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common to bolli \viiii>s. and is Ijioadlv aiiguliitrd on I lie liiiid winirs; just 

 l)c;.()nd, nearer tlie line than the edge ol' tlie wing, is a Taint lununisli siiaile, 

 consist iiii^ at times of lonir Innnles interrnpted \)\ tlie veins; this sliade is 

 coniniiin lo Ijotli w in^s (and is sometimes obsolete) : discal dots ralhci- lai'i.'e, 

 dark lirowii : liin^r rather pale w heic the outer lioidei' is pale, and will: a 

 violet hue or darker iirown, and (die(d\ercd opposite the ti'iniination of the 

 vemdes. Hind wings like the tlire wings, except that the inner line is 

 wanting: beneath, distinelly otdireons, with dense reddish slri^a'; outer 

 common line ver\ distinct, shaded externally with didl violet niinijled with 

 whitish: iVin^e dull violet, checkered with darker: discal dots distinct 

 reddish, whitish on the inner edge of both winirs: often the striga' are 

 tawny, and the fringe is whitish, and the violet tiu^e waiitiu^r, while ijie degree 

 of mottling varies, being occasionally very dens(^ giving a tawny appearance 

 to the nnder side; the inner line is sometimes wantini^: in one case, the 

 brown shading along the common line has a laint greenish tint. 



It may be at once ktn)wn by the broad, large angle of the onter line, 

 and its violet hue, the yellowish nnder sid<', and its snndl size. In a temale 

 from Kansas, the under side is bright (xdii-eons-yeliow. 



Length of l)ody, S, 0.50-0.60, 9, O.GO; of (i)re wing, J, 0.(iO-0.70, 

 V, 0.80; expanse of wings, l.GO inches. 



Montreal, Canada (Lyman); Maine, June (I'ackard); Massachnsetls, July 

 (Sanborn, Stratton); New York, July 8 (Meske and Lintner) ; Philadelphia, 

 Pa., June (Grote and Knt. Soc.) ; West Farms, N. Y. (Angu.s) ; Missouri 

 (Riley); Lawrence, Kans. (Snow). 



Guende's type of E. rcfracfaria is a simrle rui)bed hypocltidria; his 

 lateritiaria seems, by the description, to be Injpochnn'ni. Walker's refractaria 

 is a mucdi rubbed lnjpi)ch]ai'ni. 



Endkopia JIARGINATA Packard. Plate 12, tig. 13. 



Caberodes margiiiala Miuot!!!. I'roc. Host. Sue. N\it. Hist , xi. n.'.l. ISi/.l. 



4 c? and 2 9 — A large species connecting the higher species with those of 

 which E. hiipochraria is the type, the wiiiirs being entire Fore wing.s slightly 

 falcate, entire, obtusely angled in the middle Ilind w ings slightly tridentale, 

 the apex and middle angle beingobtusely acut<', with a minute tooth between 

 w hich mav l)e easily oveilooked. liody and win<rs pale ochraceous, dens(>ly 

 mottled with tawny brown : lines broad, tawuy-l)row!! ; the imier one curved 

 regularly, not anuulated, .sonielimes nearly oi)solete: (uiter line ol)li((ue, 

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