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with ;i blackish l)aii(l in iVoiit of, iiiid aiiollicr liclwccii, tlio ant('iinfi'. Pulpi 

 bhick on the sides, whilisl) Ixdow and al (ips. Thorax w itli a dusky shade 

 on liiiid edge of prothorax, and a transverse (hisky band bciiind I lie nii(hlle. 

 Foic wings with three cnrved, dentale, blaek lines, marked by distinct black 

 points on the veins. The inner line regidarly curved, well marked on the 

 costa, bent outward a little just below this spot, enlarging into a round l^lack 

 spot on (he median vein. Middle line Taint, Ijrown, somewhat dilluse (often 

 obsolete), and much less curved than tiie inner line, with a distinct costal 

 patch; tliird and outer line sinuate, not much curved, with a scries of lilack 

 dots [)roduced along the veins into teeth; a double tooth on tlu^ origin of the 

 first median vein. This line is accompanied by a broad, iiiint, jjale, brown 

 shade. A submarginal row of ditfuse, large, dusky spots, best marked toward 

 the apex, and these spots tilling the teeth in the submarginal zigzag white 

 line; two dark scallops conspicuous in the extradiscal interspace. ]\Iarginal 

 row of black lunules, sometimes forming rounded dots. Fringe wiiitish on 

 both wings. Hind wings with three wavy lines, the inner just within tlie 

 discal dot (no discal dot on fore wings) and broader than the others, while the 

 middle line is more distinctly dentate than on the fore wings. Wing beyond 

 marked as on the anterior pair. Alxlomen with a double row of dorsal black 

 spots. Beneath, either unitl)rndy jjale ash, anil without any markings, except 

 very faint discal dots and an outer line, or quite uniformly mottled with dusky 

 ash, and with two lines faintly reproduced. Fore legs dusky, ringed witii 

 whitish ; hind legs pale ash ; iiind tibia' as usual in the other species. 



Length of body, S, 0.50-0.60, 9, 0.60; of fore wing, S, 0.65-0.72. 9, 

 0.75; expanse of wings, 1.50-1.60 inches. 



Salem, Mass., July 1,^ (Emerton and Packard); Cambridge, duly 7, 

 Brookline, Octol)er 4 (.Sliurtleif); Boston (Minot); Dorchester, 3Iass. (San- 

 born); West Farms, N. Y. (Angus); I'.rcwster's, N. Y., April 21 (Grote); 

 Albany, N. Y., May 4 (Lintner); Illinois (Dr. Hoy); Philadelphia, Pa. (Ent. 

 Soc. and Grote). 



It varies in the distitictness of the lines, the second line on the fore 

 wings is often wanting, and sometimes the lines are (juite heavy. The 

 specks, usually light, arc sonuitimes abundant, making the wings darker than 

 usual. The species does not diHcr in any particular from C crepuscularia 

 from Europe. In comparing a \^iciina male with tourtc(Mi others, from 

 difTercnt parts of the United States, 1 do not find so nnich dillerence as 



