind wings pale yellowish, with 

 white fringes and an indistinct subterminal line. 



Habitat. Texas, Arizona, Kansas, Colorado. Food 

 plant and early stages unknown. 



