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•livavication of the median nervure, continues in tlie same direction to the sub- 

 median, and tlien,attennatinff, passes toAvai'd tlie middle of the extremity of the inter- 

 space, "Which it does not (piite attain ; the second median stripe passes from a little 

 beyond the middle of the upper subcostal nervule in a straij^ht line to the extreme 

 base of the straight portion of the hnvest snl)costal nervule, creeps, attenuated, 

 ai'ound the outer 0(1,<j:o of tlie cell, and starting again from the extreme base of the 

 middle median nervule passes, in a scarcely curved line opening outward, toAvard the 

 middle of the extremity of the medio-submedian interspace, whicli it fails of reach- 

 ing, Imt close to ■which it joins the third stripe, Avhich is submarginal and, starting 

 frpm this point, passes parallel to the outer margin, with its interior border at 

 nearly or quite the Avidth of an interspace froni it, until it attains the other extrem- 

 ity of the second stripe; the fourth stripe extends from the upper subcostal ner- 

 A'ule to the middle of the submedio-internal interspace, separated from the outer 

 border by only one-half its OAvn Avidtii ; tlie space betAveen the tAVO outer stripes, 

 excepting next the stripes themselves, is abundantly flecked Avith pale gray; the 

 space betAveen the tAvo middle ones similarly, but less abundantly flecked, with the 

 exception of four to six, usually live spots, one in each of the interspaces betAveen the 

 middle subcostal nervule and the submedian nervure ; these spots are longitudinally 

 obovate, but variable both in form and length, black, flecked lightly Avith irregular 

 minute clusters of brilliantly metallic steel-colored scales, and occasionally Avith a little 

 patch of pale yellow scales ; the Avliole spot is also distinctly and equally bordered with 

 pale yelloAV, and the upper and loAver spots are sometimes so small that nothing 

 but tlie border and a f cav metallic scales remain ; these spots are situated in the 

 middle of the interspaces, one-third to one-half of AA'hose Avidththey occupy, with their 

 exterior edges removed from the interior edges of the third transverse stripe by half 

 the Avidth of the latter; the three middle spots are from tAvo and a half to three times 

 as long as broad, and show' a tendency to greater Avidth tOAvard their base than toAvard 

 their apex ; the upper spot is alAA^ays the smallest and occasionally almost obsolete. 

 The outer edge of the Aving and the fringe are as in the fore wing. 



Abdomen aboAC blackish brown, beneath the same, A^ery heaAdly flecked Avith gray or 

 tinged Avith yelloAv like the hairs at the extremity. Male appendages (33 : 8) : upper 

 organ a little arched both longitudinally and transversely ; hook nearly straight, but bent 

 doAAUwards, compi*essed above, expanded and depressed beloAV, forming a regular, 

 slender, lanceolate plate, extending its Avhole length; vicAved laterally, the hook tapers 

 regularly to the slightly doAvuAvard pointed tip, and is more than four times as long as 

 high and about six times as long as broad ; each side of the centi-um furnished at the 

 posterior edge Avith a pretty large and stout, backAvard directed, compressed lateral 

 arm, nearly straight on the basal half, beyond tapei'ing to a fine point and bent slightly 

 doAvuAvard, next the tip curved a little iuAvard, the whole as long as the hook. Clasps 

 rather broad at the base, between three and foi;r times as long as broad, scarcely nar- 

 roAving before the apical third, the Avhole slightlj' arched, the apex tapering regularly 

 to a point, the upper edge bearing, just before the middle of the apical third, a trian- 

 gular, nearly horizontal, depressed, slightly falcate, forAvard curved, finely pointed 

 tooth, tAvice as long as broad, besides Avhich, the upper edge is bent over slightly and 

 broadly in the same sense at the middle of the clasp. 



Egg (64:9). Globular except for the truncate base AA'hich takes ott" less than one- 

 tenth the height ; cells not varying much in size, their average diameter being about 

 .03 mm., but considerably in form, some being of nearly equal diameter in every 



