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ENTOMOLOGICAL XK\\ S. 



| Apr.,' 1 



the under surface there is a slight hump ahout two-thirds from 

 the mouth, behind which the case narrows abruptly to the 

 rather pointed two-valved apex. 



The moths appear from May 30 to June 10; the Massa- 

 chusetts specimen is dated June 20. 



(To be continued.) 



An Aberration of Polygonia progne (Lepid.). 



By LAURENCE V. COLEMAN, Jamaica Plains, Boston, Massa- 

 chusetts. 



Polygonia progne, ab. nov. martineae. 



Expanse 54 millimeters. 



Upper Side Primaries have the usual ferruginous marginal band 

 and submarginal patch at the inner angle suffused, forming a broad 

 marginal band of ferruginous, dusted along the margin with greyish 



Polygonia progne, aber. nov. nuntineae. 



lilac scales which are most numerous near the apex and at the inner 

 angle. Within the ferruginous border is a narrow irregular band 

 extending the entire width of the wing. Its anterior third is pale 

 yellow, which shades posteriorly into the fulvous ground color of the 

 normal form. The discal area of the wing is occupied by a large, 

 subtriangular, rich ferruginous patch, extending from the costa almost 



