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brown, with the costa striped with light gray and the outer 

 border of same shade, crossed by oblique blackish wavy lines, 

 while there is a series of interspaceal subterminal black 

 dashes, the discal spot itself being a fine black line; the 

 hindwings are dark brown, whitish at base, having also a 

 narrow whitish median stripe and pale border; fringes brownish. 

 A common species. Canada southwardly. Larva on Plum, 

 Apple and several smaller shrubs such as Privet and Lilac. 

 May, August. 



Kalmiae. Abb. a. Sin. Much shaded with bright 

 brown and differing in color from the other species ; thorax 

 chestnut brown with yellowish side stripe; forewings pale 

 yellowish brown shaded and marked with chestnut brown 

 as in the other species ; fringes checkered rusty brown and 

 whitish. Less common than preceding. Larva, besides 

 Kalmia, feeds on Ash and several sorts of shrubs. Canada 

 southwardly. May, August. These two agree in form and 

 size most nearly with the European type of the genus 

 S. ligustri. 



Cliersis. Hiibn. (Cinerea Harr.). Ash gray, a little 

 larger than the other species, with the interspaceal dashes 

 on primaries contrasting ; hindwings pale gray with brownish 

 median and terminal bands. Larva on Ash and various 

 shrubs. Not common. Canada southwardly. This species 

 has a more Northern range. June, July. 



Caiiaclcnsis. Boisd. (Plota Streck.). Smaller than 

 the preceding, of a light brownish gray, forewings crossed 

 by several^ incomplete oblique lines, and with distinct inter- 

 spaceal dashes, a subterminal black line edged with whitish 

 extends nearly to the apex, followed by another within ; 

 hindwings pale gray with a spot at base and a central and 

 subterminal brownish band. Still more Northern than Cliersis 

 (to which it is somewhat closely allied) in its range. Larva 

 according to Thaxter, probably on Rubns, and Vaccinium. 

 Not "common. Canada, Newfoundland, Maine. June, July. 



laiscitiosa. Clem. This rare species is gray with 

 the hind wings and abdomen suffused with yellowish in the 



