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IIj ilrfleeisi purpurifascia G. and R., pi. 2, fig. 36, % genitalia. 



1868. — G. and R., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, i, 341, pi. 7, f. 51, Gortyna. 



1873.— Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., i, 110, Rydrcecia. 



1874.— Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., ii, 19, Oehria. 



1874.— Grote, Can. Ent., vi, 216. Gortyna. 



1881.— Grote, Bull. Geol. Surv., vi, 269, Gortyna. 



1893.— Smith, Bull. 44th U. S. Nat. Mus., 176, Hydrcecia. 



1897. — Slingerlaud, Can. Ent.. xxix, 161, pi. 6, larval hist. 

 leucostigma || Harr. 



1862. —Harris, Ins. Inj. Veg., 440, Gortyna. 



1863.— Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., ii, 432 = rutila. 



1865. — Grote, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil., iv, 325 = cataphracta. 



1873.— Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., i, 111 = ndila. 



1881.— Grote, Bull. Geol. Surv., vi, 268 ? = harndi. 



1898.— Bird, Can. Ent., xxx, 129, pr. syn. 

 Ground color a rather bright yellowish brick red, powdered with deeper brown 

 and shaded with purplish. Head purplish. Collar purplish, except at the tip. 

 Thoracic tufts aud the edges of the patagise purplish. Abdomen with a more or 

 less evident purplish shading throughout. Primaries with all the markings 

 fairly well defined. Basal line geminate, extending to the middle of the wing: 

 within this the wing is of the ground color, otherwise the rest of the basal space 

 is purple. T. a. line geminate, the outer portion of the line usually more or less 

 obsolete, except below the submedian vein, where it is generally distinct. In 

 course it is oblique from the costa to the median vein, then almost upright or 

 inwardly oblique to the submedian vein and then outcurved. T. p. line usually 

 single, abruptly bent outwardly on the costa, and then broad and evenly oblique 

 to the hind margin, forming a rather distinct band, which is much darker than 

 any other portion of the wing. In some specimens the inner portion of the line 

 is traceable for a portion of the distance. S. t. line lunulate, outwardly dentate 

 on the veins, further emphasized by the purplish s. t. space, which contrasts 

 against the more reddish terminal space. There is a brown line at the base of 

 the purplish fringes The apex is of the brown ground color, the median shade 

 line narrow, distinct in most specimens, red-brown in color, moderately bent on 

 the median vein. The orbicular is white, round or nearly sA, with a brown 

 central dot. The reniform is upright or a little oblique, moderate in size, a little 

 constricted centrally! There is a central lunule. and outside of this there may 

 be one or more white spots, which may combine to form a white margin around 

 the spot. The claviform is short and broad as usual, divided, the lower portion 

 almost always white, the upper portion more or less white, rarely entirely so. and 

 sometimes without any white scales. Secondaries very pale yellowish, with a 

 purplish shading, the veins smoky, a purplish submarginal band, and the fringes 

 also shaded with this color. Beneath powdery, very strongly shaded with pur- 

 plish, particularly along the costa and towards the apex. Both wings with an 

 extra median line, and the secondaries with a dusky lunule. In some cases the 

 dusky color of the s. t. space is reproduced on the underside. Expanse 1.12- 

 1.52 in.; 28-38 mm. 



Hah. — Maine and Massachusetts in September and August ; 

 Holderness, N. H., September 21st; New York in August and 

 September; Illinois; Colorado. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXVI. (5) MAY. 1899. 



