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11. Patch simple and extending at least up to R. 



12. Median fascia blackish at costa only, ground pale. 



22. punctana-. 

 12. Median fascia blackish, as a whole. 



13. Fascia almost, but not quite, reaching inner margin. 



35. footiana. 

 13. Fascia enlarged into a squarish patch at inner 



margin, narrow above 20. 



10. With dark base reaching costa, or a dark antemedial line 



running through to costa. 



11. Median dorsal spot separate from rest of dorsal fascia, 



united with anal spot to form a thick bilobed patch. 



10. coiwinnana (part), 11. foedana. 



11. Median dorsal spot separate from anal one, the median 



fascia usually complete. 



12. With strong black bars in the two teeth on the costal 



half of the median fascia, the dorsal half pale and 



obscure; ground pale 12. atrodentwna. 



12. Without contrasting black streaks across the median 

 fascia. 

 13. Gray-brown; median fascia broken into spots, and 

 most markings somewhat suffused, but sub- 

 terminal spot large, dark, and a little contrast- 

 ing 19. merrickana. 



13. Subterminal spot not more prominent than other 

 markings. 

 14. Fringe rusty orange toward base, contrasting 



with the gray ground 14. corylana. 



14. Fringe concolorous, or gray, black, and white. 

 14%. Costal half of median fascia blackish, con- 

 trasting 18%. melamomesa. 



14%. Costal half of median fascia not blackish. 

 15. Bands bright rusty ochre, much brighter than 



the gray ground 17. sericorana. 



15. Bands lighter ochre, with a slight olive tint; 

 in darker specimens showing as an overlay 



over dark brown 8. olivaceana. 



15. Ground and bands two shades of deep red- 

 brown ; rough-looking 13. zelleriana. 



15. Nearly even deep rusty brown, interrupted by 

 narrow streaks of the lead-gray ground. 



7. quebecensis. 

 15. Leaden purple, with chocolate brown markings. 



brunneopurpurata. 



15. General effect grayish brown, variable in shade. 



16. A distinct fine dark wavy stria just before 



outer margin, from apical dot to anal 



angle, interrupted only by the oblique sub-. 



terminal bar 15. hippocastana. 



16. No continuous stria close to outer margin. 



17. Thorax and dark bands of fore wing, 



especially the antemedial one, mottled 



with little groups of clay-colored scales. 



10. concinnana. 



