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-cosla iiiid cxdiKliscal space the lim: is sliaiiihl and dividrd iiilo 1 wo shalldw 

 scallops, tlic lower l»eiiig the more pointed of the two (in C. iKuiijunarla. the 

 iipiier scallop is represented l)y a prominent doulde tooth); below, the line 

 curves inwai<l, with a similar ontward cnrve, and then the line carves ont- 

 ward, enilinir on the inner edge of the wing; a hroad, pale, (diocolale-hrown 

 shade l)orders the line externally; the usual distinct, zigzag, white line 

 inclosed in a dusky area; a whitish suhapical patch; a row of marginal, 

 small, round dots, each dot sending a faint black streak inward. Fringe 

 concolorous with the wing, not checkered. Hind wings with a black line at 

 the extreme base (sometinn's wanting) ; middle line broad, ditfuse, straight ; 

 oiitei- line linear, with a distinct point opposite the discal dot in the more 

 tvpical tlnni, orthe point obscure; the line varies in its distance from tin; 

 narrow, large, discal ringlet; the line'' shaded l)eyond with ])ale chocolate; 

 sul)marginal zigzag line and edge as in the fore wings; beneath, usually witii 

 no markings, except three faint costal spots, and discal spots and marginal 

 spots. Surface of both wings uniforndy dusky-ash, a little darker than in 

 C iHimpinaria; in one specinieii, a tiiint. submarginal, dusky shade. Abdomen 

 wjtii a narrow black stripe at the base, l)ut the basal ring not conspicuously 

 white, as in C. paiiipinaria; two rows of dorsal l)lack spots along the iJxlo- 

 men. Anterior legs grayish, with paler rings. 



Length of body, c? , 0.50,-0.55, 9,0.50; of fore wing, S, 0.60-0.70, 

 9, 0.70; expanse of wings, 1.40-150 inches. 



Brunswick, Me. (Packard); White Mountains, N. H., late in Augu.st 

 (Scudder); Natick, Mass. (Stratton, Coll. Bost. See. Nat. Hist.); Lansing, 

 Mich. (Miles); L)wa, July '28 (Parker); West Farms, N. Y. (Angus); 

 Albany, N. Y. (Lintner and Meske); Brewster's, N. Y. (Grote); Philadel- 

 phia, Pa. (Ent. Soc); Texas, May G-15, July 8, August 3 (Belfrage). 



This varial)le species is n.early as common as C^. pionp'niaria, and diilcrs 

 from it in the very sinuous outer line, the more oblicpie, less curved, inner 

 line of the t()re wing, l)y the distinct: discal ringlets on iioth wings, and l)y 

 the absence beneath of the submarginal dusky shade. Walker's Pliihala- 

 pteryx ciosiata is a rubbed individual, with v(My Ijroad, suffused, black lines. 

 I have it Irom Maine. Another variety, whicdi 1 did not see either in ]\[. 

 Guenee's collection or that of the British Museum, is chocolate-ash, with 

 the chocolate bands twice as broad as usual. 



