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t Aspilates cruentaria Treits., Schm. Eur., vi (i), 1827. 



?Dur>., Lep. France, viii (v), 128, pi. 179, fig. 8, 1830. 

 Aspilates coloraria Guen., Pbal., ii, 183, 1857. 

 Catopyrrha cruentaria Walk., List Lep. Br. Mus , xxiv, 10G5, 1862. 

 Croeiphora coloraria var. spha-romacharia Harvey, Bull. Soc. Nat. Sc. Buffalo, 284, 1875. 



3 $ 1 ? . — Of the same size as dissimilaria; dark stone-gray, speckled 

 with blackish. Male antennae dark gray; those of the female annulated finely 

 with gray and whitish, exactly as in A. dissimilaria. Palpi as in dissimilaria, 

 but deeper red. The cut of the wings is almost exactly as in dissimilaria; 

 the position and form of the outer band is the same ; both wings, however, 

 are dull stone-gray, with a vinous tinge, especially on the fringe. An inner 

 dusky band crosses the site of the discal dot, and runs parallel to the outer 

 line, but is more decidedly curved on the costa. Half-way between the middle 

 band and the insertion of the wing is a still more curved basal band. The 

 wing is speckled with dark scales; and in the middle of the wings, just out- 

 side of and touching the outer line, is a dark spot not present in dissimilaria. 

 On the hind wings are two mesial, dusky bands, not observed or nearly obso- 

 lete in specimens of dissimilaria. Under side of both wings tinged more 

 or less with a decided bright brick-red, with the two outer bands repeated as 

 above, but less curved and more distinct, the inner one running just inside 

 of the distinct black discal dot. The basal line is wanting. The two bands 

 distinct. Legs pale-gray. Abdomen concolorous with the rest of the body 

 and wings. 



Length of body, <?, 0.60; of fore wing, <? , 0.65; expanse of wings, 1.40 

 inches. 



London, Canada, May 31 (Saunders); Brooklyn, Long Islands (Graef); 

 Albany, N. Y., May lfi-June 4 (Lintner); "Georgia" (Guenee). 



This species is so much like A. dissimilaria that I am inclined to regard 

 it almost as a melanized form of that species. It differs in the much darker 

 wings, while the under side of the wings are light brick-red, instead of ver- 

 milion. I look for the occurrence of specimens of dissimilaria, with mark- 

 ings identical with those of this form, only differing in color. It will be an 

 interesting inquiry to ascertain whether it is only a melanotic variety. 



Larva. — "The caterpillar is more elongated than the preceding [A. dis- 

 similaria], of a clear brownish-red, with the incisions darker and somewhat 

 radiated. The dorsal spots are brown, but finer and more elongated. The 

 head and all the feet are concolorous. It lives on Rubus strigosus, alhidus, and 

 other species of Rubus." — Guenee. 



