558 



the want of lines on the wings, thougli the three suhapical spots are appar- 

 ently the remains of an extradiscal line, and by tlie three snbapical large black 

 spots. The front of the head is ochreous, like the rest of the body. 



An egg retained 07i the end of tiie abdomen is apparently spherical, 

 \\ ith numerous high and very distinct longitudinal ridges. 



EuTRAPELA NUBiLATA Packard. Plate 13, fig. 61, S, fig. 62, 9. 



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Ckcrrodes niibilala Pack., Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xiii, Wl, 1871. 



3 i audi 9. — Ck)scly allied in form and structure to ^. ^rrt«si7e»>«to; the 

 lore wings slightly more fahrate and the hind wings a little less caudate. Fawn- 

 colored, like dark individuals of E. tyan-wersntd. Head, palpi, and body con- 

 colorous with the base and outer edge of the wing, being speckled with 

 black scales and sliurt striga:\ On the basal third of tlie wing is a very dis- 

 tinct, dark, zigzag, broad, ditfuse, blackish band, not reaching the costa, l)eing 

 most distinct on the hind edge; the outer line is brown, and is cui'ved on 

 the submedian cell, thence going straight to near the ape.x where it is reflected 

 at an acute angle on to the costa; the angle, however, is less acute than in 

 E. transversata, and the reflected portion half as long. Just outside of this 

 line are five ditfuse blackisli patches, one on the inner edge near the angle, 

 the other resting on the apex, and forming a diffuse oblique line, which passes 

 within the angle of the outer line. The median part of the wing between 

 tlie two lines is clear tawny tawn-color, with ol)scure, large, transverse strigte, 

 not present elsewhere on the wing. The <liscal dot is large and distinct, 

 smaller on the hind wings. Hind wings witii thick diffuse striga\ less fine 

 tiian on the fore wings, and a single, outer, slightly siniu;te, brown line, on the 

 inner side of which the wing is clearer than elsewhere. Beneath, the wings 

 aie closely dotted with dark scales, with the outer lines reproduced, though 

 mo^t distinct on the hind wings. 



<f . — Length of body, 0.65; of fore wing, 0.85; expan.se of wings, 1.75 

 inch. 



Sanzalito, Cal., Deceml)er 28 (Behrens). 



In the female (fig. 61), tlie fore wings are very much produced and the 

 ai)e.\ is very shar[), reminding one o? Drepanodes,\vh.\\e, the style of coloration 

 is very much like that of Drepanodes varus; the base and outer edge of the 

 fore wings are darker than in the males, and there is more of a rusty shade 

 along the extradiscal line than in any of the males. 



