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taken this view in describing the above species, especially in view 

 of what Mr. L. B. Prout has said concerning the larva of the Euro- 

 pean species and type of the genus in a recent number of the " Ento- 

 mologist." 



All of the three species named above have the second minute pair 

 of spurs referred to. 



4. Eupithecia huachuca, new species. 



Expanse, $ 15 mm., 9 IO -5 mm. Palpi and inferior portion of front dark 

 brown ; remainder of front, vertex, thorax and abdomen fuscous-gray. Palpi slender 

 from above, projecting half the length of the head beyond the front. Thorax and 

 abdomen mottled with brown and some ochreous tinged scales. Color of wings gray 

 overlaid with dark fuscous scales, the transverse lines of the ground color appearing 

 as whitish lines on a darker background. Primaries with basal line single, evenly 

 curved and edged internally with brown. Intradiscal line geminate, with two large 

 outward denticulations before reaching inner margin. Median line geminate, round- 

 ing the discal spot outwardly and subparallel to intradiscal line. The area between 

 the two lines dark shaded on the costa. Extradiscal line also double, begins on 

 costa one third in from apex, extends outward to M x , then bends rather roundly in- 

 ward and runs to inner margin, being twice denticulate just before reaching that edge. 

 In the male these denticulations are hardly indicated but are plainly shown in the 

 female. Internally the extradiscal line is edged with blackish, conspicuously so on 

 the costal third. Externally it is followed by a dark band which extends to the sub- 

 terminal line and is centrally traversed by an indefinite whitish line. Subterminal 

 line white, zigzag at costa, regularly scalloped below this, the preceding dark band 

 filling the resultant acute angles. Terminal space gray or dark brownish. Terminal 

 line black, interrupted at veins. Discal spot oval, conspicuous. Fringe faintly check- 

 ered. Secondaries darker toward inner margin, with four curved and slightly waved 

 cross lines, one intradiscal and three extradiscal, the inner of these latter three close 

 to the small discal spot. All of these lines are plainly indicated on the inner edge 

 and are only with difficulty traced across the wing. Subterminal line white, zigzag. 

 Terminal line brown, distinct, interrupted. Fringe checkered. Beneath, piimaries 

 suffused with fuscous on basal area and especially near costa, the median, extradiscal 

 and subterminal lines broader than above, the space between them dark brown and 

 appearing as the true lines of the under side. Secondaries divided in halves by the 

 brown shade line within which the wing is darker than outside it. Subterminal line 

 indicated by the dark shade line that precedes it. Terminal line conspicuous. Dis- 

 cal spots present on all wings. 



Types. — Male in the collection of the author, female in the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Taken by Dr. Henry 

 Skinner. Other specimens received from the same source after the 

 above was written have been made co-types : they do not differ in the 

 least from the types. 



Habitat. — Carr Canyon, Huachuca Mts. , Cochise Co., Arizona, 

 August. 



