MOTHS OF THE LIMBERLOST 



counting from either edge. These were almost perfectly 

 round. 



The back wings were very hairy, of a deep orange- 

 brown at the base, shading to lighter tones of the same 

 colour at the edge, and faintly clouded in two patches 

 with yellow. 



Underneath the fore-wings were yellow at the base, 

 and lead colour the remainder of their length. The 

 veins had the orange-red outlining, and the two large 

 yellow dots at the costa showed through as well as the 

 small one beside them. Then came another little yellow 

 dot of the same size, that did not show on the upper 

 side, and then four larger round spots between each 

 vein. Two of them showed in the triangle on the upper 

 side full size, and the two between could be seen in the 

 merest speck, if looked for very closely. 



The back wings underneath were yellow three fourths 

 of their length, then next the abdomen began a quarter 

 of an inch wide band of orange-brown, that crossed the 

 wing to the third vein from the outer edge, and there 

 shaded into lead colour, and covered the space to the 

 margin. The remainder of the wing below this band was 

 a lighter shade of yellow than above it. From tip to 

 tip he measured five and a half inches, and from head to 

 point of abdomen, a little over two. 



While I was talking Regalis, and delighted over finding 

 so late in the season, the only one I lacked to complete 



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