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scales, and some of a slii;liily rcddlsli 1in<re. Alxlomen wltli a ]iair of oblique, 

 diverijiiig, black streaks on each ring. Base of tlio \viiig brown ; beyond, a 

 broad, cinereous band; a broad, l)ro\vn, mesial i)atcli ; the inner side reg- 

 ularlv curved outward, not zigzag, l)ut with the edge entire, witli a broad, 

 i)]ack line; in t]i(> middle of the band two dark, slightly oblique, sinuate lines; 

 the outer side of the band is very irregular, consisting of two large, unequal, 

 subacute teeth, the lower larger and doublo; below, tiie band contracts, being 

 bidcntate on the outer edge, which is black; beyond is a row of nervular 

 dots; the usual subniarginal, whitish, zigzag line, with the edge black between 

 the nervules ; fringe dusky. Hind wings with indistinct, dusk}', zigzag lines. 

 Beneath, the outer side of the mesial line is partially reproduced, especially 

 on the costa. Discal dot distinct, especially on the hind wings, which are 

 crossed by two outer, black, irregular lines. 



Length of body, 0.40; of fore wing, 0.55 inch. Length of Calitbrnian 

 example also 0.55 inch, but the wing is narrower. 



The distrilnition of this species in the Old World is thus given by Stau- 

 dinger: Sa.xony and mountainous parts of Silesia; Alps; Austria; Switzer- 

 land; Piedmont; England; Iceland; Lapland; Finland; and Livonia. 



Larva. — " The Ilev. Joseph Greene has reared this moth from the egg, 

 which was hatched in June. The young caterpillars fed on groundsel during 

 the autumn; they grew very slowly; before winter they left off eating alto- 

 gether, but in early spring again ate the groundsel, and were full-fed before 

 the end of March. The caterpillar, whrn full-fed, is an inch in length; the 

 ground-color dull green or brown, but very variable ; the segments pink or 

 flesh-colored; the body is slightly sprinkled with Idack dots, with two very 

 distinct blotches on the sixth and seventh segments, the latter l)eing the 

 largest. It spins up in moss, and turns to a brown chrysalis." — Newman's 

 British Moths, 1G8. 



OciiYKiA Li(jixi(;oLORATA Packard. I'late 8, fig. 59. 



Coremia lii/iiiatlnralu Pack., Sixth Eop. Peab. Acad. Sc, 42, 1874; Pi'oc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xvi,i)l. 1, fig. 

 11, 1874. 



?> S and 3 9. — Allied closely to O. mvnitar'ia in the form of the wings, 

 and in its style of c(doration. The wings are almost subfalcate, and the 

 antenna', whicli are i)ectinated to the tip, are more strongly pectinated than 

 in O. ininiilaiia, tiie branches beiu<r as long as the head is broad on the vertex. 



