56 JOHN B. SMITH. 



10. Entire tliorax gray ; priniarios mostly gray, two large. ()iia<lratp, wliitc cos- 



tal patches representing most of the wliitc markings Nodttlx. 



Disc of thorax gray, patagiiv whitish ; primaries mostly white at base and to 

 the middle of the wing iiiii«*ola. 



11. Costal region broadly white to s. t. line; dark shade continuous along inter- 



nal margin to s. t. line, then upcurved to apex liiCiiNi. 



12. Primaries mostly gray or black, with two quadrate, white costal patches; 



basal space more or less white mottled I>ipla;;a. 



Primaries white to the middle of median space, more or less gray mottled ; 

 one quadrate, white costal patch before the apex, not always com- 

 pletely separated off aprira. 



Primaries with basal lialf white or creamy, rigidly sejiarated from the dark 

 outer half, which is broken on the costa before apex by a quadrate, 

 white patch areli. 



Primaries creamy white; from median shade to s. t. line on inner margin a 

 dark shade extends to the cell and obliquely outward to vein 7, leaving 

 the costa clear to the apical region erastrwideK. 



13. Primaries chiefly gray, leaving two quadrate white spots on the costa . . . -14. 

 Primaries more evenly divided between white and dark, the dark shadings 



so arranged as to provide for a quadrate, costal white patch before 



apex, though this may not be completely separated off 15. 



Primaries white or creamy from base to or beyond middle, clear and inter- 

 rupted ; outer portion of wing gray, yellow or olivaceous, not squarely 

 terminated in the costal region so as to indicate a quadrate ante-apical 

 patch 1<>. 



14. Eesembles biplaga ; orbicular wanting, secondaries decidedly yellowish. 



qiiadriplaga. 



15. Larger; primaries smooth, steel-gray and white, the shade undefined; s. t. 



line without notable peculiarity scliwarzii. 



Smaller; creamy, with yellowish and olive smooth shadings; s. t. line yel- 

 lowish, unusually broad and distinct, forming a prominent, acute up 

 ward angle opposite the hind angle arida. 



16. Orbicular absent 17. 



Orbicular present as a more or less defined black dot 22. 



17. Reniform wanting 18. 



Reniform present 20. 



18. Secondaries black, fringes white; primaries with a creamy shading. 



cuqiiillettii. 

 Secondaries white 19- 



19. Outer gray shading narrow, smooth, costa rarely with a trace of gray clouds 



basally iit'ociila. 



Outer gray shading broader, more defined ; costal region more or less gray 



clouded, so as to usually define the t. a. line cretata. 



Outer dark shading blackish, with rough black and blue scales belirii. 



20. Base unbroken white to the middle, then gray or darker, rigidly defined by 



abroad median band elegaiitula. 



Basal white shade extends along costa to s. t. line ; (he dusky outer shadings 

 not rigidly defined • • • -21. 



21. Size larger; a yellow median shade line; a narrow, yellowish and gray 



curved band from outer third of inner margin to apex...virgiuali!<. 



