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This l)c;m(ilul species in;iy i)e :il once luiowii liv I lie I'mir hhick. riiised, 

 (liscal (lots ;ii!(I l)lack-iiii]ie(l femora, as well as liy I he hmad while iiaiuls and 

 lirowii-inollled liase ol cosla. It \aries iiincli in size, Ihe lari.'er iiidi\ idiials 

 hciiiii lari^cr than Ihosi' of any other species of this sulifamilv. 



'J'lic C'aliforiuan examples are nmch larj^M-r, witii sliuhlly moic pointed 

 fore winijs than in eastern examples; the fore wings of Ihe lariresl of lhe two 

 specimens nioasnrini!: 0.7") inch, Ihe largest eastern example (from Xew VorU) 

 measnring 0.G3 incdi in length. I'^xcept the diirerences In size. I do nof sen 

 any others to warrant a, specilic sejiai'alion. 'J'he Caliliirnlan examples 

 ch)scly resend)le those from Tc.'xas, the lines being inclined to he siraighter 

 and less ditt'nse, and with less of a yellowish tinge to the wing than in 

 examples IVom the Xorlhern States. In the shape of the winirs, the 'I'exaii 

 I'xamples closely appi"oacli the Californian ones, and thus diU'er in a c(U're- 

 sponding degree Innn indi\idna]s lr(im .Mahama and the Middle and Northei'n 

 Slates (Alleghanian fanna). 



Desiderata. 



(leometni iuchisaria Walk., Ids! ],ep. I let. IJr. Mus., x\ii, AGS, lS(il.— 

 ^'Male and J( iiia!e. lii'ight gi-cen. JSody beneath and ahdomen white. Head 

 ro.sy; vertex white. I'alpi jiorrect, cxt(Miding a little beyond Ihe head; third 

 j(.)int conical, not more than oik^ louiih of ihe length of the second. Antenna! 

 slightly peclinated to two-thirds of the length. Ilind tibia' with fonr long 

 spurs. \)'ings ample, with a black discal point, and with indistinct interior 

 and exterior denticnlated whitish hnes; marginal line crimson; fringe \cl- 

 lowish white. l''ore wings aciit(_'; costa white; exterior border hardly conscx, 

 nujderately ol)li([ne. llind wings extending beyond the abdomen. 



"Length of the body 4-4.1 lines; ol' the wings 11-12 lines. 



"St. Jolm's Blufi; East Florida." 



This is a valid species, and distinct iVcun 6'. iriddria. 



Ccomeira mimicata "Walk.. List Lep. TTet. r)r. ">rus.. xxxv. !(;(•!, ISCH. — 

 ''Female. Lright green. Head, palpi, body beneath, and leiis white. I'alpi 

 slender, deenmbent, nearlv as long as thi' Incadth of the head: third joini as 

 lonir as the second. Abdomen white, irreeii toward the base, mncdi shorter 

 than the interior IxM'der of the hind win^rs. Wings bi'oad, with two slender 

 while lines; tirst line antemcdial, nearly straight ; second poslmedial, nndn- 



