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The four geogr!ij)liical forms of ceris>/i — the species was named after Cerisy, 

 the s|ii'llinj^ ccn/sii and ci'risii, tlieretbre, is not correct — are not sharply defined. 

 Tiie most distinct of them is the southern one from Mexico and Arizona. There is 

 nothing or very little in the genital organs by which to distinguish the subspecies. 

 The snliapical ridge of tlie (^las])er is triangular or rounded, not so obviously 

 s})atnlate as rej)reseuted by Sniitii, I.e. Tlie two broods of astarte as well as of 

 opktitalmica are said to be different ; furtlier researches are necessary to prove that 

 there is really seasonal variation in tliis sjiecics. 



(I. S/i/i. rrrifii/i rcr/si/i. 



Smn-hilliNx ,;n>';/i Kiiby, in Uicliiiiils., F,,,,,,,, /lor.-.liii. iv. p. 301. ii. 1. t. 4. f. 4 (1827) (N. Am.) ; 



Streck., /.,-ji. Rhop. Urt. ]>. Wl. W.K t. 7. f. .'i {^) (1873) (Khodo I.) ; Boisd., i^i>er. (Jen. Up. 



lU-l. i. p. .k"). n. •>:, (1875); Beth., Giimd. Eiit. xi. p. l.'il (1879); Fern., ibid. .\vi. p. 21. 



(1884) (Orono, M;iine, very rave, at light, E. v.); Cross, Knt. Niws vii. p. 2'.I7 (18',tr>) (N. 



Hampsh., rare) ; Haiih., Caiinil. Eiit. xxxi. p. 50 (1899) (Manitoba, v.) ; Heath, /hkl. xxxii. 



p. 93 (lilOD) (Manitoba, vi.) ; Tutt, Brit. Lep. iii. p. 285 (1902). 

 SiiH'ri/ilhii.t cerisil (I), Harris, in Sillim., .hnirn. Sci. Ait xxxvi. p. 291. sub n. 4 (1839) (probably = 



i/cmint(l)i.i) ; (Jrote, Prac. Eiit. Sue. I'liihul. v. p. 40 (1FIJ5) (dist. from f/niiiiKitiis) ; id. ><• Rob., 



ibid. V. p. lOO. n. 67 (1805) (Atlantic distr.) ; Grote, Hull. Buffalo So,-. X. If. i. p. 23 (1873) ; 



id., /..;. ii. p. 227. n. 43 (1875) ; Peck, Caimil. Eut. viii. p. 120 (187(;) (Maine, ?) ; Bailey, 



(■a,uK!. Ent. x. p. 120 (1878) (Oenter, N.Y., 24. iv.) ; Fern., Sphing. N. Em/Id. p. 78. n. 39 



(1886) (Orono, Maine, v.) ; Grote, Cmuid. Eut. xviii. p. 133. n. 47 (1886) (Can., Mains, N.Y.). 

 Smn-iiillni^ gcminalii.-<, Walker {non Say, 1824), List Lep. In.t. B. M. viii. p. 246. n. 7 (1856) (pirtim); 



C\em..' Jonni. Ac. X. Sd. Plubid. iv. p. 183. n. 87 (1859) (partim) ; Morris, Cat. Lep. X. Am. 



|). 20 (1860) (partim) ; Lintn., Ent. Coiitr. ii. p. 124 (1873). 

 Coh,^!imboliis rn-UU (!), Butler, Trans. Znnl. Sac. Land. ix. p. 592. n. 3 (1877) (" not in B. M."). 

 F.ii^mennlhis cerisii (!), Grote, Canad. Ent. ix. p. 132 (1877) ; id., Bull. Buffalo So,: X. II. iii. p. 223. 



n. 44 (1877) (Hudson Bay Territory) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. llet. i. p. 712. n. 4 (1892) (Hudson 



Bay). 

 Cabisi/nibolns Cophmerinthns revhii (!), Grote, Ilawl.- Moths X. Am. p. 35 (1886) (v. vi.). 

 Sniirinthus eeri/shi'.), Smith, Trans. Amer. Ent. So,: xv. p. 223. 234. t. 11. f. 7 (genit.) (1888) (Can ; 



X.Y. ; Maine ; Rhode I.). 



c? ? . The lines of the furewing sharply marked ; a series of brown postdiscal 

 lunules, which are more arched than in tlie other forms. Dorso-apical ridge of 

 clasj)er rounded, more obliipiely placed than in the following subspecies ; tooth 

 of penis-sheath acute, rather obviously obli([ue. The first blue spot of the eye- 

 mark mostly small, the second and third sometimes separate, but mostly joined 

 together in front. 



IlaL Canada, N. England, N. York, Rhode Island. 



In the Triiig Museum 4 larvae, 6 c?c?, 1 ? from : Maine ; Oncouta, N. York, 

 June ; Ulaud, N. York, .Inly ; \Viunipfg, Manitob;i, July ; St. Louis, Saskatchewan 

 (Coubeaux). 



I /a Sjih. rc/'i.si/i astartf. 



\Sm,rinll,iis oslarle Strecker, Proc. A,: X. Set. Pliilwl. xxxvi. p. 283 ( 1881) (Colorado ;— coll. 



j Strecker) ; Smith, Tnnis. Amer. Ent. S,„: xv. p. 223. 234 ( 18SH) (Colorado) ; Edw., Ent. Amer. 



1 iii. p. 223 (1888). 



iSmirhilhiis een/sii form osl,irle, Smith, /.-■. p. 240. sub n. 78 (1S«8). 



i Eiisnierhdiins astarte, Kirby, Cat. Lep. llel. i. p. 712. n. 5 (1892) (Colorado). 



' (? ?. Very close to the preceding, from which it is not always distinguishable. 

 [The distal margin of the forewing less sharply dentate, tlie brown marginal area 

 [narrower, the postdiscal brown lunnles less curved. Harpe more symmetrical than 



