2 1 5 



(•ill (l(i( ; llu' line is ollcii l)ri)kcn, coiisisliii^' of l)l;ick dols IJcvond a sul)- 

 inargiiial rt)\v of wliilc dels llic \vh\ii i^' l)l;K'kish, ami within the line it is 

 liiiged with icddisli-ln-owu. Hind winirs roncolorons with the anlnior pair, 

 and niarUod in the sanic manner. No hasal line; .cxlradisf-d line curved 

 and scaUoped. I^dire of (he winj,' dark. l?enea(h (kirk creani-CDhjr, snllnsed 

 with (lark scales, with a common, dillnse. dnskv shade, and cid^je oC Ixith w in<fs 

 dusky. Discal dots distinct. lA'iis cnncolorons with the hodv, wit h dark 

 scal(*s. Abdomi'n somewhal carinated, and wit h distinct lateral projections. 



J.(Mij,dli ol' h(Kly, <?, 45, 9,0.45; of li)re winir, S, 0.45-0.51;, 9, 0.5;5 ; 

 expanse of win<is, 85-1.15 inches. 



Lawrence, Kansas (F. II. Snow); Missouri, A]>ril 1 i) (Rihu'); Waco, 

 Texas, May, June 29, July l-_>, October (Belfragc;, JIus. Teal). Acad. Sc); 

 Dcmopolis, Alabama (Grotc). 



This is a very variable species, and it is Iiald(' to l)e mistaken for a 

 Noctiiid motli, the wings are so unusually narrow and the outer edge sosliort. 

 It may, on this ac(:ount, and from the ])resence of the large discal tnit of 

 dark, raised scales, be separated from its allied forms. It is very variable, and 

 it would be easy to ''make" three species out of the specimens I have liefore 

 me. The normal common form has, as a gronnd-color, a cream-lint ; in others, 

 from Missouri and Te.xas, the wliole insect is suH'used witli a ciiocolale-tint 

 so uniformly as to obscure the lines. Tlie e.xtradiscal line on both winjrs 

 differs in distance from the discal dot. Some specimens are intermediate in 

 hue between the dark and cream-colored examples. Some dark specimens 

 are so much smaller than the normal size as to be easily mistaken for a dis- 

 tinct species. 



Mr. Riley states that when the moth is at rest the alidomen is rai.sed 

 almost perpendicular to the; thorax, while the'head is held downward. 



The moth is evidently double-brooded in Texas, according to the dates 

 given by Mv. IJelfrage. 1'lie ligure of the larva and pupa on plate 13 are 

 copied from Ai)bot. 



ToiiN'OS Ari'KOXlMAKI.\, .sy^ iinr. I'lale 11, fiir. 40. 



- cf- — In this species, the wings are shorter and broader; I lie oujer edge 

 of the fore wings longt?r, with a rectangular apex, the antenna' with shorter 

 pectinations Hum in the otluu- species. 



The btjdy and .wings ari; niiifornil\- cho('olale-brown, both aliove and 



