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linear, oblique, clear colored discal streak. Outside of the third trans- 

 verse line, the wing is broadly pale fawn color, darker in color than 

 the whitish costa. Terminally, the wing is bright ochraceous from 

 apices to internal angle; the whitish costal scales extending downwards 

 and linearily intruding so as to form a pre-apical semi-circular mark ; 

 the short fringes are dark brownish. Internal margin fringed with long 

 concolorous fawn colored hair. Undersurface, resembling upper, but 

 brighter colored and more distinctly marked. The paler shades are 

 lighter, and the darker shades deeper than on the upper surface. The 

 nervules are distinctly relieved terminally by dark scales. 



Posterior wings, resembling primaries in general coloration and ap- 

 pearance. At base darker, dull fawn color. Two parallel approxi- 

 mate dull brownish transverse lines; between these, the wing is more 

 ochraceous than elsewhere. The inner of these lines crosses the clear 

 colored comma-shaped discal streak. Beyond the outer line, the pale 

 ground color appears as a coincident transverse pale shade. Terminally, 

 the wing is ochraceous, while at anal and costal angles the pale ground 

 of the wing diffu.sely intrudes. The short fringes are dark brownish. 

 Beneath, as on primaries, the secondaries are very much more brightly 

 marked. Base, largely bright ochraceous, transversely mottled with 

 ferruginous transverse streaks. The inner line is diffuse, distinct and 

 bright ferruginous. Outside the second line the coincident pale shade 

 is white. Beyond it, the wing is darker than on upper surface. The 

 '•veins" are generally picked out by dark scales. 



Expanse. 9 , 2.00 inch. Lcngtli of hodt/, 0.70 inch. 

 Habitat. — Atlantic District. (Brewster's, Putnam Co., N. Y., 

 April 14th : C. T. R.) 



Appears to represent the European Pericallia syrangaria, aS'/'''/)A^»s, 

 in the fauna of the Atlantic District. It is a larger and brighter co- 

 lored species. The markings, while quite similar, are more prominently 

 expressed ; this is especially true of the ochraceous tints of both surfaces 

 and of the transverse bands of the primaries, which are more broadly 

 marked on the costal region of the upper surface than in the European 

 species. The second transverse band is more irregular, while the third 

 i.s inwardly bent on the median nervure. In P. syringaria, the third 

 band is straight and further removed towards the external margin of 

 the wing. The latter seems to afford a ready character by which we 

 may distinguish this fine species from its European congener. Ap- 

 pearing very early in the season, P. kentaria seems as yet to have es- 

 caped the notice of our collectors of Lepidoptera. It is an interesting 



