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Apical portion of the tore wings rcddisli, and liind wings often shaded with 

 reddish beyond the onter hnc. The fringe varies with tlic color of the 

 wing, being speckled with brown or reddish, with a hair-line at the base 



Length of body, <?, 0.50-0.55, 9,0.45-0.50: of fore wing, ct , OM-O.Qb, 

 9, 0.55-0.75; expanse of wings, 1. 00-1. '"*0 inches. 



Maine, Jnne 16 (Packard); Mount Washington, N. H., July (Morrison); 

 Essex County, Vt., July (Cassino) ; Amherst, Mass. (Peabody) ; Natick, 

 Mass., June 27 (Stratton) ; Massachusetts (Sanborn, Bost.Soc. Nat. Hist.) ; 

 Albany, N. Y. (Meskc and Lintner); New Jersey (Sachs); Philadelphia, Pa. 

 (Grote); Maryland (Mus. Peak Acad. Sc); West Virginia, April 26 (Mead); 

 Saint Louis, Mo., October 5 (Riley) ; near Mannnoth Cave, Ky., April 27 

 (Sanborn, Ky. Geol. Surv.). 



This protean form varies greatly in the color of the wings, owing to the 

 degree of speckling and distance of the point of the outer line from the 

 edge of the wing, the point being occasionally siiort and obtuse, and then 

 obsolete, as in var. (iinicaiia H.-Sch. 



The distinctness of the submarginal black spots varies, being sometimes 

 entirely absent, and the outer edge of the himl wings is sometimes pale and 

 sometimes reddish-l)rown. 



In another individual (c?), from Natick, Mass., the angle of the outer 

 line is very obtuse and short, the point being nearly as far from the edge of 

 the wing as on the costa, the space beyond being reddish-brown, and with 

 scarcely any specks ; the wings are less falcate and angulated than usual. 

 Beneath, the outer edge of the wings has a taint violaceous hue. 



Fig. 40 represents the normal, most abundant form of H. ni/ssaria. 

 Fig. 39 represents var. amicaria H.-Sch. In this form, the outer third of 

 l)oth pairs of wings is clear l)rick-red or red, with a decided purplish 

 tinge; the wings within are whitish, as in the normal /itfssaria; the inner 

 line on the for(^ wings is broad. I have received it from Lawrence, Kans. 

 (Snow) ami Alabama (Grote). Fig. 37 represents a second snuiU variety, in 

 which the outer third of Ixjth wings is pale reddish; the lines are distinct, 

 reddish-brown, and the inner two-thirds of the wings is tinged with reddish. 

 This form merges into another (closely resemtding Walker's H. nepiam- 

 ria from Nova Scotia), which nearly agrees with Guenec's description of 

 H. insinudr'ui, in wliicli the entire surface of the wings is nearly luiiformly 

 ])ale reddish-brown, with tlirce submarginal dark spots, one subapical, one in 



