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dency to melanism, confluent basal spots being present. The range is 

 northern. I have a specimen from northern New York and I know of 

 no southern records ; but my material is extremely limited. Saunders 

 describes the larva as brownish black, the hair black, brownish sub- 

 ventrally and at the ends, abdominal feet yellowish. No dorsal line 

 is mentioned and the larva would appear very distinct from phyllira. 

 It needs thorough investigation. 



Figurnta {/-pallida Streck. , cxcclsa Neum. ) has been made a variety 

 o{ phyllira. It is a melanotic form, but the melanism affects first the 

 outer borders of the wings, so that the W-mark is absent even when 

 the other lines are bright and distinct and the secondaries have an 

 even black border. The hind wings are either red or yellow. It is a 

 southern form and is but rarely taken. It reaches southern New York 

 where Mr. Graef collected a female and by fortunate breeding secured 

 a number of examples. I have also from Staten Island larvce labelled 

 figurata (Dept. Agr. , no. 2552) ; but none of the motiis are before 

 me so that I cannot verify the determination. 



Mr. Graef describes the larva as black, mentioning no marks. My 

 blown larvK agree, but the hairs are a little brownish, and there is a 

 very faint, straight, whitish dorsal line, broken or continuous, easily 

 overlooked on cursory examination. In one of four alcoholic speci- 

 mens the lime comes out very heavy and distinct ; but of course there 

 may have been a mixture of species. 



I see no essential difference between the larvoe of celia diwApigiirala; 

 but the considerable difference oi pliyllira shows that the whole matter 

 of synonymy as well as the life histories of the forms needs to be 

 studied further. 



14. Placenfia is a peculiar and distinct form inhabiting the South. 

 The records are Georgia, Florida, Kansas and Texas. It may range 

 further north. Indeed I should expect it would be found as far as 

 Long Island in open, sandy districts ; but this may not be the case. 

 The fore wings are black, diversified by only a few pale dots, rarely 

 indicating the usual lines, but always broken up. The hind wings 

 are much as mjigiirafa. I found the species at Miami, Florida, in the 

 sandy pine barren and got the larva as far as stage III. The first 

 stage was as usual in the genus, single hairs, except wart iii on joints 

 5 to 13, which bears two hairs ; no subprimary sette. In stage III the 

 color was blackish without lines, the hair black, short and gray sub- 

 ventrally. Abbot and Smith's figure of the full grown larva is gray, 



