422 William T. M. Forbes 



wing. A silver bar across cell near end. and some smaller silver spots, but without ' 

 a distinct silver circle on outer part of wing. A silver subterminal line ending 

 at middle of outer margin. Speculum with four vertical series of three black 

 spots each: with three vertical silver bars, one before them, one between the two 

 middle rows, and the other beyond; the region above the speculum heavily dusted 

 with black, and often in longitudinal streaks. 16 mm. 



June : August. 



I have seen this form only from Cincinnati. Ohio. Illinois, and westward. It was 

 originally described from Pennsylvania. 1 suspect this is the " circulana " of most 

 eastern records. 



3. E. dodecana Zeller. Dull powdery brown-gray, with only slight yellow streaks 

 along the outer margin. The pale streak in the cell faint or absent. Markings 

 as in E. scintillana. 18 mm. 



June. This is very probably a variety of E. scintillana: E. randana. from the 

 Rocky Mountains, appears to be a larger race. 

 New York to Texas. 



4. E. fratruelis Heinrich. Basal fourth powdery gray; second fourth deep 

 ochreous, bisected (toward costa) by a vertical lead-gray fascia; the ochreous 

 fascia beyond it very narrow on the inner margin; outer. part powdery gray; a 

 lead-gray median fascia from costa perpendicularly to top of speculum with a 

 little yellow beyond it at costa; speculum of five rows of partly fused black dots 

 (normally 2, 2, 3, 3, 2), the first and second separated by lead-colored bars, and 

 likewise the third and fourth. Apex ochreous, bisected by a lead-colored fascia. 

 Hind wing blackish. Head, body, and fringe powdery gray. 



July to September. Described from the types in the United States National 

 Museum. 



Southern Pines, North Carolina; Georgia. 



5. E. fraudabilis Heinrich. Ochre yellow or yellow -brown, including head and 

 thorax. Complete antemedial and medial lead-colored fasciae, the antemedial at a 

 third way out; three silver dots beyond, the second outwardly oblique and running 

 down along upper outer side of the very large speculum, which, almost reaches 

 the costa; a lead-colored fascia on outer margin. Lower half of speculum with 

 six rows of black dots and three lead-colored bars ; the upper part of the speculum 

 with alternate cream-colored lines and series of olack scales. Hind wing paler 

 than in E. fratruelis. 



June and July. 



Skvland, Virginia; Southern Pines, North Carolina. 



6. E. adamantana Guenee. Fore wing silver white, marked with golden brown; 

 fold in male brown; a brown fascia from middle of costa to outer part of inner 

 margin, crossed by one from inner margin at a third way out, to apex, reaching 

 the outer margin near the middle and running along it to the apex; dorsal half 

 of outer margin narrowly brown-edged; base of inner margin brown. 18 mm. 

 September. 



Coastal marshes from New York to Florida. 



7. E. quinquemaculana Robinson. Fore wing gray-brown; a silver-white spot 

 at middle of base; a broad irregular transverse fascia at a third way out, twice 

 as wide at costa as at inner margin; a rounded-trapezoidal patch on costa at two- 

 thirds way to apex, and a smaller spot before the apex; a rounded spot opposite the 

 postmedial patch, close to inner margin, but not quite reaching either the margin 

 or the costal spot. 18 mm. 



June; August and September. 



Lucaston, New Jersey, to central Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Florida. 

 New York: Wells (New York State Museum): Bellmore, Long Island. 



8. E. robinsonana Grote. Gray-brown; silver spot at base less distinct than in 

 E. quinquemaculana. An antemedial fascia a fourth way out not quite reaching the 

 costa; a similar, broader one just before the middle of the wing, rarely reaching 



