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IVdiu the a|ir\ (Miiial lo hall' llic uidih of the wiu^; a ilill'iisi'. Iiinalr, dii.-kv 

 s|i"t iirar tlic inner anolc. Hind wiiiir.s ycUowisii. as usual, rs|)('ciallv 

 toward \hv outer edge: a liaii-line ciosses the outer third of the wiufr. witii 

 a parallel, l)road, dill"use band on the inner an<ile of (he \v\i\'j. Beneath, 

 hv\ir\\\ yellow-oclireous; iViugr violet; two violet bauds and a diseal spot on the 

 il)re winir; winus more speckled tiiau ai)ove. Abdomen lieneath violaceous. 

 and so are the Ici^s externallv. I.eiiiilh of bod\ . (1.3."); ol' foi'e \viu<i, 

 O.oO iiH-h. 



Albany, N. V. (O. Meske). 



'I'liis speciof! is liable to be confounded with t'crri<l(iri((, but diilers in 

 the straight. Hrni. outer line, while Hie innei' line is narrow and distinct. 

 ■'riu! slKi|)e of the winus is ainiosi exactly as in Jfrri<liui<. 



Id. 



Pl.vgodiis fkrvumria Herrich-SchaeHer. I'late 11, li<i. 40. 



Playodc.i firvidarici II. -Sell., .\ii,'i,srrcin-. .ScLiii., (V.',, lij;. 'Jd!!, 1850-58. 

 Kiirymene emarijataria Guei)., I'lial., i. 115, 1857. 



Wallv., Lisi'Lpp. Het. Br. JIiis., xx. 1??. IsiIK. 

 i'«n/j»(»c rj-i»)T((nV(Morrisiiii, IJiill. Hull'. Soc. Sc, 1S7:{. 



1 <i and '1 9. — \J\kv pli/oij::osari(i, \n\\ tlu' notch in the outer edire of the 

 fore wings is deeper than in that species: ajjcx of the winf^ rectangular, the 

 outer edge slightly convex below; hind wings vvitli the outer edge a little 

 more sinuous than in phlogosaria. Fore wings ochreous-ash, of nearly the 

 same line as in phlogosaria, but usually more strigated ; inner line represented 

 by a 'lew scattered black scales in some of my specimen.s, wanting in the oiu; 

 figured. Diseal dot small or very large and touching the extradiscal band, 

 which is more or less sinuous, making ipiite an angle below the median vein; 

 beyond the band and below the median vein, the wing is tiiiired with violet. 

 Fringe concolorous with the wing, but dark in the hollow. Hind wings 

 tinged with yellow. The extradiscal line indistinct on the costal half of the 

 wing, with a short, external, parallel, dark line half- way between it and the 

 outer edge (sometimes wanting); fringe dark below the median angle. 

 Beneath pale yellow-ochreous, strigated with reddish-ochreous lines and dots ; 

 the outer line on the fore wings represented by a dilitise violaceous l)and, 

 while the outer third of the hind wings is violet-|)uiple. Head, thorax, 

 and abdomen beneath, and ba.sal half ol" c'osta above, tinged with violet. 



Length of body, <?, 0.45, 9, 0.48; of fore wings, <t , 0.5.'), 9, (IGO; 

 expanse of wings. 1.15-l.."i5 inches. 



