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female, as seen in liis liir. 2 ol' llic nialc. The inner line on I lie lore wing 

 (9) wanling in lliihner's ligiire is also wanting in some of my specimens. 



This species varies eonsideralily, one Te.xan s|)eeinien wanting the inner 

 line, the enter com n ion line heiny iiari()\\-, and the \\ ingsare not speckled. The 

 most decided variation is an individual I'roiii New York (Lintner), in which 

 the iiinei- line is bent just helow the costa, and below goes straight to the 

 inner edge, ending nearer the outer line than nsual, and the line is de('])ly 

 scalloped. The common line is broad, and just beyond on liie fore wing are 

 three ditFnse ocher-brown spots, concolorous with the lines. 



It differs from the other speci(>s known to me by the paler colors, the 

 lines sometimes not being edged with a paler tint, and the wings having a 

 sharper apex in the female, and in being less densely s[)eckled. 



It is very common, widely distril)nted, and varies considerably, so as to 

 give rise to museum species based on individual differences, but all varia- 

 tions of Hiibner's original confiisaria. The two most aberrant forms are 

 those represented by figs. 30 and 31 of plate 12. Fig. 30 represents the 

 normal form, but without the basal line on the fore wings, which, how- 

 ever, is usually present. Fig. 31 represents an example from Michigan, whicdi 

 has a series of dark marginal blotches, and is paler than the other form, 

 without any light shade to the lines. This is like the figures of Hiibner. 

 I am inclined to think that Gruen^e's C. ineffusaria (j). 138) and C.Jloridaria 

 (p. 139) are varieties of confuaaria. In examining M. Guenee's type of C. 

 Jloridaria, I regarded it as liable to prove a variety of confu.saria. Guenee's 

 descrijjtion applies well to confusaria, except that he says the wings beneath 

 are "washed with reddish". None of the specimens yet found are washed 

 with any hue darker than a deep ochreous. He describes the larva of 

 Jloridaria as being " grayish-white on the sides, of a rust-rc-d on the back 

 and lieneath, these hues running together. There are neither lines nor 

 points, and there are not more than two tubercles, whicii are situate<l on 

 each side of the sixth ring. The head and feet are concolorous. It lives in 

 March and April on a leguminous plant, whicli I camiof recognize from the 

 drawing of Abbot, and whicli he names the ' Devil's shoestring'. The 

 chrysalis is of a clear red, with e.xtreniity much pointcnl." While this 

 descrijition is based on Abbot's drawing of a larva fonnd in Georgia, Guenee's 

 type is trom Pennsylvania. It may be found that it is the larva of co)ifusaria, 

 whatever may prove to be the fate of Guenee's s,\^cQ.\(t^ Jloridaria. 



