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Si///(ij'ti/-s (if tlie Species. 

 A. Jliddlc of the lore wing white; liiud wings white : ^ 



Like riil'icWatn, but willi the outer edge of basal duik area re.i;iiUirly curved 7?. hriuinciciUata. 



Middle band wliite, wilh tlio bead, thorax, aud base of fore wiugs blaek ; a largo 



eosto-apieal patrli ; outer edj,'e ofliasal dark area .jagged h'. riiJidUaln. 



]•>. Mi(Ullc of wing usually ui(h a hlack hand: 



Median b[ind sealloped on (be edge; with a snliiiiiieal blaek [lateb 7i'. bumliiiUi. 



Struetnrally like ImxaUala, but witli two sbort parallel lines near the edge iu the 



extradiseal space ; fore wings with a decided greenish hue K. parinotala. ■ 



Antenna: pectinated ; ground-color of wings chalky-white .. K.fiuciuata. 



Like lactistnita, but with a decided flesh-colored tint and darker wings, while the -' 



point in the median baud is large, tridentate li- iiitermeiliiita. t 



Median band heavy, blaek, with a simple tooth ; hind wings with six well-marked 



scalloped lines •«• lacuslrafu. .--. 



Like Iacit»trala, but with a broad, clear, white band beyond the racdiau baud, and \ 



common to both wings H- unamjulala. U^ 



C. Wings black, vvith wl)ite lines, bands, and spots: 



Medium-sized, with usually a single, broad, white, median band 7^ lurjuhraia. 



Under-sized, with two white lines and a band on the fore wings; hind wings 



marked like anterior pair I<- trhlata. _ 



Largest species of the genus, with two white lines, a baud, and a submarginal '- 



line; hind wiugs marked in the same uuiuuer li. himtata. . ^ 



KiiEUMAPTEKA BRUNNEiciLLATA Packard. Plate 8, fig. 09. 



MeJanlhia bniiiiiiirillnki I'ack., Sixth K<p. Peab. Acad. Sc, -l-J, 1H*4 ; I'roe. 15ost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xvi, pi. 

 1, lig. 10, 167 .1. 



.") S and o 9. — This species is mure nearly tdlied lo onv R. nijicillata 

 than R. (ilbkillaht of lllurope. Body brown, with a slight reddish tinge, 

 giving oir metallic retlecfions. Abdomen darker tluin in the two above- 

 named species, with a tine, white line on each segment. Body and legs white 

 beneath. Pore wings may be described as opaque rcddish-i)rown, with a 

 median while band much narrower than in Ihe two other allied species; the 

 inner aiu'le with a deep recfanuular sinus; outer edge with a large tooth 

 opposite Ihe unusually large discal spot; yellowish about the tooth, which 

 varies much in size, sometimes being obsolete; above and bek)W this tootii 

 tlie edg(^ is sinuate; in the l)rown region beyond are two parallel, irregularly 

 sinuous, line, lilue lines; the outer edge of the In'own region scalloped, the 

 angles filled with white, with a s(iu;irish, while patch, and a broad patch of 

 white in the middle of" the wing, extending from near (he large tooth oppo- 

 site the discal dot to the outer edge of the wing, including the fringe, which 

 is mostly brown, with a white subapical patch. Hind wings immaculate 

 snow-white; beneath white, with large discal dot; outer hali'ol' wings dark- 



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