475 



hniw II, liUr tiic lc<,fs. Fore wiiiijs spotted with pale brown, and crossed l)v1\vo 

 liroad, hidken, lii,flit-l)r(i\vii lines: the inner on the inner (|narfer(it' tlie wing 

 curved and conyisling ol' aliont tliree s])ols, one on the costa, oiw. on the inner 

 margin, one on the median vein (fh(! middh- one olteu wanting). Outer hue 

 curved, ol'teii lorked on the lirst median cell, sending a smaller l)rancli straight, 

 toward the apex; this branch ol'ten ol)solete, and the whole line obsolete in 

 the middle of" the wing, and sometimes wanting on the costa. The same 

 line is continued on to t lie hind vviiig; it is usually obsolete in the middle of the 

 wing. No inner line on the hind wing. Fringe yellow, spotted with brown 

 at the ends of the venules. Beneath as above. 



Length of body, S. 075: of tore wing, c^ , 0.68-0.85, 9,0.95-1.06; 

 expanse of wings, 2.00-2.20 inches. 



Iowa, June 18—20 (Professor Parker); Brunswick, Me., June (Packard); 

 Massachusetts, (Sanborn and Peab. Acad. Sc); Illinois (Clemens); New 

 Hampshire (Walker); Detroit, Mich. (Mus. Coinp. Zool.): New Orleans, La. 

 (Mus. Peab. Acad. Sc); abundant at head of Plum Creek, Colo. (Lieutenant 

 Carpenter, Hayden's Survey). 



A common form, at once known by the bright ochre-yellow wings, its 

 large size and broadly pectinated male antennae. The wings vary much in the 

 extent of the spots and bands. 



One male specimen from Philadelphia (Ent. Soc.) is almost immaculate, 

 with unusually l)road hind tibise, also unspotted. 



Larva. — The body gradually increases in size to the segment bearing 

 the first pair of abdominal legs. The head is flattened so as to be square above, 

 and is whitish-green, with three longitudinal brown lines. The prothoracic 

 ring is concolorous with the head, from which two brown lines extend, form- 

 ing an inverted v on the hinder edge. The body is jiale grass-green ai)ove, 

 with the sides swollen. There are four minute l)lack dots on each segment; 

 a whitish, indistinct, subdorsal line, and a lateral white line exteiidinu to the 

 sides of the anal Icl's. It fcseds on the strawberry and currant in June, 

 entering the piqia state June 12. The moth appears at the beginning of 



July. 



