17.") 



Imt sliulidy sciilli)|>c(l, Ikmho rather Hiiclv (Icntatc. ( "oiiipaicd willi /'. iitnlu- 

 Idta, llic wiii^s arc iiiiicli smaller, the Ixxlv rather laiirer, and the liiiul uiuirs 

 more deeply and acutely dentate, liody and winirs dark wood-brown, the 

 winijjs eovercd i)y line, dai^k, irrcifnlai'ly-scall()|ied lines, Iniinin:^ dark \cnnlai' 

 points. l"\)re wiiias with an indistinct, iiasal, w lillish line, an^ndatcd on the 

 costa ; a similar one heyond, waved between the veiinlcs: and an onter white, 

 irrcsiidar, scalloped line, there Ix'iniitwo ^nand scallops projectinir out ward 

 in the first and second median cells; a snbmaiirinal, oi)scnre, liall-eH'ai-ed, 

 zigv-ag line; three rows ol white vennlar points (ol'ten olisolete) between these 

 last two lines: a mai'ginul idw of white dots between tln^ end of" the veiniles 

 and the hind wini;s at the bottom of each scallo]); fringe dark-i)rown ; nnder 

 side i)ale-irrav, dusted, and with five or six wavv,.l)la(d\ish, obscure lines, with 

 dusky scales ])et\veen, the outer snbniarainal line lorming a broad, l)lackisl) 

 shade on the fore wirjgs, mingled with the broad, l)la(d\ish borchsr; also a 

 suiimarginal row of whitish i)oinls on i)oth wini^s. 



Length of i)ody, c? , 0.52, 9,0.45; of t'ore wing, <? , O.'IO, 9, 0.(i2: expanse 

 of wings, l.,"55 inches. 



Virginia (Clraef ) ; North Carolina (Dr. Kneeland, ]\Ius. Bost. Soc. Nat. 

 Hist.) ; Georgia and Alabama (Grote) ; Te.xas, July, September, and October 

 (Belfrage); "Florida, Georgia" (Walker); Bermuda Islands (J.M.Jones). 



This species may be known l»y the dark-brown color and the uunsually 

 blackish lines and border of the wings beneath. The fore wings arc much 

 as in F. californiata, but the hind wings are much less deeply scalloped. 



PniLEREME CALIFORNIATA Packard. Plate 9, fig. 15. 



Scofosia iiili/oniiala Pack., Proc. Bust. Soc. N:it. Hist., xiii, :«1!:», IH71: xvi, pi. 1, fig. 1-2, 1874. 



It is duU-asii; palpi l)lackish. Fore wings crossed by very fine, iininer- 

 ons, wavy, parallel, i)lack lines; l)ase of wing dull-ash, crossed by a sUmder 

 black line, and edged with Idack, Ijeyond which is a pale, whitish line, suc- 

 ceeded by a broad dusky band, and beyond is a whitish band, situated on the 

 basal third of the wing; l)eyond are tbnr bla(d\, wavy lines, crossing tlx^ 

 middle of the wing; three sul)marginal, black, finer lines, and w(d[ marked 

 on the costa, l)elow consisting of vennlar black dots: a marginal, zii^zag, dis- 

 tinct, black liiK!; fringe dull-ash. Hind wings clear, much paler, without 

 any bands except four short, wavy lines near the inner angle; a black, ziiizag. 



