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Oslar, we believe that a paled form can be reared bj- in-breeding, as in tbe case 

 of Aniorpha poptili and anuiremis. The specimens of the second brood, resp. the 

 individuals wliich emerge from the chrysalis the same summer, will also turn uut 

 to be j)artly paler tiian the specimens from hibernated jjupae. 



a. P. motlexta modesta. 



Smermlhiis modesta Harris, /.<■. (1839) ; Agass., Luke Superior p. 338. t. 7. £. 7 (1850); Clem., 

 Jour,,. A<: Nat. S,-L Philad. iv. p. 183. n. 86 (1859) (Mas;.. ; L. Sup. ; Penn. ; N.Y.) ; id., in 

 Morris, Syn. Lep. N. Am. p. 210. n. 3 (1H62) ; Bowl., Ca,iad. E,it. iii. p. 143 (1871) (Quebec) ; 

 Streck., Lep. Rhop. Hit. p. 52. 60. t. 7. f. 11 {^) (1873) (Canada to Middle States) ; Pears., 

 Canad. Eiit. vii. p. 80 (1875) (Montreal) ; Bunk., Caiiad. E„l. i.x. p. 210 (1877) (transf.) ; 

 Woith., Caiiad. E„l. X. p. 16 (1878) (Chicago); Coq., Tra„s. Depl. Ai/r. llli,i. xviii. App. p. 159 

 (18X0) ; Kell., Bull. Buffalo Soc. i\. Sri. iv. p. 29 (1881) (larva, pupa) ; Reed, Rept. E„l. Soe. 

 Out. xii. p. 63 (1882) (larva). 



Smeriulhtix modextiis (!), Walker, Lht Lep. Lis. B. M. viii. p. 248. n. 10 (1M56) ; Clem., Jom-u. Ac. 

 i\. Sri. Philad. iv. p. 181 (1859) ; Morris, Cat. Le/i. A'. Am. p. 20 (1860) ; (irote & Rob., I'l-oc. 

 Eld. S„r. Philad. V. p. 161. 185. u. 73 (186.')) (Atlantic distr.) ; Saund., Cauad. Eut. iv. p. 36 

 (1872) (London, Can.); Caulf., Cauad. Eut. vii. p. 80. n. 9 (1K75) (Montreal, rare) ; Andr., 

 Psyche ii. p. 72 (1H77) (larva) ; Pilate, Pupilio ii. p. (Sy, (1882) (Dnyton, O.) ; Pack., Ins. luj. 

 Forestr Trees p. 450. n. 19 (1890). 



*Siuerinthus priuceps Walker, List Lep. Lis. B. M. viii. p. 256. n. 21 (1856) (Mus. Brit.); Grote i*t Rob., 

 Trims. Auier. Eut. Soc. ii. p. 75 (1868) (= modesta). 



Laothoe ,nnde.itus (!), Grote. Bidl. Buffalo Soc. iV. Sci. i. p. 24 (1873). 



Laolhoe modesta, Thaxter, Psyche i. p. 29 (1874) (Newton, Mass.). 



Smeriiithiis popidicola Boisduval, Spec. Geu. Lep. llet. i. p. 22. n. 9 (1H75) (nom. nov. loco modesta; 

 Canada ; Calif.) ; Edw., Eut. Amer. iii. p. 223 (1887). 



Amoipka modesta, Grote, Bull. Buffalo Soc. N. Sci. ii. p. 227. n. 44 (1875) ; Beutenm., Bull. Amer. 

 Mus. N. H. vii. p. 312. t. 7. f. 7 (1895) (N. Y. ; E. vii. viii.). 



Triptoqon modesta, Butler, Ti-a,is. Zool. Soc. Loud. ix. p. 58',l. n. 23 (1877) ; Grote, Bull. Buffalo 

 Soc. N. Sci. iii. p. 223. n. 45 (1877) (Can. ; Mass. ; N. Y.) ; id., Camid. Eut. ix. p. 131 (1877) ; 

 Fern., Ca,iad. E,d. xvi. p. 21 (1884) (Orono, Maine, rare, vii.) ; id., S/)/(i//(/. New Eiigld. p. 71. 

 n. .34 (1886) ; Grote, Cauad. Eut. xviii. p. 134. n. 53 (1886) (Can. southward) ; id.. Hawk 

 Moths N. Am. p. 37 (1886) ; Smith, Ti-ans. Amer. Ent. Soc. xv. p. 216. t. xi. f. .3. 4. 5 (genit. ; 

 ant.) (1888) (Canada to Louis., westw. to Calif.) ; Edw., Bull. U. St. N. Mus. xxxv. p. 44 (1S89) 

 (lit. ref. to metam.) ; Dyar, in Riley, Lis. IJfe iii. p. 322 (1891) (N. Y., electr. light) ; Beutenm., 

 Bull. Amer. Mus. N. H. iv. p. 170 (1892) (1 ? Calif, ex coll. Hy. Edw.) ; Trum., Eut. News 

 viii. p. 27 (1897) (S. Dukota) ; Rowl., Eut. News ix. p. 190 (1898) (Missouri ; not uncommon); 

 Soule, Psyche viii. p. 308 (1899) (larva). 



Smerinthus occidentulis var. Edwards, P,-oc. Calif. Ac. N. Sci. vi. p. 92 (1S76) (Calif. ; Nevada ; 

 Oregon ; ,iou " Arizona "). 



Triptoijuu modesta var. occideutalis, Grote, Bull. Buffalo Soc. N. Sci. iii. p. 223. sub n. 45 (1877) 

 (California); id., flawk Moths N. Am. p. 37 (1886) ; Hanh., Camid. Knt. xxxi. p. 50 (1H99) 

 (Manitoba). 



Triptoyoii occidental is, Holland, Cauad. Eut. xviii. p. 105 (1886) (west. var. of iuod.)\ Grote, Cauad. 

 Eut. xviii. p. 134. n. 54 (1886) (Calif., etc.) ; Heath, Canad. Ent. xxxii. p. 94 (1900) (Manitoba, 

 vii., after midnight). 



Smerinthus cablei Reizenstein, in Scrilmer's Monthly xxii. p. 864. fig. (1881) (Louisiana) ; Pearce, 

 Eucycl. Amer. i. p. 689 (1884) ; Smith, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. xv. p. 218 (1888) (= modesta). 



Mariimha modesta, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Met. i. p. 708. n. 33 (1892) (N. Am.) 



Marumha calilei, id.. I.e. n. .35 (1892). 



S ? . Our C^alifornian specimens, from Los Angeles, M.ay, si.\ in number, do not 

 dill'er from the eastern ones except in some of tiiem having a faint red longitudinal 

 patch behind the cell near the base on the underside of the hiudwing ; in eastern 

 examples the po.sterior part of the antemedian l)rowu band of the same wing is often 

 red, but the before-mentioned red maik is not present in any of our e.xami)les from 

 the Eastern Slates. In ground-colour those (lalifornian individuals are exactly 



