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Beneath, the common, broad, irregular band is obsolete, and there are two 

 well-marked, parallel, wavy, rather distant lines on the hind wings, but situated 

 much nearer the middle of the wing. 



Larva. — "Caterpillar of a clear green, with the vascular, the subdorsal 

 and a deep-green thread under the stigmatal line. Head green, with two clear 

 spots. All the feet green. It lives on different species of Vaccinium." — 

 Guene'e. 



Semiothisa disteibuaria Packard. Plate 10, fig. 19. 



Eutropa distribuaria Hiibn., Zutriige Samml. Exot. Schm., 3d Huud., :J9, fig. 585, 58(i, 18-25. 

 Macaria distribuaria Gui'ii., Pb.il., ii, 76 ; M. opposilaria, pi. 4, fig. 6, 1^57. 

 Walk., List Lep. Hut. Br. Mas., xxiii, 882, 1861. 



1 9 . — Fore wings falcate, though not quite so distinct as in S.prceatomata; 

 the edges of both wings scalloped ; hind wings well angulated, but the angle 

 less produced than in S. prceatomata. Body and wings, above and below, 

 dull chocolate-brown. Head, prothorax, antenna? and palpi ochreous. Fore 

 wings with three narrow, black, parallel, equidistant lines, without the usual 

 costal expansions; the inner regularly curved, the outer less so, and bent out- 

 ward just below the costa, and again on the median venules. Beyond is a 

 clear fawn-colored, rather diffuse band, as broad as the abdomen. The usual 

 costo-apical oblong patch wanting. A marginal continuous black line. Fringe 

 on both wings concolorous with the wings. Hind wings marked as the ante- 

 rior pah - , with but one dark line, the submarginal fawn-colored band present, 

 and a faint discal dot. Beneath, chocolate, mottled with gray and black scales. 

 Discal dots black, distinct. The broad fawn band common" to both wings, 

 and nearly as distinct, as above. Marginal black lunules large and distinct. 

 Fringe slightly darker than the wings. Legs concolorous with the body. 



Length of body, 9, 0.48; of fore wing, 9, 0.60; expanse of wings, 

 1.27 inches. 



Demopolis, Ala (Grote); "Pennsylvania'' (Hiibner). 



This species may be known by its general resemblance to S.prceato?nata, 

 though the wings are less falcate and the hind pair less angulated. It differs, 

 however, in wanting the usual costal spots, and may be distinguished from 

 any other species of its size by the broad, clear, fawn-colored band common 

 to the upper and under sides of both wings. It agrees well with Hiibner's 

 figures, in the outline of the wings especially; but the under side of the 

 wings of my specimens is much darker, with no yellowish lint, but pure 



