245 



concolorous with IIr' I)()(I_v. AlMloiiifu witli Iwo lilack ^|)(lls on tlir .sccoikI 

 seguicni. 



Leugtlidl' l.odv. c?, .', 9, 0.5U: ol'lorr wiiiii. J, ••..^a, 9, 0.G2 ; L-xpause 

 ot" wings, 1.2") inclics. 



Boston, .luiif (SaiilxMii ) : l>ev(i l_v. .Mass.. ,lunc 27 (Burgess); Salem, 

 Mass. (Packartl). 



This preltv s|)('ci('s is at onci' rccogiiizahlf by the two rows of black 

 specks and the peculiar lilac tint ot the winjis. 



LozoGRAM.M.x DKFLi AIA Walker. Plate '.I, !ig. 59. 



jMZiiyniiiimii di'lUiiiriii Wa!l<. ! I !, IJst Lcp. llil. lii-. Mils., xxiii, 11^1, H(jl. 



4 <} and 12 9. — Fore wings acutely jwiiited and tli^tinctly bent on the 

 outer edge. Body and willies pale lilac-ash. Head and palpi tinired with 

 reddish; verte.x concolorous with the rest ol' the head. Fore wings densely 

 speckled with lilac-brown: two distinct, continuous, darker lines, the inner 

 straight, lading out on inner side; the outer very slightly sinuous, narrow, 

 pale, edged on each side with Ijrow n. Between the two lines paler than tlie 

 outer border of the wing. A iiunt, very sinuous, subniarginal line, easily 

 overlooked. A pale line at base of fringe, which is concolorous with the dark 

 margin of the wing. Hind wint^s paler than anterior pair; discal dot di>tinct, 

 a slight brown line beyond. Beneath tinged with (xhreous, especially on the 

 costa and veins; with scattered speckles: discal spots larixe and distinct. 

 Outer rt)w of venular dots distinct: beyond, the wing is decidedly ochreous, 

 l)ut the fringe is pale lilac. Legs tinged \\ ith ochreous. 



Length of body, d , 0.52, 9, 0.50; of lore wing, <? , 0.G5. 9, 0.(52 incdi. 



Brunswick, Me., end of May and early June (Packard). 



This species i.s very abundant in dry fields and open places in pine- 

 woods, rising suddenly and flying with a powerful headlong flight, settling 

 down again at a rod or two from where it started, it may be known by the 

 two broad, brown, continuous shades crossim,'' the fore wings, l)y the lilac 

 tint of the wings, and the ochreous under side. It differs from the European 

 L. pelraria, to which it is closely allied. In the more speckle<l wings, acute 

 tips, and more sinuate outer line. The other s|)ecies of the genus seem 

 peculiar to America. 



This moth is so much like the European L. pelraria that 1 reproduce 

 New-man's description of .the larva of that species, as that ol' dejiuata should 



