AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 103 



Description ot new species of DIURXili liEPIDOPTERA 

 fonnd in North America 



BY W. H. EDWARDS, COALBURGH, W. VA. 



Apatnra lieilia, n. sp. 



In markings allied to Celtis, but with the shape of CJi/ton, the 

 primaries being more produced and hind margin more excavated than 

 in CeHis ; the hind margin of secondaries more sinuous and the inner 

 angle more produced. 



Male. — Expands 1.8 inch. Upper side of primaries next base and 

 partly in the median interspaces, and of secondaries throughout, light 

 red-brown ; the remainder of primaries, which comprises the apical 

 area to median and to cell, and the discal portion of the median inter- 

 spaces, fuscous ; hind margins bordered narrowly by fuscous ; both wings 

 have a submarginal black stripe and a little anterior to this, a second, 

 which on secondaries is either very slightly crenated, or is crenated next 

 outer angle and serrated posteriorly ; primaries have a transverse discal 

 row of seven white spots arranged in a double curve, the first two and fifth 

 nearly equal, the third and fourth minute, the sixth and seventh, near 

 inner margin, equal, rather smaller than the fifth and sometimes con- 

 fluent; midway between this row and the margin is a second row of 

 white spots and ocelli; the spots, two in number, being placed on the 

 upper sub-costal and the discoidal interspaces; the three ocelli, on 

 the lower sub-costal and the median interspaces, are black, rounded, 

 the upper one small with an indistinct pale iris, the others large, 

 nearly equal, and each surrounded by a pale brown nimbus; in the 

 cell two transverse, equal, sub-reniform spots, one at the outer ex- 

 tremity, the other near the middle; these spots are obscure brown 

 centrally, black at the edges, and are separated by a space that is 

 white irrorated with brown scales. 



Secondaries have the costal margin fuscous; upon the extra discal 

 area a series of six black ocelli arranged as in Clyton and Celtiti, the 

 second from costa largest and back of the line, the sixth minute, the 

 others nearly equal, rather more than half the size of the second ; each 

 surrounded by a shade slightly paler than the ground, and several 

 having within small eccentric clusters of blue scales; on the middle 

 of costal margin a white patch, and five small white spots in line with 

 this pass round the extremity of the cell ; in the cell two faint fuscous 

 spots; fringes white in the emargi nations, fuscous at the ends of the 

 nervules. 



