71) 



tlic fiisl mciliaii venule. This luind iiiclosfs ii iiroiniiicnl, larjxo, roinulisli, l)l;i(k 

 (liscal (lot, willi a I'aiiit wliilisli ciiclc aroiiiid il, Iml not, nearly so disline'. as 

 ill the feuialc. A wiiile line, mixed with daik, a.ngular, wavy, and paiiillcl 

 with the outer edge oi' the median hand, and situated liall-way between tlio 

 hand and the outer edge orilie wing. A line, wavy, white, suhmargiiial line; 

 a prominent, loni:, dirk, ohrKjue, apical streak, edged above witii wlute. 

 Fringe on both wings with a prominent white line at base. Hind wing.s 

 dusky within tin' middle, inelosing the small diseal dot ; beyond are four or 

 five wavv lines like those on the front winjjr, with a more prominent one iialf- 

 \\;\\ between the dark inner portion and the vdisr of the wing; l)enea1h, \\u\ 

 lines are distinctly reprodiu'cd, i)ut not the median band; the eosta is ciieck- 

 cred with light and dark spots, and there is a small, black, diseal dot. 



Female of the same form and size as the male, but the ground-color is 

 a uniform, bright, ( dear red. The dark mesial l)aii<l is consequently indistinct ; 

 but the large, c()ns[)icnous, broad, white, diseal ringlet will easily distinguish 

 this species from any other Larentian moth. The outer line is white, wavy, 

 and irregular, and much more distinct than in the male. The markings on 

 the underside of the wings are much as in the male; but the outer line, 

 common to both wings, is much darker and moi'e distinct than in the mah;. 



Length of Itody, c?, 0.30, 9, O.^G; of fore wings, S,0A2, 9, 0.45; expanse 

 of wings, O.'JO inch 



London, Canada (Saunder.s); Mount Washington, X. II , July (Morrison); 

 Brunswick, Me. (Packard); Salem, Mass., at light. May 27, July 18 (Cassino); 

 Nahant, Mass. (Moering); Massachusetts (Harris Coll., Sanl>()rn); "West 

 Farms, X. Y. (Angu.s); Albany, X. Y., September 27 (Lintner); Xew Jer.sey 

 (Sachs); Philadelphia, Pa. (Amer. Ent. Sue.); Easton, Pa. (Stultz); Pilatka, 

 Fla., February (Burgcs.s); Saiut Louis, "Slo., February G (Riley); Detroit, 

 Mich. (Swartz, M. C. Z.); L)alla.s, Tex., August, not rare (Boll); Waco, Tex., 

 March 23, July 12 (Belfrage); Lawrence, Kans., May 1 (Snow); California 

 (Behrens and Edwards). B is evidently double-brooded. 



TheCalili)rnian examples are a little larger (length of wing, S, OAS inch) 

 than eastern ones. 



Sta'udinger gives as the range of this species, Central and Xorthern 

 Europe, England, Bithinia, Syria, and xVmur. 



Lan-a. — That PJlaviata is the male oi' gemma/u was proved i)y a writer 



