NOUIH A.MKRICAN LKPIUOI'TKIiA. 185 



^. stra|;iil» (irote. 



1864.— Orotf. Proc. Kiit. Soc. Phil. vol. iii, p. 93. 

 race inaiiitoii Xeiimoefieii and Dyar. 



1893.— Neiimoej;en and Dyar, Jour. N. Y. Eiit. Soc. vol. i, p. 35. 

 Thorax and fore wing.s slate-firay, replaced by ocherous and brown along in- 

 ternal margin and siibteruiinally. Two deep brown, parallel streaks at base, 

 below median vein and on internal margin respectively. Transverse anterior 

 line waved, ocherous, bordered with brown. A linear discal mark surrounded 

 with pule. Transverse posterior line obsolete, except at internal margin. Sub- 

 terminal line ocherous, waved. Hind wings white in tlie male, brownish gray 

 in the female, darker along the outer border. Expanse 40 nipi. 



Hdb. — Atlantic States, westward. 



Tlie race maititoa di tiers in its luucli i)aler colors. 



ILd). — Rocky Mountain region. 



X. |>»ci(i«a Beiir. 



lSn-2. — Behr., Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (2) vol, iii, p. 206. 



H(tb. — Mountains of California and Pacific Northwest. 



Closely allied to stragula, hut darker throughout. 



Bf. gcorgica Herrich-SchaflTer. 



1.S.'>.5.— Herrich-Schiiffer. Ausser. Sclimett. i. f. 384. 



Pale gray, with yellowish tinge at base of fore wings, and iri'orate with black. 

 T. a. and I. p. lines distinct, black, dentate. A lii'ear black discal dot: tooth 

 black. A series of subterminal, intervennlar, black dashes, obsolete centrally; 

 the one between veins 1 and 2 (anal and viiz) reappears inside t. p. line. Fringe 

 spotted with black. Hind wings white. Expanse 40 mm. 



Hah. — Atlantic States, westward. 



X. fortiiOKa Tepper. 



1881.— Tet)per, Bull. Brook. Eiit. Soc. vol. iv, )). 2. Drynobia. 

 Much like jV. georgica. Primaries and thorax dark stone-gray, slightly tinged 

 with yellowish. T. a. and t. p. lines as in georgica, but uniformly black, very 

 faintly whitish bordered ; a basal and subapical longitudinal black dash and one 

 near internal angle, discal dot black ; white dash at base of wing and on side of 

 thorax. Set^ondaries whitish, with brownish tinge. Expanse 3.5 mm. 

 Hah. — Rocky ^Mountain region. 



(ienus ]Va4lala Walker. 

 1855.— Walker. Cat. Brit. Mus. Pt. v, p. 1062. 



II Alastor Bois>luval. 

 1869.— Boisduval. Ann. Ent. Soc. Belg. vol. xii. p. 87. 



Synop-sig of Forms. 



Color hutf. orange-huft" to red. 

 General color buff. 



Excavations on external margin tilled in will: white V?il>b<»r«a. 



Fringe uniformly ocherous var. <l4»iil>l('4lay i. 



Color deep orange-red race rubripoiiiiiH. 



('olor straw-yellow. 



Wings without black shades race oi*<>$;oiioiiKiM. 



A black shade at end of cell var. Ix'lii't'iiMii. 



TRANS. AM. KNT. .SOC. XXI. (24) .JUNE. 1894. 



