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late brown, not strongly relieved from the surrounding shadings; 

 best marked on costal area, where it appears as a broad, oblong blotch 

 preceded by a patch of ground color; rather vaguely indicated on 

 lower portion of wing and sometimes preceded by a narrow, broken 

 line of ground color. Outer lint 1 brown or blackish, strongly sinu- 

 ous and preceded by a rather broad, intense chocolate brown shade. 

 Inner and median areas largely laid over with chocolate brown with 

 a tinge of purplish, the ground color showing through in the costal 

 portion of the wing: both areas more or less strigate with darker 

 brown. Outer area sparsely and finely strigate in male, more pro- 

 fusely strigate in female, and with a dense patch of scales bordering 

 the outer line between M 3 and Cu 2 . Other grayish-olivaceous clouds 

 are so disposed as to leave two oblique streaks of ground color directed 

 toward outer margin. One to three submarginal white dots between 

 veins K- to M, and a black dot between CUj and Cu 2 . Discal spot 

 white, bordered with blackish and often composed wholly of this 

 latter color. Fringe brown or ocherous. Secondaries purplish- 

 brown, rather uniform in coloring and somewhat strigate, especially 

 in outer area and at inner margin. Ground color showing only at 

 anal angle and along inner edge. Transverse line irregular, whitish, 

 sometimes preceded by a browD line. Three or more black spots 

 along outer margin and a white spot between R and M t . Discal 

 spot absent. Fringe as in primaries. Beneath, ground color whitish 

 but largely suffused with warm and purplish-brown. Inner area 

 of secondaries strigate. Cross lines of above except inner line of 

 primaries showing as denticulate whitish lines, occasionally bordered 

 inwardly with brown. Discal spot of primaries white, frequently 

 marked on the inner vA^o with black. Discal spol of secondaries 

 black, usually oval, occasionally divided, sometimes large 1 , though 

 may be reduced as to be practically absent and is then replaced 

 b\ a whitish spot. Fringe as above. 



Habitat. Massachusetts and New York, southward to Virginia and 

 westward to Illinois. Specific localities: Massachusetts: Cohasset, 

 Jul} .".. LO, lo. is. 19, August 15: Newton Highlands. New York: 

 New Windsor, July 30. New Jersey: Chester, August 1. 10. Penn- 

 sylvania: Scranton, May, July 20 ; Pittsburg. Maryland: Plummer's 

 Island, April 28; Cambridge, May 24. Washington, District of 

 Columbia. West Virginia. Illinois: Quincy, August I to 15; K 1 k- 

 liart . August I to 7. 



Though in a degree resembling morrisonata, this species may be 

 recognized at a glance by (he decidedly olivaceous tint of the ground 

 color and the clear chocolate-brow n shadings. The elongated 

 genitalia are widely different from all the other species. 

 //..—Cat. No.' liJl.'C, l.S.N.M. 



