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little beyond tlio last divarication of the subcostal, and extending to the iniddk' of the 

 next to the loAver subcostal nervule ; from here it passes subparallel to the outer Iwrder 

 in a series of transverse, slender bars, successivel.v nearer the base of the wing, to the 

 subniedian nervure, which it strikes at a little less than midway from the extremity of 

 the mesial stripe to tlie outer border; on the upper median nervule tlie extremity of 

 the ui)pcr median l)ar touches the extremity of tlie mesial stripe, thus dividing into 

 two subcipuil parts tlie ratlier irregular, broad, very pale fulvous, mesial band formed 

 between these two stripes; beyond this band tlie ground color of the wing is usually 

 of tlie same deptli and briglitiiess as before it, and it is crossed by anotlier subiiiar- 

 ginal blackish stripe, subparallel to the outer border, removed from it by from half an 

 interspace (below) to one and one-half (above), and formed of a series of shallow 

 curves in the interspaces, opening inwards, and most bowed in the lower subcostal 

 region; at the costal border this stripe, too, expands into a triangular spot, which 

 often merges into the one previously mentioned and into the Ijlackish outer border; 

 midway ])etAvecn tliis stripe aud tlie extra-mesial stripe is a series of roundish oval, 

 transverse, medium sized, equal, blackish spots in the lower two subcostal, median 

 and medio-submedian interspaces, occupying more than lialf the Avidth of the inter- 

 spaces, the lowest approximated to the su1)mai-ginal stripe, and sometimes confluent 

 with it; occasionally a dot occurs, also, in the subcosto-mediau interspace; the outer 

 l)order is bordered with blackish or blackish fuscous in a variable degree, sometimes 

 encroaching so far on the submargiual stripe as to leave only slender, fulvous lunules 

 between them (most commonly in the ? ) , or reduced to a narrow edging no broader 

 than the submargiual stripe (most commonly in the J), but in all cases broadest 

 upon the nervules; fringe white, broadly interrupted with blackish fuscous at the 

 nervure tips, and generally flecked throughout on the basal half with blackish brown. 

 Hind wiiujs generally a very little deeper in color on the basal half than either fore or 

 hind wings are elsewhere; and broadly flecked with blackish fuscous scales along the 

 median nervure; an infra-mesial, rather slender, sinuous, blackish stripe crosses the 

 wing ; starting from a very little beyond the middle of the costal border, it passes in 

 a curve opening outward to the middle of the basal half of the upper subcostal 

 nervule ; from here in an opposing curve to the middle of the lower subcostal inter- 

 space, a short distance from its base, hence in a straight or nearly straight line to the 

 middle of the basal curve of the upper median nervule, is here bent at nearly right 

 angles toward the inner border, and passes to the medio-submedian interspace in a 

 slightly irregular course, generally scarcely broken at the middle median nervule ; a 

 cresceutic, transverse bar, opening inwards, crosses the extremity of the cell, nearly 

 connecting the base of the middle subcostal and lower median nervules ; beyond the 

 infra-mesial stripe is a broad, very pale fulvous, bowed band, much more regular 

 than that of the fore Avings, and about one and one-half interspaces in Avidth ; it is 

 bounded externally by a slender, blackish fuscous, extra-mesial streak, bent and 

 broadest in the loAver half of the subcosto-median interspace, but otherAvise nearly 

 straight, tapering toward either extremity , aud often fading out altogether before reach- 

 ing either border. Beyond this the markings are an almost exact repetition of those of 

 the fore Avings, Avith the sexual distinctions, excepting that the nervures of the hiud 

 Avings are also accompanied more or less by blackish fuscous scales, nearly or quite as 

 far as the extra-mesial band in the 5 , and that the roundish spots are almost always 

 circular, occur only in the subcostal aud median interspaces, the upper subcostal 

 reduced to a mere dot or even AvhoUy obsolete ; as in the fore wing, there is also 

 occasionally a dot in the subcosto-median interspace ; fringe as on fore wings. 



Beneath, /o?'e icings orange fulvous on the basal half with the blackish markings of 

 the upper surface repeated Avith diminislied vigor, the tAA'O outer bars of the cell divari- 

 cating from below upAvard, not uniting nor even approaching above, the enclosed 

 spot Avhite or Avhitish f uh'ous ; tlie broad mesial baud is pale straAV color and ill- 

 defined, since the extra-mesial stripe is Avanting; in its place, above, is a silvery white 

 trianguhir spot, largely flecked Avith broAvu scales, especially along the costal margin 



and next the mesial band, and in such places often tinged Avith a verv faint greenish 



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