520 



Selenia kentaria. Plate 12, fig. 26. 



PcrkaUia kentaria Orotic and Rob., Traus. Amcr. Eut. Soc, i, I'i, i>l. 1, iig. 5, 1867. 



2 J and 1 9 . — Bright ochreous, with the costal half of the wing subvio- 

 laceoiis between the brown lines ; a mnch-curved line, tenuiuating at the 

 same distance from the base on both the costa and the hind edge ; a mesial 

 4ine, t)btusely angulated below the costa, straight from the hind edge to the 

 median nervure ; a third outer line, straight to the obscure angle just before 

 the costa, and on the edge turned obliquely outward; this line is margined 

 for nearly the whole of its length externally wdth a subviolaccous hue, throw- 

 ing off an oblique line toward tlie hind angle. An apical line, once angulated 

 inward, goes to the indented outer border; beyond, deep ochraceous; fringe 

 darker at base, narrowly lined with silvery. Hind wings concolorous with 

 the fore wings; a mesial, difluse, brown line, and the outer one subviolaccous. 

 Beneath, base of fore wings violaceous ; costa at base ochreous ; inner line 

 nearly obsolete, middle line dark, outer violaceous line very distinct, the apical 

 line connected with it and inclosing an ochreous spot; hind wings ochreous; 

 a mesial, darU, blackish, narrow line on the discal space ; an outer, narrow, 

 violaceous line, with spots on the base and hind edge; body ochreous; legs 

 broadly banded with violaceous. 



Length of body, S, 0.50, 9, 0.55; of fore wing, <?, 0.70, 9, 0.78; 

 expanse of wings, i.J^O-i.GO inches. 



Mount Washington, N. II., July (Morrison); Brookline, Mass., July 29 

 (Shurtleff); Seekonk, Mass. (Mrs. Brigham); Lawrence, Kaus. (Snow). 



Certain larger individuals ditiier in some respects, and I describe them 

 as follows : 



Ochreous; head very hairy, the gray hairs of the front extending as far 

 as the tips of the palpi, which are ochreous. Antennte white, with darker 

 pectinations. Thorax pale ochreous ; wings bright ochreous at base and along 

 tile outei'nuirgin ; middle three-fourths of wing whitish-gray, especially toward 

 the costa; a basal, brown, curved line, widening toward the costa; the extra- 

 discal and outer diffuse line converging in the discal space, separating on the 

 costa where they thicken; beyond, a broad, whitish, difiuse shade; near the 

 apex a long whitish s. Margin bright ochreous, dusted like the whole wing 

 with brown; fringe brown, with white between the points; secondaries pale, 

 (lull on th(' inner half, oelireoiis on the outer Ixinler; a mesial (k)ul)le line sep- 

 arating on the middle, then converging on the first subcostal nervule, and then 



