34 BULtLETIN 123, tTNITED STATES NATIONAL, MUSEUM. 



8. Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 stalked (39) argenticostaua. 



Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 united (40) spiculana. 



9. A series of fuscous dots along dorsal margin of fore wing, 



(41) dorsiatomana. 

 No such series of fuscous dots on dorsal margin 10 



10. Dorsal area of fore wing below the fold white (45) pallidarcis. 



Dorsal area below the fold ochreous 11 



11. Fore wing with vein 2 indicated by a streak of blackish fuscous scaling ■ 



veins 3 and 4 of hind wing stalked (42) striatana. 



Fore wing without such blackish streak over vein 2 ; veins 3 and 4 of hind 

 wing united (43) var. occidentalis. 



12. Fore wing heavily dusted and marked with dark ashy gray; no ochreous 



suffusion (35) misturana. 



Fore wing cream or dirty white, slightly dusted with gray; if heavily 

 dusted with gray, then subcostal area bordering median streak toward 

 base strongly ochreous 13 



13. Head snow white 14 



Head dusted with ashy gray or fuscous 15 



14. Median white streak of fore wing with a narrow wedge shaped brown mark 



on lower margin just beyond base (38) indagatricana. 



Median white streak without such mark on lower margin_(44) delpMnoides. 



15. Median white streak strongly contrasted against ground color; hind wing 



smoky fuscous , (37) clavana. 



Median white streak faint, fading into ground color; hind wing whitish. 



(36) parvana. 



16. Fore wing blackish fuscous (or very dark grayish fuscous) with sharply 



contrasting white ocelloid patch and white patch on mid dorsum 17 



Fore wing not so marked . 20 



17. Ground color of fore wing at apex light ochreous brown (22) marmontana. 



Ground color of fore wing at apex blackish fuscous 18 



18. White apical costal dash on fore wing triangular, as broad as long; ocellus 



containing three black lines, the lowest strongly arched, 



(23) oregonensis. 



White apical costal dash short and narrow, longer than broad ; ocellus with 



black markings somewhat irregular but not as above 19 



19. Median dorsal white patch on fore wing well separated from ocellus by a, 



broad patch of the ground color (20) crispaua. 



Median dorsal white patch but narrowly separated from the ocellus. 



(21) alterana. 



20. Fore wing light ochreous salmon color (49) salmicolorana. 



Fore wing not ochreous salmon color 21 



21. Fore wing gray, unicolorous and unmarked 22 



Fore wing otherwise ; if gray distinctly marked ; if unicolorous not gray_23 



22. Antenna of male nearly smooth (27) lapidana. 



Antenna of male strongly pubescent (28) sublapidana. 



23. Ocelloid patch of fore wing well marked, with a median silver bar dividing 



a cluster of six or more black spots 24 



Ocellus not clearly defined ; or if so, marked otherwise than as above 27 



24. Ground color of fore wing lemon or golden yellow 25 



Ground color of fore wing brownish ochreous partially suffused with gray- 

 ish or whitish scaling 26 



25. Fore wing with an outer fuscous and metallic fascia and a strong fuscous 



shading over ocellus (14) annetteana. 



Fore wing without such (15) refusana. 



