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2. Ground whitish, strigose, with contrasting blackish base and outer margin, 



fringe, and some dark shading at middle of wing 47. lavana. 



2. Ground strigose, light gray, with a large square darker patch resting on 



middle of costa, extending more than halfway across wing 39. ednana. 



2. Strigose, light gray on whitish, with a contrasting curved blackish fascia 



across the apex 38. wiscana. 



2. Basal half contrastingly paler, and usually yellower, than apical half. 



3. Base ochre yellow, or olive green, apex pink 34. oenotherana. 



3. Base cream, outer two-thirds yellow 26. zaracana. 



3. Base yellow on luteous; outer part dark, with brown, gray, and blackish 



markings 5. aureana. 



3. Base cream; median region blackish; outer part shaded with pink (Jiol- 

 landana, etc., see group with median fascia ) . 

 2. Base and thorax gray; medial area dark; outer part light pink or yellow. 



3. Medial area brown, outer part pink; head concolorous 27. viscana. 



3. Medial area blackish, outer part yellow-brown; head whitish, contrasting. 



32. albidana. 

 2. Yellow without definite markings; inner margin and base paler than apex 



and costa 19. floccosana. 



2. Yellowish (a little gray-powdered) ; with a black discal dot, and a spot 

 below it in the fold, as the only distinct marks 20. atomosana. 



1. P. rutilana Hiibner. Bright yellow, with four even deep red bands, the outer- 

 most not quite terminal, turning inwards at right angles just above inner margin 

 and joining the third band; also often broadly connected with the third band at 

 costa, enclosing a yellow patch. First band basal. Hind wing gray with a slight 

 reddish tint. 9-12 mm. 



June. Larva brownish yellow, with darker yellow-brown head and cervical 

 shield. In a tubular web between needles of juniper, sometimes injurious. 



Maine; New Jersey; Europe. New York: Long Island (introduced about 1878). 



2. P. labeculana Bobinson. Cream white, with a few fuscous scales. Bands 

 yellow-brown mottled with fuscous, sometimes dark-edged. Base fuscous, followed 

 by a broad area of the white, extending two-fifths way out, and a little shining 

 at the edges of the markings. Median fascia strongly constricted, and, almost cut 

 in two at Cu 2 ; the lower part forming a more or less distinct triangular patch; 

 outer part cream color, mottled with light and dark fuscous scales, the dark parts 

 tending to form a subterminal costal spot and a nearly marginal fascia. Hind 

 wing gray. 12 mm. 



May. Described from a type at Philadelphia. 

 Pennsylvania ; New Jersey. New York : Bamapo. 



3. P. argentilimitana Bobinson. Similar to P. labeculana ; the bands distinctly 

 brassy, with well-marked silver edging, much more shining than the ground, which 

 is typically purer white. Median band broadly continuous across the cell and fold. 

 11 mm. 



These two species are generally confused, and, in fact, may not be distinct. 

 The type of argentilimitana is in very bad condition, leaving the possibility of 

 incorrect identification. 



Early September. 



Pennsylvania to South Carolina and Missouri. New York: Ithaca. 



4. P. interruptofasciata Bobinson. Light oclireous, markings yellow-brown, the 

 medial ones darker. Base brown more than a third way to apex, with clean-cut, 

 slightly excurved outer boundary; median fascia represented by a large rounded 

 dorsal spot and a less definite costal one, broadly separated from each other. A 

 broad subterminal fascia from costa to dorsal margin, separated from the apex 

 by less than its width, and gradually approaching the outer margin below. Disc 

 sometimes shaded with gray. Hind wing mouse gray. 10-15 mm. 



