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Male. Bright yellow, paler beneath. Antennae pectinated 

 nearly to their tips. Fore wings with a ferruginous oblique hardly 

 undulating line, which is black, and is preceded by a black mark on 

 the costa ; an interior straight oblique ochraceous line, which does 

 not extend to the costa, the latter having some ochraceous dots 

 between the line and the base ; space beyond the second line reddish 

 fawn-colour, except in front ; fringe white, with brown marks oppo- 

 site the veins ; exterior border bent, slightly excavated in front. 

 Hind wings yellowish white, with a reddish streak extending from 

 the interior border to the disk, and having a slight reddish tinge 

 between it and the hind part of the exterior border, which is bent 

 Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



a. Orilla, West Canada. From Mr. Bush's collection. 



7. Epione Agyllaria. 



Mas. Luteo-flava ; abdomen subtus ochraceum ; pedes cinereo 

 varii ; alee puncto discali nigro ; anticce cinereo- fuscce, lineis 

 duabus obliquis vix undulatis obscure cinereis, 2a extus glauco 

 marginata apud costam nigra, spatio exteriore posteriore cervino, 

 fimbria nigro notata, costa pur pur ascente -cinereo varia ; posticce 

 pallide flavce, linea undulata purpurascente-fusca, spatio exte- 

 riore postico purpurascente-cervino suffuso, 



Male. Luteous-yellow. Abdomen ochraceous beneath. Legs 

 partly cinereous. Wings with a black discal point. Fore wings 

 speckled with cinereous-brown ; two oblique hardly undulating dark 

 cinereous lines ; second line bordered with glaucous on the outer 

 side, black on the costa ; space beyond it, except in front, with a fawn- 

 coloured tinge and more largely speckled than the wing elsewhere ; 

 fringe with black marks opposite the veins ; costa with purplish 

 brown marks, wholly of that hue towards the base. Hind wings 

 pale yellow, with a purplish brown undulating line ; exterior space, 

 except in front, indistinctly speckled, and with a slight purplish fawn- 

 coloured tinge. Var. /3. — Fore wings with the interior line repre- 

 sented by three dots. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 

 lines. 



It is extremely near allied to E. Calipusaria, and both may be 

 local varieties of one species, or may have a common origin. The 

 chief distinction is the straight and less oblique interior line on the 

 fore wings of E. Calipusaria, which seems to connect E. serinaria 



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