AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 5 



If he is wrong, and the figures of Cramer and Abbott may be sup- 

 posed to represent the male of I'mhrosa, then to this male Fabrieius 

 applied the name C-aureum ; which being pre-occupied, his subsequent 

 name, Interrogation^, covers both sexes and the species. 



]My eonelusioi* is this: in one case, the red winged species is still 

 unnamed, in the other its name, (C-<nircuni), is pre-occupied. I there- 

 fore propose to call it Fahrkii, in honor of the great naturalist. 

 The synonyms of the two species will then be as follows, viz.: 

 G. Interrdoatioms, Fab. Suppt. p. 42-4 $ . 

 Godart Enc. IX. p. 302 9 . 

 Harris Ins. Mass. Text % 9 . 

 C-a lire 1(7)1, 



Bois. and Lee, plate % text 9 . 

 Ctnhrosa, Lintner, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 1869 S 9 • 

 G. Fabricii, Edwards. 



C-aureum Cramer II. pi. 19 S . 



Fab. Sp. Ins. p. 94, No. 410 % . Ent. Syst. III. p. 78, No. 243. 

 Abbot, Ins. Ga. ^ pi. 11. 

 Bois and Lee, test. 

 Literro<jntionlx, Godart, Enc. IX. p. 302 S • 

 Ibid p. 819, S Var. 

 Harris, Ins. Mass. 2nd Ed. plate. 

 Lintner, Ab. Cit. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 18G9. 



G. Fabricii, described as follows: 



Form alike in both sexes ; primaries strongly falcated, much incised ; 

 secondaries have a prominent tail, anal angle prolonged. 



Male; expands 2.5 to 2.7 inches; Upper side bright red fulvous, 

 the terminal third of primaries and whole of secondaries obscured by 

 ferruginous ; a common sub-marginal series of small fulvous patches. 

 Primaries have upon the disk five rounded black spots, disposed in a 

 right angle, of which the two smallest are in the cell and three trans- 

 verse to these in the interspaces ; in the upper part of first median in- 

 terspace usually another spot of fainter color; a large, sub quadrate 

 spot depending ubliquely from the costa, covering the arc; near apex 

 two black or blue puints. Secondaries have fulvous patches on costa 

 and at origin of first and second median nervules; a large, bi-lobed, 

 black spot on costal margin, a small spot near base of second subcostal 

 nervule and another at base of second median; hind margin of both 

 wings and abdominal margin at the fold largely edged witli lilac ; 

 fringes short, fuscous. 



