NORTH AMERICAN EUCOSMINAE. 75 



42. Apex of fore wing acutely pointed; termen deeply concave; ground color 



ochreous with a somewhat coppery hue 43 



Apex of fore wing bluntly pointed or rounded; termen rounded, straight, 

 or but slightly concave 45 



43. Veins 3-4 of fore wing fusing before termen 44 



Veins 3-4 of fore wing closely approximated but not fusing before termen. 



(126) conspiciendana. 



44. Head reddish ochreous (125) cataclystiana. 



Head white (127) floridana. 



45. Fore wing with blotch of fuscous scaling in cell 46 



Fore wing without such blotch 47 



46. Ground color dirty whitish ochreous; alar expanse over 15 mm. 



(29) comatulana. 

 Ground color clay-yellow; alar expanse under 14 mm — (43) pallidipalpana. 



47. Fore wing cream white or whitish ochreous with a distinctly grayish 



cast 48 



Fore wing ochreous, golden, reddish, or grayish fuscous 49 



48. Ocellus with one black longitudinal line (33) monogrammana. 



Ocellus with three black longitudinal lines (34) atomosana, 



49. Ground color of fore wing grayish fuscous 50 



Ground color of fore wing not grayish fuscous 51 



50. Head brown irrorated with white (35) glomarana. 



Head putty color (36) sandana. 



51. Fore wing with scattered spots or curved lines of semimetallic scales 53 



Fore wing not so marked 52 



52. Underside of fore wing dusted with fuscous especially toward extremity. 



(44) perdricana. 

 Underside of fore wing not so dusted (28) costastrigulana. 



53. Semimetallic markings in scattered spots 54 



Semimetallic markings in thin curved lines 56 



54. Alar expanse 12 mm. or less (30) albiguttana. 



Alar expanse over 16 mm 55 



55. Metallic spots bordered with white (31) graciliana. 



Metallic spots not bordered with white (32) galenapunctana. 



56. Area near termen of fore wing, above ocellus, white dusted with faint 



fuscous streaks 58 



Area above ocellus of the yellowish ground color ; not so dusted 57 



57. Costa from base to beyond middle shaded with fuscous (37) circulana. 



Costa from base to beyond middle putty colored and somewhat paler than 



ground color of fore wing (38) var. gemellana. 



58. Fore wing at least twice as long as broad 59 



Fore wing not over one and one-half times as long as broad 60 



59. Distribution Atlantic States to Rocky Mountains (39) scintillana. 



Distribution Rocky Mountain region and westward (40) var. randana. 



60. Ground color of fore wing Indian red (41) fratruelis. 



Ground color of fore wing buckskin yellow (42) fraudabilis. 



61. Fore wing with a dark basal patch extending from inner angle or near 



inner angle of dorsal margin or with at least one dark band, or spot on 



dorsal margin 68 



Fore wing without such marking 62 



62. Fore wing with a few longitudinal streaks of black or white; otherwise 



unmarked 63 



Fore wing otherwise 64 



