342 GROTE AND ROBINSON. 



in its totality runs downward and inwardly obliquely from just below 

 costa; its inception takes place in reality above tbe reniform spot on 

 costa, wbence it runs immediately outwardly ; the costal edge shows 

 three pale dots at this place. . The subterminal space is entirely pur- 

 plish, edged outwardly by the subterminal line, the latter dark reddish, 

 relieved outwardly by scattered yellow scales, dentate, irregular. An 

 apical yellow shade; terminal space reddish-purple. Beneath, testa- 

 ceous cinereous, shaded with pale purplish along the margins, and with 

 two transverse pale purplish lines, the outer preceded on costa by a 

 broad darker shade. A very narrow excavate line on external margin. 

 Secondaries testaceous cinereous, with a bi'oad, pale purplish, subter- 

 minal shade, within which is a faint transverse line. A narrow termi- 

 nal line marks the external margin of the wing ; fringes pale. Beneath, 

 as on primaries, pale, with powdery-purplish scales along the margins; 

 two faint transverse lines, the inner discontinued. 



Expanse, 43 m. m. Lengtli ofhodij, 20 m.m. 



% . Much smaller than the female, of a brighter yellow. The broad 

 blackish transverse posterior line is vei-y evident. The orbicular spot 

 is pure white, and a little longer than in the female. The two inferior 

 spots are also white, united and more prominent than in the opposite 

 sex. Reniform distinctly marked with white above and below on its 

 inner margin. 



Expanse, 82 m.m. Length ofhodij, 13 m.m. 



Habitat. — Atlantic District. (Mass. !) 



Allied to Gr. rutila, Gumec, but a more fulvous colored species, dis- 

 tinct in the form of the transverse posterior line and in the shape of 

 the reniform spot. The male appears to vary in size, as is usual with 

 the species of Gortyna. 

 Oortyna speciosissima, n. sj). (Plate 7, fig. 52, 5 .) 



9. Size large ; form stout. Orange-yellow and purplish. Head, 

 under thoracic surface and legs, pale purplish. Labial palpi pale be- 

 neath. Antennae testaceous with white basal tufts. Collar purplish; 

 behind, yellowish. Thorax and patagia deep yellow, the latter shaded 

 at the sides with purple, the former slightly sprinkled with purple be- 

 hind. Abdomen tuited on the dorsum, entirely pale rosy-purple. 



Anterior wings fulvous yellow, entire, smoothly scaled, with distinct 

 ornamentation ; veins marked with dark scales. Deep yellow at base; 

 the narrow geminate basal line as in Gr. purpurifiscia. The sub-basal 

 space is suffused or irrorate superiorly with purplish. Transverse an- 

 terior line double, more or less distinct, reddish, once prominently den- 



