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liiii, hill (locp ochrcoiis l)(>y()ii(l. Inner lino faint; discal dol very tlistinci ; 

 outer line disliuct, nearly siraiirjil. I?oncatli nniliirnily oelireons ; willi flu; 

 enter eoinninn line veiy (list inet, eonsistinif of a row of lilaekisii dots: (in llie 

 liind wings, it is bent opjiositc the distinct discal dot. The i)ase ol' tin; fore 

 wing is rather densely shaded with dark specks, and there is a very faint 

 subniarginal shade. Legs concolorous with the body, six^ekled. The wiuir 

 is whitish in the middle, with the white spot distinct In one case, the 

 margin of both wings above is lilac-ash. 



Length of body, c? , ().43-0.r)0, 9, 0.45; of fore wrings, i, 0.(iO, 9, 

 0.65; expanse of wings, 0.90-1.35 inches. 



]\Iaine (E. S. Morse); Beverly, Mass., July 8 (Burgess); Boston, Mass. 

 (San!)orn, I\rus. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.) ; Natiek, Mass. (Stratton) ; Lynii, 

 Mass. (W. H. Dall); Ilastings-on-lludson, N. Y., June 19 (Grote) ; Albany, 

 N. Y. (Lintner) ; West Farms, N. Y. (Angus) ; Philadelphia,- Pa. (Ent. 

 Soc. and Grote) ; Pennsylvania and Maryland (INTus. Comp. Zocil.) ; Illinois, 

 (Clemens) ; Texas, May (Belfragc). 



This species is perhaps more common than the other The male may 

 be distinguished by its smaller size, by^ the wings being more ochrcous by 

 the distinct discal dots, and by the rather distinct median white i)and on the 

 fore wings. Tlie female differs greatly from the male, being much, larger 

 and with the wings more serrate, the two inner lines more or less obsolete, 

 the border of both wings being much darker than the inside of the wing, 

 the border sometimes having a lilac tinge. From the female of P. suhato- 

 maria, it differs in its still smaller size, in having usually but one subapical 

 spot, instead of three, as is usually the ca.se in the other species, and in the 

 outer border of the wings being darker or more decidedly ochreous The 

 wings are serrated much alike in the two species, but more decidedly in the 

 female of P. dcplanaria than that of the other species. It is a very difficult 

 genns, and impossil)le to study pro])erly without a large amount of specimens. 

 It would be easy for one to be led into making half a dozen "species" if he 

 had but one or two specimens of each variety. 



TEPHRUSIA Boisduval. Plate 5, figs. 2, 2b, 2c. 



Sdidosema Ilubii. (iu pint), Verz., 299, 1818. 

 Anagoga Hiibii., Exot. Solim., :il, 182o. 

 Gnoplm Tii-\\.ti. (iu part), Sclim. Eiir., vi (i), IGO, 1627. 

 JJalia Diip. (in part), Lep. I'rauce, vii (iv), 400, 1829. 

 Boannia Steph. (in part), 111., iii, lOli, 1831. 



