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5. Dorsal spot composed of two or three more or less fused striae; or 

 single and reaching well above fold, but not extended toward base; 

 if of three striae, costa not striate with white. 

 G. Speculum represented by a single lead-gray band; ground wholly 



black-brown 6. inter -stinctana. 



6. Speculum yellow-brown, regularly barred with black, the ground 



otherwise black-brown 9. fana, 



4. No contrasting white mark at middle of inner margin. 



5. Even blackish with white spotting; tending to form broken trans- 

 verse bands albolineana. 



5. Not evenly blackish without speculum. 



(5. Light gray 19. garacana. 



6. Blackish. 



7. Speculum absent; represented by a single lead-gray bar. 



8. saundersana. 

 7. Speculum present; normally of two lead-gray bars, with a yellower 

 area between them containing black markings. 

 8. With contrasting white costal striae from a quarter way out on 



costa to apex .> .7. angleseana. 



8. No white costal striae before middle of wing. 



9. Ground mottled with yellow-ochre 3. prunivora. 



9. Ground brown, with scattered, luteous-tipped scales, at least 



on outer part of wing; denser outwardly; the speculum 



often nearly solid luteous. 



10. Speculum higher; its uppermost bar above or hardly below 



the notch on the outer margin; hind wing pale on 



basal half . . . : 2. caryana. 



10. Speculum of four black bars, distinctly farther from 

 costa than the notch; hind wing solid blackish, 

 except on covered part of costa. 



11. With well-marked costal white striae 14. candana. 



11. No distinct white costal striae .' 13. dandana. 



9. Fore wing with white-tipped scales 17. molesta. 



9. Ground solid black-brown, or nearly so. 



10. Two median lead-gray fasciae, nearly in contact, and so 

 broad as together to be more than a third as wide 



as the breadth of the wing 11. youngana. 



10. Median fasciae narrower and obscure or absent. 



11. Hind wing very pale gray at base and beneath; black 



dots in speculum nearly obsolete 5. packardii. 



11. Hind wing not paler at base; black dots distinct. 



12. First line of speculum parallel to outer margin; 



fringe of hind wing gray 23. pyricolana. 



12. First metallic line of speculum erect; fringe of hind 



wing white except at base .12. nigricana. 



Omitted from key : 4. nigromaculana. 



* Outer margin strongly oblique, hardly notched, at M t ; R 5 running to apex or very 

 slightly below; hind wing with fringe on Cu very weak and almost always lost; 

 head rough, with strong hair on palpi; eyes smallish, but round (Sereda 

 Heinrich ) . 



1 . L. lautana Clemens. Powdery light gray, the outer half noticeably strigose 

 with white, which tends to gather in a patch at middle of inner margin. Anteme- 

 dial line strongly bent on cell, and oblique above; the base up to it more solidly 



