344 GROTE AND ROBINSON. 



verse posterior line which, in the former, runs outwardly straightly on 

 the costa and thence downwardly obliquely over the subcostal and me- 

 dian nervules, while in G. speciosissima it is outwardly arcuate over 

 the nervules as in Gr. rutila, Giienee. 

 Gortyna inquaesita, n. sp. 



$. Size, small ; form stout. Head, sides of the prothorax beneath 

 and legs outwardly, dull purplish. Under thoracic squamation pale 

 dull testaceous. Abdomen, above, testaceous cinereous, shaded with 

 purplish beneath and at anus. Thorax deep ochre-yellow, shaded with 

 purplish behind and at the sides. The head is sunken. 



Anterior wings thinly and closely scaled, entire, deep ochre-yellow, 

 shaded with purplish outside of the transverse posterior line. All the 

 veins very distinctly marked with blackish, and the external margin 

 shows a narrow distinct dark line. From the base to transverse poste- 

 rior line, the deep yellow ground color of the wing is shaded with fer- 

 ruginous scales. Transverse anterior line geminate, slightly undulate, 

 perpendicular, improminent. The ordinary spots are very small, clear 

 deep yellow, with dark reddish narrow annuli. Orbicular small, sphe- 

 rical, equally sized with the intermediate and claviform. These three 

 spots in one specimen (Rhode Island) are whitish. Median shade 

 very distinct and prominent, blackish, running as usual outwardly from 

 costa to lower and outer angle of discal cell, thence inversely obliquely 

 to internal margin, lleniforra, narrow, elongate. Transverse posterior 

 line geminate, consisting of a narrow reddish inner, and a broader 

 blackish outer line, regularly arcuate over the median nervules, and 

 running much as in Hydroecia lorea, Gii. Beyond this line the wing 

 is obscurely washed with purplish j there are traces of the usual irregu- 

 lar subterminal line, while the terminal space is as usual free from 

 dark shades at the apices, leaving these yellowish. Fringes rather 

 dark, paler at base. Secondaries cinereous testaceous, with a faint dif- 

 fuse subterminal darker shade. All the veins marked with dark scales. 

 A narrow even terminal dark line follows the external margin of the 

 wine. Beneath, the under surface of both wings is similar, silky, pale 

 testaceous cinereous, powdered with pale dull purplish scales. Veins 

 more or less completely marked with dark scales. Faint traces of a 

 dark subterminal shade on costa of primaries. The secondaries are 

 paler than primaries, and comparatively free from purplish scales be- 

 low the costal region j they show fiint indications of a transverse line. 



E.rp(Uixr, 21) m. m. Length of body ^ 15 m. m. 



lldhltot. — Atlantic District. (N. Y., Mr. RuUmjs; 11. 1., J//-.s. 

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