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wardly, posterior tibia and first tarsal joint black, last tarsal joints yellow. 

 Forewings opaque, black throughout. Hindvvings transparent. 

 Type. — Male. In the Boston Society of Natural History. 



ALCATHOE CAUDATA WALKERI Neumoegen 



Alcathoe candatnm var. ivalkeri Neumoegen, Ent. News, vol. 5, p. 331, 1894.— 

 Beutenmuu^r, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 8, p. 116, 1896. — Encelhardt, 

 Bull. Brooklyn Enl. Soc, vol. 20, p. 156, 1925. — McDunnough, Check list of 

 the Lepidoptera of Canada and the United States of America, pt. 2, No. 

 8685, 1939. 



This male color variety differs from the normal form in having labial 

 palpi, collar, legs, and anal appendage black. The antennae are black 

 above, rufous beneath. It has been recorded only very occasionally and 

 at long intervals. It shares the distribution of the normal species. 



Expanse : Male 22 to 30 mm., female 23 to 33 mm. 



Distribution. — General throughout eastern Atlantic and Midwestern 

 States to Nova Scotia and eastern Canada and through tlie Appalachian 

 regions to the South. 



Type. — Male. In the United States National Museum. 



Remarks. — Records in the United States National Museum : Richmond 

 Hill, Long Island, N. Y., males and females, July 5, 1914 (Engelhardt) ; 

 New Jersey, males and females (J. Doll) ; Bronx Park, New York City, 

 males and females (L. Jontel) ; Greenville, N. Y., August 22, 1922, female 

 (Engelhardt) ; Monterey, Mass., August 11, 1927, male (Engelhardt) ; 

 Washington, D. C, male and female (H. G. Dyar) ; Hartsdale, West- 

 chester County, N. Y., August 12, 1939 (Engelhardt) ; Black Mountains, 

 N. C, 2,000 feet, August 21, 1929, males and females normal and male 

 walkeri ( Engelhardt ) . 



ALCATHOE CAUDATA ANNETTELLA, new race 



Plate 24, Figure 145 



Forewing of male opaque, black, except for a very narrow space between 

 the veins at wing base. Hindwing, in both male and female, broadly 

 margined with irregular extensions between the veins inwardly. 



Type.—\J.S.'H.U. No. 56838, male. 



Remarks. — Represented in the United States National Museum by the 

 type, one male and two female paratypes collected and reared on Clematis 

 vines in the garden of Annette E. Braun, Cincinnati, Ohio, July 1, 1916. 

 In range it is expected this race should extend to regions in Tennessee and 

 Arkansas from where as yet no records of Clematis borers have been 

 obtained. 



ALCATHOE PEPSIOIDES Engelhardt 



Plate 24, Figure 146 



Alcathoe pepsioides Engelhardt, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, vol. 20, p. 157, 1925.— 

 McDunnough, Check list of the Lepidoptera of Canada and the United States 

 of America, pt. 2, No. 8687, 1939. 



