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Edema? transversata. 



Mas. Glauco-cinerea ; caput ex parte nigrum ; antenna subpec- 

 tinatce, apice setulosce ; thora.x nigro fasciatus, tegulus anticis 

 ferrugineis nigro marginatis; abdomen fusees cente-cinereum, 

 basi ochraceum ; alee anlicce plaga subapicali cervina, plaga 

 costali albida, lineis sex transversis nigris interruptis, 4a baque 

 e punctis, 6a e punctis elongatis albido marginatis ; posticce 

 fuscescente-cinerece, linea marginali fusca, fimbria alba, 



Male. Glaucous-cinereous, pale cinereous beneath. Head 

 partly black. Anteunae slightly pectinated, setulose at the tips. 

 Thorax with a black band near the hind border ; fore tegulae ferru- 

 ginous, black-bordered. Abdoraeu brownish cinereous, dull ochra- 

 ceous at the base, extending a little beyond the hind wings. Tarsi 

 with black bands. Fore wings with a fawn-coloured costal patch 

 near the tip, with a smaller whitish patch on the middle of the 

 costa, and with six transverse black lines ; first line incomplete, near 

 the base ; second irregular ; third near the second, incomplete hind- 

 ward, with a short transverse black discal streak on its outer side ; 

 fourth and fifth indicated by a few points ; sixth forming a row of 

 elongated points, which are whitish-bordered on the outer side. 

 Hind wings brownish cinereous, pale cinereous along the costa; 

 marginal line brown ; fringe white. Length of the body 9 lines ; of 

 the wings 24 lines. 



The longer fore wings of this species distinguish it from E. 

 associata. 



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



Edema? plagiata. 



Mas. Cinereo-cervina ; palpi porrecti, graciles, caput non super- 

 antes; antennce subpectinatce ; thorax nigricante bifasciatus ; 

 alee anlicce nigro conspersce, litura basali nigra, lineis quatuor 

 transversis nigricantibus, la 2aque denlatis undulatis, Sa valde 

 undulata, plaga costali fusco lineata maculaque postica albis. 



Male. Cinereous fawn-colour; under side, abdomen and hind 

 wings cinereous. Palpi porrect, slender, fringed, not extending 

 beyond the head ; third joint extremely small. Antennae slightly 

 pectinated. Thorax with two blackish bands. Legs moderately 

 long ; femora and tibiae fringed ; hind tibiae with four short spurs. 



