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August, September 1937 (H. J. Dietz) ; Delaware Water Gap, Pa., 

 males and females, July (A. T. Slosson) ; Pittsburgh, Pa., reared males 

 and females, August-September 1906 (Hy. Engel) ; Clearfield, Clearfield 

 County, Pa., reared males and females, July- August 1922 (Nell Mc- 

 Murray) ; Cincinnati, Ohio, males and females. May 1902 (A. F. Braun) ; 

 Palos Park, Chicago, III, male and female, August 8, 1915 (A. K. 

 Wyatt) : Washington, D. C, one male, August 1925 (A. Busck) ; Nelson 

 County, Va., males and females, August 2, 1927 (W. Robinson) ; Black 

 Mountains, N. C, female, September 11, 1906 (Beutenmiiller) ; Putnam 

 County, 111., one female, August 4, 1940 (M. O. Glenn). 



CARMENTA BASSIFORMIS form BOLLI (Hy. Edwards) 



Aegeria bolli Hy. Edwards, Papilio, vol. 1, p. 191, 1881. 



Synanthedon bassifonnis McDunnough, Check list of the Lepidoptera of Canada 

 and the United States of America, pt. 2, No. 8704, 1939. 



Male. — Like the male of bassijormis. 



Female. — Differs from the female of typical bassifonnis by the heavier 

 scaling on the forewings, which in extreme examples are entirely opaque 

 and in others show a reduction of the clear areas to a small, circular space 

 before and a narrow, short space behind the discal mark. The wings have 

 a purplish rather than a violaceous luster. The bands on abdominal seg- 

 ments 1, 2, 4, and 6 are pale yellow or sordid white and do not broaden or 

 unite beneath. The anal tuft is black throughout, not orange at the tip. 



Expanse : Male 17 to 20 mm., female 20 to 22 mm. 



Distribution. — Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, and Texas. 



Type. — Male, from Texas. In the United States National Museum. 



Remarks. — What has been considered as the female of aureopurpurca 

 Hy. Edwards, a species known only by two male types from Texas, proves 

 to be a color variation restricted to females of bassijormis in the midwestern 

 and western range of the species. Good series of specimens of both sexes 

 from Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, and Texas definitely establish this rela- 

 tionship. 



Records in the United States National Museum: Decatur, 111., males 

 and females, July 16, 1923 (Barnes collection) ; River Grove, Cook 

 County, 111., August 5, 1934, male and female (A. K. Wyatt) ; Pottawa- 

 tomie and Riley Counties, Kans., males and females, June-July 1929 (R. 

 B. Painter and G. P. Engelhardt) ; Willard, Greene County, Mo., one 

 female, July 27, 1929 (A. E. Brower) ; Austin, Tex., one female, April 3, 

 1921 (R. B. Painter) ; College Station, Tex., two males. May 20, 1935 

 (H. J. Reinhard). 



CARMENTA TEXANA (Hy, Edwards) 



Pyrrhotoenia texana Hy. Edwards, Papilio, vol. 1, p. 204, 1881. — Beutenmuller, 

 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 5, p. 26, 1893; vol. 8, p. 145, 1896. 



