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Grayish white, more evenly black powdered; orbicular absent; dagger 

 mark not distinct and does not cross t. p. line opposite anal angle. 



popnli. 



8. T. a. line incomplete, but usually present in part . . . .9. 

 T. a. line complete, geminate 10. 



9. White with a creamy tinge, primaries rather sparsely powdered; or- 



bicular distinct lepnscnlina. 



Ashen gray, primaries quite densely powdered with coarse black scales; 



no median shade line Cinderella n. sp. 



Ashen gray as before, but with an evident, smoky, angulated median 



shade line or band transversata n. sp. 



10. Primaries dark bluish gray; t. a. line almost upright, its two parts 



almost equally distinct and quite widely separated; size smallest 

 of the group tota. 



Group Lobeliae. 



1. No black basal dash line or streak and no black dagger marks of any 



kind 2. 



A black basal dash, streak or line present in all cases; one or more 

 dagger marks usually present 3. 



2. Ground color creamy white; costal marks and t. p. line black. 



innotala. 



Ground color luteous, the maculation but little darker and none of it 



black betnlae. 



3. The ordinary spots are more or less obviously tied or connected by a 



black line or dash 6. 



The ordinary spots not connected by a black line or dash. 



Scaly vestiture of primaries smooth, decumbent . . .4. 

 Scaly vestiture of primaries elevated, rough, giving the surface a 



more or less velvety appearance 15. 



4. Maculation strigate, all the ordinary lines and spots obscured . 9. 

 A more or less obvious black line or dagger mark touches or crosses 



the t. p. line opposite the cell 5. 



No trace of a dagger mark or black line opposite the cell of prima- 

 ries 10. 



5. Dorsum of the thorax discolorous, yellow, primaries creamy white 



with yellow shadings, secondaries smoky ; size large momla. 



Dorsum of thorax concolorous. 

 Size moderate, primaries ashen gray, no median shade line; all the 

 dashes distinct and the markings well defined occidentalis. 



Size small, primaries with a more or less obvious median shade line. 

 Ashen gray with a slight reddish tinge; opaque; the dash oppo- 

 site anal angle usually crossing the t. p. line . . panpercnla. 

 Glistening or shining white, with mossy olivaceous or bluish 

 shadings; anal dagger usually not crossing the t. p. line. 



yinnnla. 



