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dotted), which is of the same ochreous hue as the under wings 

 of this and Carolina. The costa nearly to the apex, is brown- 

 black, not extending below the subcostal nervure. The outer 

 margin has a patch of the same color commencing below the 

 apex and terminating at about an equal distance above the anal 

 angle. The inner margin is rather broadly bordered with 

 black-brown, which commences near the base, and terminates 

 before reaching the anal angle, emitting a stout branch at its 

 termination towards the middle of the w r ing and a much shorter 

 one in the same direction as the band itself, but not touching 

 the margin. The posterior wings ochraceous, immaculate. Be- 

 low bright ochraceous (body and legs the same, except the an- 

 terior tibia and tarsi, which are black), immaculate, except a 

 black, reniform spot, divided by a yellow nervure, which cor- 

 responds in situation to the inner branch of the marginal band. 

 The spot on the outer margin and the costal line are not 

 visible below. Thorax above whitish or pale buff; with a 

 longitudinal line black ? (my specimen is rubbed here). Ab- 

 domen above ochraceous, with a black dorsal line. Do you 

 know this ? 



Scribonia puzzles me. In the imago it seems to be so unlike 

 the Arctice, yet the larva is just an Arctian. You speak of 

 three Lophocampce. I do not know maculata, unless it be a 

 species like tesseUaris, but more distinctly marked, of which I 

 have a specimen from Mexico. I have a specimen named B. 

 pyxidifera, collected by Abbot. Where does this come ? I see 

 by referring to one of yoitr letters, it belongs to your Lctf/oa, 

 with opercularis, which I have not. When at Cambridge I told 

 you that I had a JPorthesia from Trenton Falls. It is not a Por- 

 thesia, but seems to be a Leucoma or Lcelia. It is about the size 

 of Spilosoma virginica, body and all of a uniform, not very pure, 

 white. The antennae are more deeply pectinated and I think lon- 

 ger. It closely resembles Lcelia ccenosa, a very rare species. I 

 think I have never sent it to you. I have another broken spec- 

 imen of it from Abbot's old specimens (originally sent to Fran- 



