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third and fourth bauds oblique ; second curved backward towards 



the costa, beyoud the distal spot or spots, the space between it 



and the first a little darker than the wing elsewhere ; third and 



fourth bands very slightly undulating ; a more or less distinct 



streak between them, very near to the fourth ; under side without 



bands. Hind wings a little paler than the fore wings ; under side 



pale testaceous. Male. Fore wings with one discal brown spot. 



Female. Fore wings with two discal brown spots, the outer one 



larger than the other. Length of the body 10 lines ; of the wings 



26—27 lines. 



United States. 



Walker. 



2. D. contracta Walk. C. B. M. 1062. 



Much resembling the preceding species, but with narrower fore 

 wings. Luteous-tawny. Thorax brown towards the hind part, 

 which is whitish testaceous. Pectus, abdomen and legs testaceous. 

 Fore wings tawny, whitish testaceous about the base and along the 

 outer side of the second, third and fourth bands; four slender brown 

 bands ; first much like that in D. ministra, but rather less convex; 

 second more oblique, more retracted towards the costa, and nearer 

 the first on the hind border ; third and fourth also rather more 

 oblique than in the preceding species ; cilia brownish. Hind wings 

 whitish, with testaceous borders. Length of the body T lines ; of 

 the wings 19 lines. 



North America. 



Walkek. 



3. D.? anguina Sm. Abb. Figured in Sm. Abb. pi. 84. 



Female. Pale luteous ; thorax cinereous ; abdomen and secon- 

 daries fawn color ; primaries subferruginous, spotted with black ; 

 band and exterior margin whitish, base pale luteous. 



Georgia, 



Sm. Abb. 



4. D.? aurora Sm. Abb. Figured in Sm. Abb. pi. 87. 



Yellow ; thorax rosy before ; abdomen rosy at the apex ; prima- 

 ries rosy at the base and margin ; secondaries of the male rosy, of 

 the female white. 



Georgia. 



Sm. Abb. 



