230 PROCEEDINGS OF ////" \ ITIONAL UUSEUM. vol. xxxv. 



curved from cell to inner margin. Orbicular a black or brown dot, 

 sometimes very distinct, sometimes not traceable. Reniform lunateor 

 kidney shaped, often defined inwardly by black soak's, outwardly 

 more or less marked by white scales. S. t. line black, and usually the 

 most distinct feature in the wing, making an incurve from each mar- 

 gin to an acute outward tooth at middle. The line may be a little 

 diffuse inwardly, and the entire s. t. space may he a little darker. 

 Terminal area usually a little lighter than the rest of the wing and 

 sometime- conspicuously gray powdered; most obviously and usually 

 in the male. There is a brown terminal line following the indenta- 

 tions of the margin, a little thickened at the indentation-, where it is 

 outwardly emphasized by white Lunules. Secondaries paler than the 

 primaries toward base, and disk crossed by three darker, undulated 

 lines. Outwardly there i- a distinct black line continuing the -. t. line 

 of primaries, and within that there is a less defined, usually brown line 

 continuing the t. p. line. Both these lines are a little rivulous and the 

 space between them i- often darker. Outwardly the outer line is 

 edged with pale scales or a pale line, and the terminal area is usually 

 continuous with ami similar in character to the terminal area of the 

 primaries, with a similar outer line. Beneath smoky, sometimes 

 varying to reddish or yellowish, more or less powdery, with more or 

 less obvious discal spots and variably obvious dusky lines, of which 

 there are usually one on primaries and two on secondaries; some- 

 times none on either. 



Expand-. L.20-1.60 inches = 30-40 mm. 



Habitat. — Texas, February to August. 



In the series before me. Bastrop County, Bennett County. Brazos 

 County. Shovel Mountain. San Antonio, and Kerrville are specifically 

 represented and in the dates every month between the limit- given is 

 also represented. In addition I have an example labeled " N. Y." 

 and another labeled " Ky.." which I consider doubtful but worth 

 mentioning. 



The species seems to be common and distinctly variable. A- be- 

 tween the sexes the male- are usually smaller, more contrastingly 

 marked, and have a considerable admixture of gray scale- in the 

 terminal area. In the females the color is on the whole darker and 

 more uniform. Typical edusina are all male-: typical atritincta are 

 all female-: yet there are light and dark forms of both sexes. A 

 little -eric- of specimens from San Antonio in the Barnes collection 

 are almost a- dark a- yavapai in both sexes and might, at first blush, 

 be easily confused with that species. The easiest superficial charac- 

 ter to separate them is in the clearly defined black line on the collar 

 •■"'.• in - there may be some black scale- at base of col- 



lar, but there i- a pale shade above it and it i- not a median line. 

 Specimens of both forms, labeled by Mr. Grote, are in the U. S. Na- 

 tional Museum collection, and there are also specimen- from Belfrage, 



