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A new genus and two new species of Geometridae. 

 By John A. Grossbeck. 

 EUPHENOLIA n. gen. 



Palpi rather short, projecting a little in front of head, 

 ascending, long scaled ; front smooth, rounded ; tongue well 

 developed ; antennae filiform ciliate below, scaled above, the 

 scales giving the appearance of serrations ; thorax and abdomen 

 smooth scaled ; hind tibia of male slender, no spurs, without 

 hair pencil; tarsi well developed, long slender. Fore wings 

 12 veins, one accessory cell; R 1? R 2 and R 3 (=veins n, 10 

 and 9, respectively), off R 4 (=8), R 4 shortly stalked with 

 R 5 (=7), M x (=6) widely separate. Hind wings 8 veins; 

 Sc. (=8) anastomosing with R (=7) on second quarter of 

 cell, R very long stemmed with M x . 



Type — Euphenolia skinnerata, n. sp. 



A genus of the Sterrhinae differing from all others in the 

 long, slender posterior legs, which are destitute of spurs and 

 hair pencil. 



Euphenolia skinnerata n. sp. 



Expanse 13.5-14.5 mm. — Front umber brown, vertex creamy white, 

 antennae and palpi pale yellowish-brown ; thorax and abdomen creamy 

 yellow with a pale brown cast, more pronounced on the thorax. 

 Wings creamy yellow; fringe concolorous. Primaries with intradis- 

 cal brown line one-fourth from base, bends suddenly out from costa, 

 then evenly almost without curve to inner margin. A similar colored 

 extradiscal line begins on costa one-third in from apex, bends gently 

 out and in to M2, then again more strongly out and in to Cu2 and 

 shortly outward to inner margin. Basal area rather thickly overlaid 

 with brown scales. Median area with a central shade forming an 

 indistinct brown line. No discal spot. Outer area with a broad shade 

 of brown just exterior to extradiscal line; marginal line narrow, 

 brown. Secondaries with two sinuous pale brown lines from costa 

 to inner margin; the outermost area slightly brown-shaded. Beneath 

 with ornamentation of upper side largely reproduced, the inner lines 

 rather inconspicuous ; a small discal spot on all wings. 



A well marked form very unlike any Geometer known to me. 



Types. — One male, Rutgers College; one female, Academy 

 Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 



Habitat. — Carr Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise 

 County, Arizona, in August. Collected by Dr. Henry Skinner 

 to whom the species is respectfully dedicated. 



