ACIDALIA KlIliROMAUGINATA Pilckiild. I'lutc 10, fiiT- •'J7. 

 Acidaliu nibriimanjbuiria l'a<-U., I'loe. Host. Snr. N:it. Ilisl., xiii, ;'>'.M, 1871. 



6 c? iiud "J 9. — IJroun, willi a reddish linl. IJody ami l)asc of Itotli 

 wings ferruginous dnll lirown ; holli w iiii;s dnsky reddisli-i)ro\vn at i)ase ; on 

 lore wings, this linl extends to a little lieyond tlie middle of the wing, its 

 outer edi;-e irregular, aiiaulated in tiie middle and excavated licdow. In some 

 speciineiis, it is crossed just i)efore the middle of the wing Ity a slightly 

 oblique, dark line, on i. Iii(di rests an irremilar row of light-brown scales: in 

 other specimens, the inner half of the wing is entirely (lusky-i)rown; ix-yond, 

 the wing is of a (dear tawny brow n, with a siibmarginal line curved and slightly 

 waved, either entire or nuuhi n|» of l)lack dots on the venules, (connected l)y a 

 slight line; this line is paralhd with the outer edge of the basal dark area: ;i 

 rntirginal row of black dots; fringe deep bri<d\-red. Hind vxinus the same; 

 the dark portion at base extends nearly to the middle of the wing, and the 

 broken, wavy, curved line of dots is half-way b(;tween this and the outer <'dge; 

 fringe brick-red, contrasting well with the clear lawny brown of outer two- 

 thirds of wings. Beneath, uniformly pale lawny brown, with a common, diffuse, 

 waved, middle line, doulded on the anterior half of liiiul wings, iiudosing a 

 narrow, oval, irreiiulai' spot, and a verv faint submariiinal row of ininute black 

 dots; fringe red. 



Length of body, U.28; fore wing, 35; expanse of wings, 0.81) incdi. 



Xahant, Mass. (Moring) ; Dallas, Texas, April 4 (Boll, Mus. IVali. Acad. 

 So.); Central ilissoiiri, May (Riley); Lawrence, Kans. (Snow); California 

 (Edwards). 



The Nahant example diH'ers from the others in the dusky band ol' IIk; 

 fore wing being nearer the base of the wing, while the outer dark line is less 

 sinuate below the costa, though agreeing (piite widl in the latter respect with 

 one or two Califoriiian examples. The specimen from ^lissouri does not diller 

 Irom those Californian examples in which the base of the wings are clear, 

 not dusky, nor does it ditfer in size. The Kansas and 'J'exan examples dilfer 

 from all the others in their diderent tint, being inoiT decidedly wine-reddish. 

 Both pairs of wings are (dear at base; i)nl in the foi'e wiu<:s is a median ditfuse 

 shade, which, however, does not extend on to the hind wings, which an- clear, 

 unitormly reddish, as in the liire wings, and with only a single lilaek line, con- 

 sisting of connected black dots: the line is less sinuous than usual, and sit- 

 uated farther from tin; edge of the wiiii,^ than usual. The species may be 



