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larger than Hie others ; an outer, straight, dark, very slightly-interrupted line, 

 parallel with the outer edge. Fringe concolorous with the wings, a dark line 

 at base. Hind wings with no markings ; concolorous with primaries. No 

 discal dots on either wing. Beneath, as above, with a common dark line, 

 straight on fore, much curved on hind, wings. Fringe, especially ou hind 

 wings, with six dark spots. 



Length of body, £, 0.30, 9, 0.23; of fore wings, <?, 0.35, 9, 0.27; 

 expanse of wings, 0.77 inch. 



Demopolis, Ala. (Grote) ; Texas, May 10 to July (Belfrage) ; Dallas, Tex., 

 July 7 (Boll, Mus. Peab. Acad. Sc). 



This interesting form may at once be known by the long wings, the 

 hinder pair being notched, and by the dull silky-gray color. 



Euacidalia floeidata, sp. iiov. Plate 10, fig. 36. 



2 (? . — Fore wings of the same shape as in E. sericeata, but the hind 

 wings are more rounded and not notched. Grayish-ochreous as a ground- 

 color. Anterior half of the front, palpi, and fore legs at base pink. Fore 

 wings pink on the costa; a bright pink spot near the base of the wing on 

 the inner edge; just beyond, a very oblique pink band; a parallel, slightly 

 narrower, submarginal band ; edge of the wing pink. Fringe dull ochreous. 

 Three similar pink bands on the hind wings. Beneath, both wings uniformly 

 dull pink. 



Length of body, J , 0.25; of fore wings, <$ , 0.27-0.35 ; expanse of wings, 

 0.60-0.70 inch. 



Dallas, Tex., Aug. 23, October 2 (Boll, Mus. Peab. Acad. Sc). 



EOIS Hiibner. Plate 3, figs. 16, 17. 



Eois Hiibn., Verz., 308, 1818. 



Acidalia Treits. (in part), Solini. Eur., vi (i), 3, 1827. 



Fidonia Dup. (in part), Lep. Fiance, vii (iv), 407, 1829. 



Hyria Steph., No-mend. Br. Ins., 45, 1829. 



Acidalia H.-Sch. (in part), Sclim. Eur., iii, 12, 1847. 



Hi/ria Steph., Cat. Br. Lep., 217, 1850. 



Acidalia Lederer (in part), Verb. But. Zool. Ges. Wien, 191, 1853. 



llijrla Guen., 1'bal., i, 428, 1857. 



Head small; front broad, subtriangular, narrowing considerably ante- 

 riorly. Palpi long, slender, upcurved, slightly projecting beyond the head. 

 Male antennae very slender, simple. Fore wings much elongated; costa 

 straight, except toward the apex, where it is arched ; apex much produced, 



