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rrimaries and thorax brownish ochraceous ; abdomen bhuk 

 above, red on the sides; secondaries red at the base with an 

 outer black border willi irregular edge. This border extends 

 along outer and anal margins being very broad ()i)|)osite anal 

 angle. Expanse, 30 mm. 



Jfxi/'ifat, Arizona. 



E. costata Stretch. 



1885 — Strktch, Knt. Amer., Vol. I, p. 103. 



opclloidi's Graef. 



1S87 — Graef, Ent. Amer., Vol. Ill, p 42. 



Thorax pale stone color, collar narrowly edged with red ; 

 abdomen red. Primaries pale stone color, dusted with red scales, 

 which are most conspicuous, along costa and on discal cross-vein. 



Secondaries pale reddish. Expanse, 2<S mm. 



Habitat, Texas f Stretch] . 



E. opella Grate. 



1863 — Gkotk, I'roc. Ent. Soc, I'hil., Vol. I, p. 345. 



var. nigricans Rrakirt. 



1864 — KKAKUtr, Proc. Ent. Soc, riiil., Vol. II, p. 371. 



uigrifera Walker. 



1865 — Walker, Cat. Brit Mus., pi. .\X\II, p. 499. 



ohsiiira Stretch. 



1885 — Stretch, Ent. Amer.. \'oi. I, p. 103. 



lirownish tawny, more or less shaded with black. Second- 

 aries reddish with discal spot, or entirely blackish. In the var. 

 /lii^rica/is, the whole insect is suffused with black. Exi)anse, 

 30 mm. 



Habitat, Atlantic States. 



E. immaculata Reakirt. 



1864 — RKAKU^r, I'roc. Ent. Soc, Phil., Vol. II, p. 372. 



var. trimaculosa Rrakirt. 



1864— UEAkurr, Prot. Ent. Soc, Pliil., Vol. II, p. 372. 



Fore wings rose color, shaded with brownish at base, sub- 

 terminally and in a discal spot; or the brownish tint may extend 

 nearly evenly over the whole wing. Sometimes a faint, round, 

 whitish spot in the interspace below origin of vein 2. Secondaries 

 rosy, inimaculate, or with a submarginal row of three dusky spots, 

 the two nearest anal angle connected. Expanse, 25 — 30 mm. 



Habitat, Northern Atlantic States. 



