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more diffuse; secondaries with the black costal area much more prominent, extending, except 

 at base of wing, to the median vein; subterminal white line distinct. 



9 antennas paler than in <? . Primaries much as in the o" sex, except that the veins of 

 median area are not outlined with white; secondaries wholly blackish, except the border with 

 diffuse white outcurved subbasal band and slightly waved white postmedian stripe; terminal 

 border as in primaries. Expanse 50-62 mm. Described from a series of fresh bred specimens. 

 Several of Ottolengui's points of distinction between the two species (vide Ent. News., XIV, 

 314) do not always hold, although useful in many instances. The most evident point of dis- 

 tinction between the 6" S is that in galbina the basal and median areas of primaries are largely 

 white, whilst in anona they are blackish with distinct white banding and markings. Attention 

 might also be drawn to the secondaries of anona which have the costal portion shaded with dark 

 scales, from which a dark subbasal band arises extending one-half across the wing; in galbina 

 neither band nor dark scaling is present. The 9 9 , as Ottolengui states, are much more 

 similar than the <? o" ; fresh specimens may probably be separated by the difference in the 

 outer border, although this is at times not nearly as marked as he would have us believe, and 

 in faded or worn specimens of small use in separating the species; the diffuse while subbasal 

 band on secondaries of anona, giving a general lighter appearance to this portion of the wing 

 appears to be a good point of distinction, our two 9 9 of galbina showing no trace of this. — 



J. McDUNNOUGH.] 



[Larva on "Grease wood," fide Mr. Morris Chrisman. J. McDunnough, litt. 1912.] 



[We have just bred a good series from cocoons sent from the neighborhood of Redington, 



Ariz.; these emerged from the middle of October until the first week of November, emergence 



taking place in the early afternoon. I secured two pairings the same evening and found that 



the 9 9 had deposited their whole batch of eggs by the following morning; these I now have 



outside and hope they will remain unhatched until spring. Ottolengui's lengthy description 



of the points of difference from galbina do not always hold as we have specimens in which the 



median band does not touch the eye-spot. Judging by the two <? <3 of galbina from Texas we 



possess we should characterize it as a generally much darker local race of this species. — J. 



McDunnough.] 



[Plate LIX, figs. 5, 6, represents a race which may be called dyari, from Chihauhua. It is 



remarkable for having the hind wings of the female pale, with the usual ocellus and single 



broad dark band.] 



AGAPEMA HOMOGENA Dyar. 



Plate LIX, figs. 1, 2. 



[Agapema homogena Dyar, Proe. Ent. Soc. Washington. 1908, p. 82. Mexico and Arizona.] 



[The original description is as follows : 



A specimen standing under the name Agapema galbina in the National Museum collection for the last 14 years was 

 long since recognized as a distinct species, but no mate to it had ever been received. Now a male specimen has been 

 sent by Mr. Roberto Miiller from Mexico City, which, while more brightly colored, appears to be certainly the same 

 species. It is accordingly characterized herewith: 



Male. — Antenna? very broadly, doubly bipectinated, ocher-yellow. Body clothed with long blackish hair, paler 

 at the tips of the segments, the feet reddish. Fore winge grayish black, finely interspersed with whitish hairs, the veins 

 lined in carneous-ochraceous; inner line angled on the median vein, white, overspread with pink; discal mark ocellate, 

 black-edged and black-centered, containing an orange-ocherous annulus and a blue crescent on its inner side; outer 

 line white, rather broad and straight, with a narrow inner pink edging; outer margin white, shading to clay color on the 

 edge; a white subapical dash edged with crimson below and outwardly. Hind wing similar, the inner line wanting, 

 the. base broadly suffused with pink; discal mark with the lumen wholly or nearly occluded; outer line indented 

 slightly on the veins; margin as on fore wings, the wing veins only obscurely pale-lined. Expanse, 65 mm. 



Female. — Similar to the male, but the lining of the veins much less distinct, except on vein 7 and the costa; all the 

 colore are somewhat paler than in the male and the pink tint is wholly wanting, but this may be due to age. In conse- 

 quence the basal space appears darker than the rest of the wing, while on the hind wing the base is whitish. The 

 ocellate discal spots are more widely centered and larger, that of the hind wing having a distinct central lumen. 

 Expanse, 78 mm. 



One male, Mexico City, Mexico, March, 1908 (R. Miiller); one female, Fly Park, Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., 

 10,000 feet, June 9, 1894 (United States Department of Agriculture). 



Type. — No. 11871, United States National Museum. 1 



