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Fore wings crossed by three distinct brown lines; inner line with a sharp 

 outward curve just below the costa, and below slightly sinuate; a fainter 

 median line slightly sinuate, and not reaching as far as the conspicuous linear 

 discal dot. The outer line is broad, firm, very slightly sinuate; beyond it, the 

 wing is chocolate-brown, with a row of large, brown, intervenular spots near 

 the line ; beyond, a narrow, faint, whitish line, widening triangularly on the 

 apex. Fringe on both wings chocolate-brown. Hind wings marked as fore 

 wings, though there are but two lines. Beneath, the wings pearly-whitish, 

 checkered with the same lines as above, and with numerous strigse, some 

 ochreous tints mixed with the brown ; a brown band outside of the third line, 

 becoming ochreous on the hind wings ; a marginal brown line, fringe brown 

 near the apex, becoming white behind and on hind wings, and tipped with 

 brown and narrowly marked with brown at the ends of the venules. 



Length of body, <?, 0.37, ?, 0.35; of fore wings, <?, 0.44-0.48, 9, 0.46; 

 expanse of wings, 0.90-1.00 inch. 



Maine, June 9 (Packard) ; Massachusetts (Sanborn, Stratton) ; Albany, 

 N. Y., May 25 (Lintner) ; New Jersey (Sachs) ; Texas, June 3 (Belfrage) ; 

 Head of Plum Creek, Colorado, June 29 (Lieut. Carpenter, Ilayden's Survey). 



The larger of ten eastern and Texan specimens measures 0.48 inch on 

 the fore wing, while the single Colorado example measures 0.53 inch. This 

 beautiful and widely-diffused species may at once be recognized by the choc- 

 olate-brown lines and markings, the checkered under side of the wings, the 

 two rows of abdominal dots, and the heavily-pectinated antennae. 



Subfamily CABERIN^ Guenee (emend.). 



Subtribe Caberites Duponcbel, Cat. Lep. Eur., "2(58, 1844. 



Caberidi Guen. in Duponchel's Cat. Lep. Eur., 268, 1844. 

 Subfamily Zerenidi Stepb. (iu part), Cat. Brit. Lep., 211, 1850. 

 Family Caberidw Gnen., Pbal., ii, 43, 1857. 



Walk., List Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xxiii, 859, 1861. 



Head square in front and quite full or longer than broad, not very full 

 or flat, and narrowing considerably on the front edge of the clypeal region. 

 Male antennae either simple or pectinated. Palpi short, slender, subacute, 

 either not projecting beyond the front, or but slightly so. Fore wings short 

 and broad, not subfaleate; costal edge straight or sometimes well arched; outer 

 edge entire, full. Hind wings well rounded, not augulated, or but slightly so. 

 Venation: usually no subcostal cell (one is present, however, in Guencria and 



