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more or less elongated, and in one specimen almost reduced to a black line; 

 it is surroundfd by a more or less distinct black annulus. lleniform of the 

 ordinary form, encircled with black, in one specimen with a central darker 

 shade, in the others concolorous. The claviform spot is very conspicuous, re- 

 duced to a thick, short, deep black line. Exterior line of usual form, indis- 

 tinctly geminate, inwardly sharply indented between the nervules and with a 

 noticeably long and sharp tooth on the submedian nervule. Subterminal line 

 geminate, set off by the contrasting terminal space; it forms a sharp inward 

 tooth on the first median nervule, below which it regularly curves outwardly 

 and is again produced into a blunt tooth just above and before the inner angle. 

 A black line at the base of the fringe, forming dots between the nervules. 

 Posterior wings fuscous, with a very broad, dark, diffused, terminal band. 

 Beneath, the anterior wings are dark fuscous gray, lighter at the base, and 

 the costa dull carneous. A thick, black exterior line common to both wings. 

 Posterior wings lighter gray, with a terminal dark band and discal dot. 



Var. a conspicua (uov. var.). 



In this form the orbicular is round and with the reniform filled with light 

 gray. Claviform as in the typical species. A light grayish, slightly carneous 

 shade extends from the base below the claviform spot, to the terminal space, 

 and also fills the subterminal space to the fifth subcostal nervule (veinlet 6 of 

 the German entomologists) ; above this the subterminal space is blackish, 

 together with the terminal and upper part of the median spaces. The rest of 

 the markings as in loculata. 



Hob., Mass., New York. Four specimens examined and one of 

 the var. conspicua. 



Collections of Buf. Soc. Nat. Sci. and H. K. Morrison. 



At first view the specimen of the variety would hardly be placed 

 with the usual form, and looks distinct, but the differences are 

 mainly of color and the specific characters agree with those of the 

 type. 



Loculata can be distinguished from resembling species of neigh- 

 boring genera, by the generic differences given under Burgessi. 

 The claviform gives the best character, the species can at once be 

 recognized by that. The dull, faded, carneous gray and blackish 

 shades can also be used to separate the normal form. 



