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tends diffusedly upwards along the costa where the subterniinal band is 

 most plainly marked. 



Head and thorax olivaceous-cinereous ; abdomen darker than secon- 

 daries with metallic sub-tufts, as usual in the genus, on the second and 

 third segments above. 



Beneath, cinereous; legs clothed with long grey scales; tarsi spotted 

 outwardly with darker scales. 



% . Much smaller than the female but resembling it in ornamentation, 

 as is usual in this genus; the brown color on the upper surface of the 

 primaries is less conspicuous, the olivaceous shades are brighter and all 

 the markings are less apparent. The secondaries are darker. 



Exp. % 1.40, 9 1.80 inch. Length of body, % 0.60, 9 0.90 inch. 



Habitat. — Rhode Island. (Seekonk.) Coll. Mrs. S. W. Bridgham. 



We name this fine species after Hon. George W. Clinton, President 

 of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, whose unwearied labors in 

 the cause of Natural Sciences and personal kindness, merit our highest 

 respect and affectionate regard. 



Parorgia obliquata, n. s. (Plate 1, fig. 4, 9 •) 



9 . Evenly olivaceous-cinereous, very sparsely irrorate with black 

 scales. Transverse lines pale brown. Inner median line irregularly 

 dentate, brown. A brown discoidal streak around which the scales are 

 faintly and irregularly paler than elsewhere. Outer median line nearly 

 straight and even, brown, shaped much as in P. Clintonii, but with still 

 less prominent inflections and succeeded by a similarly colored rather 

 paler brown shade band, which is equally wide but rather more diffuse 

 superiorly, where it is faintly margined with paler scales. A terminal 

 brown line further from the margin and more irregular than in P. 

 Clintonii. 



Secondaries pale greyish-brown, darker than in P. Clintonii; a diffuse 

 darker subtermiual shade band and very faint discoloration. 



Under surface slightly darker than upper surface of secondaries. 

 On anterior wings a faint, discal, darker discoloration and a discontinued, 

 oblique, even, subterminal, shade band. On the secondaries a discal un- 

 defined spot and a distinct, even, oblique dark band, crossing the wing 

 from within the apex to anal angle. This band runs within and at va- 

 riance with its analogue on the upper surface, as can be seen by holding 

 the specimen to the light; its obliquity and peculiarity has suggested 

 the specific name. On the primaries, also, the subterminal band is not 

 produced immediately beneath the outer median line. 



