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slight bend in tlii' ouIcm- rt\uc. 'I'lic liiiid wiiiirs arc much lis in //. iiisti/sdiia, 

 Ihc outer vihrc hi'iug very straiiihi. Tiic palpi arc loiiir and slmch-r, curved 

 up, and surpassing the I'roul a liUle. Iteinii lonirer than usual. Uodv and 

 wings ch'ar nuhlisii-hrow ii, ol' a (hdler line \\\i\n A. jxtnudrid. Vvuu\ cdue 

 of thorax and cotjta of lore wings creani-wliite. htrininir a hroad and con- 

 spicuous l)and. Fore wings wilh two slenih'r, ch'ar, white iiair-lines; tiu" 

 inner curved and renu)te iVoni the outer, wliich is sinuous, heiii<f curved 

 outwanl on the median vein: a submarginal row of l)hK'k fiiint scaUops ; a 

 marginal row oC black points. Fringe concolorous with the win<{s. Hind 

 wings marked like the anterior pair, \vith a single cl(>;ir, distinct, while line 

 beyond the middle; four ecpial, dusky, (lilfus(! discal dots; beneath, lli'sh- 

 calored clay -yellow, mi.xed.with reddish-brown; the discal dots distinct. 

 Xo lines on the fore wings; a faint <lusky shade beyond the middle ot' the 

 wing, while the black marginal dots are reproduced 



L(Mii>:tli of body, 9, 0.32; of f()re wing, 9, 0.40; expanse of win<rs, 

 0.70 inch. 



Demopolis, Ala. (Grote). 



This remarkable species differs from any other of th.' genus by its 

 brick-red body and wings, contrasting with the thoracic and costal broad 

 conspicuous white liand, and [»y the two tine distinct lines on the l()re wing.s, 

 as well as the submarginal row of dusky triangles and the niar<rinal row of 

 black dots. 



ACIDALIA EOTUNDOPENNATA, Sj). not. Plate 10, tig f)i). 



2 (f . — Fore wings rather short, much rounded on the apex; older edge 

 moderately convex. Hind wings nnich rounded, not l)ent on the outer 

 edge, which is very convex ; the inner e(lg(( regularly rounded, not sipiare, as 

 usual. Body and wings cream-white, very finely dusted with brown, the 

 speckles finer than usual. Head l)lack in front; palpi very short and small, 

 not reaching nearly as far as the front of the head, pale, concolorous wilh 

 the rest of tin; body. Fore wings with oidy two parallel, very fine, indis- 

 tinct, blackish, sharply-waved hair-liiu's, common to both wings, the outer 

 of the two lines situated on tlie outer fourth of the wing. No discal dots on 

 either ])air t)f wings. Fringe on both wings cream-white, concolorous with 

 the wings; a pale ochreous slightly-scalloped liiu' at the base of the Iringe. 

 Wings semihyaline; tore wings a little dusky Ix'ueath, wilh (bffuse linear 

 4;? i> II 



