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Connecticut; New Hampshire; central Missouri. New York: Ithaca. 



5. A. applana Fabricius, race clemensella Chambers. Rose-brown, dusted and 

 mottled with fuscous and sometimes luteous. Head, thorax, and base of wings 

 more yellowish; the four discal dots white, black-ringed, the first with most 

 black. Postmedial line dark, parallel to the outer margin, angulated below costa, 

 obscure, and very easily overlooked. Costal edge heavily spotted with black 

 and luteous white, almost completely crowding out the ground, even at the base 

 of the wing. 18 mm. 



August to April. Caterpillar on parsnip and wild parsnip ( Heracleum ) . The 

 European larva is green, with darker dorsal and subdorsal lines, black tubercles, 

 and gray-green head. 



Connecticut to District of Columbia. New York: Ithaca, New Windsor. 



A. ciliella Stainton, a slightly larger and smoother-looking species with yellow- 

 headed larva is to be expected, but not definitely recorded in the northeastern 

 States. 



6. A. walsinghamella Busck. Crimson red, brighter than A. applana and A. 

 ciliella; middle half of wing toward costa sprinkled with whitish and black, leaving 

 the base of the costa red, contrasting with the cream white base of the inner margin ; 

 discal dots a, b, and c, with their white portions usually fusing into a spot, their 

 black portions distinct. 20 mm. {Depressaria fernaldella Walsingham, not Cham- 

 bers, hilarella of authors, not Zeller ) . 



Caterpillar on Myrica. 



Orono, Maine, to Connecticut and Wisconsin. New York: Albany. 



7. A. nebulosa Zeller. Powdery fuscous," a little yellower than A. argillacea, 

 with inconspicuous raised black points, as usual in the group. The four ordinary 

 discal dots distinct, their white scaling tending to be suffused and to unite them in 

 pairs, (a and b being generally united) but dull and hardly paler than the ground 

 color. Under side of hind wing striolate toward tip. Second segment of palpus 

 with funnel-shaped tuft toward tip. 18 mm. 



Apparently general in distribution. 



8. A. plummerella Busck. Closely similar to A. nebulosa. Discal dots very 

 inconspicuous, apparently separate; base of hind wing a little more whitish. 

 24 mm. 



Plummer's Island, Maryland; Ohio. New York: Rock City (Cattaraugus 

 County). 



9. A. scabella Zeller. Second joint of palpus nearly smooth. Markings as in 

 the last two species, the raised tufts, especially the one in the fold below discal 

 dot a, more distinct; no welbmarked white scaling. Under side of hind wing 

 with scattered black dots toward apex, and a fine dark terminal line. 



Ohio. 



9 1 / £. A. pteleae Barnes and Busck. Brush on second segment of palpus widest at 

 middle, tapering to both ends. Fore wing rough with raised scaling. Thorax 

 dark ochreous mottled with brown and black scales, the extreme posterior tip 

 black; head redder. Fore wing ochreous with a large nearly round blackish 

 shade over end of cell. None of the discal dots scaled with white. A series of 

 ill-defined dark spots along costa, and obscure terminal dots. Hind wing light 

 ochreous fuscous, the base and inner margin pale. Under side of abdomen with 

 two series of black dots. 20-22 mm. 



Larva on hop tree. 



Decatur, Illinois. 



10. A. Clay-color. Palpus with two moderate dark rings on third 



segment. Anterior half of disc of thorax powdery gray. Base of fore wing 

 paler, denned with a little blackish shading toward inner margin. Base of 

 costal edge black. Most of wing with scattered black scales, the costa more 

 distinctly barred. All discal dots black, a small black patch on disc. Under 



