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wings, while on hind wings, the diffuse, faint, dusky, basal extradiseal and subter- 

 minal rounded lines are clearly traceable across wing. Within basal line the wing 

 is dusky, clearer beyond, with discal dots on all wings faint, linear. Body I 

 silvery white, the legs and abdomen beneath with a sprinkling of gray scales, the 

 latter somewhat darker at tip. 



Types. — r? and 9 taken by Mr. Wm. Beutenmiiller in the Black 

 Mts., N. C, on August 12 and July 24, 1906, respectively, are in the 

 collection of the Am. Mus. of Nat. History. The cT is in poor condi- 

 tion, but was so designated in order to establish its structural charac- 

 ters — the $ being perfect. 



This species is near to conformata Pears., but is larger, the male 

 antennas are heavier and more strongly ciliate, the wings longer, and 

 more produced at apices. The discal dots are linear, and farther out 

 from base, and the markings less distinct. 



Eupithecia adnata, new species. 



Expanse 1 3 mm. Palpi very short, barely visible beyond the front, jet black, 

 tipped with cinereous. Fore wings sharper at apices, otherwise much resembling 

 coagtilata Gueuse, with color above including front, vertex, thorax and abdomen, a 

 uniform cinereous, darkest along costa and subterminally. A dusky band crosses 

 thorax in front, and the second segment of abdomen is jet black. Four costal 

 blotches are the beginning of faint broken lines of black scales across fore wings, 

 the two jet black central ones on either side of the discal dot quadrate and larger. 

 Basal area small, blackened, outlined sharply outward at costa, retreating toward 

 base at inner margin. Intradiscal faint, apparently running straight across wing, 

 with slight outward curve at costa. Extradiseal from costal blotch outward to vein 

 six, then angled sharply and inclined toward base, runs straight to inner margin, fol- 

 lowed by parallel pale line which is outwardly defined by the darkened subterminal 

 shade only. This is traversed by a fine, faint, wavy, continuous pale line, running 

 nearer to outer margin than usual. Terminal line black, broken between veins. 

 Fringe on all wings ashen, darker at ends of veins. Discal dots jet black, round, 

 rather large. Hind winds with lines from base to extradiseal, showing only at inner 

 margin, the latter being shadowy but continuous across wing, ring outward at cell 

 and nearly parallel to outer margin. This is succeeded by the broad pale line 

 defined outwardly by a shadowy subterminal line, rather more clearly than in fore 

 wings. Discal dots smaller than on fore wings but distinct. Beneath dusky ashen, 

 the intra- and extradiseal lines repeated more definitely than above, on both wings, 

 the latter especially, which has at costa a large black blotch. The succeeding pale 

 line, broad and distinct on both wings, is followed by a dusky shade line darkened 

 at costa. Discal dots as above but fainter. Body beneath, and abdomen for half 

 its length beneath silvery white, tip darker. Legs missing. Antennae rather heavy 

 for size, flattened, well ciliated. 



Type. — ? in author's collection, taken at New Brighton, Pa., 

 August 15, 1907, received through the kindness of Mr. F. A. Merrick. 



