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Brooklyn, N. Y. (Morrison); New Jersey (Sachs). 



This species, so closely allied to P. phlogosaria, differs from thai in the 

 want of an inner line, and in the outer line being more or less sinuous. r l he 

 specimen figured is (lie type of .Mr. Morrison's excurvaria, and is in a fresher 

 state than the others, consequently the strigae are larger and thicker; the outer 

 line is more sinuous than in the other two; but I caunol see any good reasons 

 for separating it from Herrich-Schaeffer's species, which is well figured. 



Plagoiiis kkutzingaria Grrote. Plate 11. tig. 44: [dale 13, fig. M. 



(! $ and I 9. — Dull ochreous ; head and base of the costa and sternum 

 lilac. On the basal third of the fore wings, a brown-ochreous diffuse hand, 

 outer edge curved; no discal dot or strigse (excepl obscure diffuse ones on 

 costa) on the middle of the wing; on the outer third of the wing, a dark-red 

 hand curved inward, and edged diffusely within with brown-ochreous, which 

 is powdered thickly with grayish scales, especially toward the inner angle. 

 Outer edge very deeply excavated, brownish al inner angle, growing paler 

 toward the middle of the winy. Hind wings (dear pale ochreous on the basal 

 two-thirds, with a few minute, scattered strigae, with a dark, straight stripe 

 near the inner angle, which proceeds but a short distance toward the middle 

 of the wing. Blackish strigae on a light ground at the inner angle of the 

 hind wings. Externally the wing is lilac, becoming ochreous toward the 

 costal edge. Legs ochreous; abdomen lilac beneath. 



3 J : Length of the body, ('.40: of tore wing, 0.60; expanse of wings 

 1.30 inches. 



Cambridge, Mass, May 23 (Morrison): "Cambridge, May 6" (Coll. 

 Harris, Host. Soc. Nat. Hist.): Albany, X. Y. (Lintner); Ithaca, N. Y. (Corn- 

 stock): New York (Grote): Maryland (Mus. Peak Acad. Sci.). 



This species is easily known by the want of I lie usual transverse strigae, 

 being plain ochreous on the middle of the winy, without any discal dot; outer 

 edge and base brown, and deeply tinged with lilac and gray. Hie antennae 

 are well pectinated. The outer line is nearer the middle of the wing 

 than usual, and is curved inward, while in other species it is nearly straight. 

 Beneath jellowish-ochreous, thickly st rigated with an outer, diffuse, violaceous 

 hand, and outer edge of hind wings violaceous. In the specimen figured on 

 plate 13 (fig 51), the outer line is situated within the middle of the wing, 

 and all beyond is dark blackish-purple on both wings. 



