862 THE 15UTTERFLIES OF NEW ENGLAND. 



V-shapeU baud of similar scales. Basal joint of antennae black; stalk glossy pur- 

 plish black, interrupted pretty broadly at the base of each joint with white scales, 

 sometimes partially oljsolete above on the basal half of the antennae ; club glossy 

 blackish brown, the white annuli at the base confluent beneath and extending apically 

 over nearly half of the club; terminal two joints dull orange luteous, the incisures of 

 some of the adjacent joints sometimes faintly tinged with the same and occasionally 

 running in a line down the infero-iuterior surface of the whole club. Basal and mid- 

 dle joints of palpi covered with long white scales, the extreme base of basal joint and 

 the upper surface of the middle joint with dark brown scales, which are also scattered 

 infrequently among the white scales, especially on the outer surface of the middle 

 joint; upon the under tufted surface of these joints a few blackish and ochraceous 

 hairs arise, extending beyond the white scales; terminal joint blackish brown, tipped 

 with white and often with a broader or narrower band of white scales down the inner 

 edge of the under surface. Tongue luteo-testaceous on basal half, fusco-testaceous 

 beyond. 



Thorax covered above with olivaceous brown scales and long hairs, the patagia 

 edged wth a few paler scales ; beneath with profuse, Ijut not very long, dirty gray 

 hairs, and a few scattered black ones. Femora speckled with white and blackish 

 purple scales, the former greatly predominating on the inside of the front and middle 

 pair, the tuft of the under surface like the hairs of the under surface of the body ; 

 tibiae and tarsi blackish purple, annulate with white and with mingled blackish and 

 white — white at the tips of the joints, the mingled colors at the base and middle of 

 the tibiae and the middle of the first tarsal joint; tarsi beneath luteo-f uscous ; spines 

 black, claws dark reddish. 



Wings above dull blackish brown, the lower portion of the fore wings as far up as 

 the subcostal uervure and excluding the base, and a rather broad band at the outer 

 margin, either brassy ochraceous ( J ) or tawny ( ? ) , the color traversed by l)lackish 

 brown veins; lower inner portion of the hind wings (usually as far as the subcostal 

 nervure, and excluding nearly the basal half of the wing and, at the outer margin, a 

 narrow band, which usually develops, in the interspaces, into blackish lunules seated 

 on the margin, but often separated from it, near the anal angle, by a slender line of 

 white scales) either obscure brassy ochraceous (J') or tawny ($), traversed, as In 

 fore wings, by blackish veins; fringe of both wings blackish or brownish fuscous, the 

 immediate Ijase marked, on the fore wings indistinctly, on the hind wings distinctly, 

 with white, faint merging into bright; tails black, tipped with white, the base with 

 a few tawny scales. Discal spot of fore wings of male 2.5 mm. long, oblong oval, 

 the inner extremity slightly the smaller, about twice as long as broad, dust gray. 



Beneath green, flecked with a few ferruginous scales. The portion of the fore loings 

 covered by the hind pair pale slate brown, the median interspaces more or less suffused 

 with ferruginous, and a distinct, transverse, snow white stripe, subparallel to the outer 

 border and about as far from it as twice the width of the interspaces at the outer 

 border, transected by pale brown scales along the nervules and bordered on the inner 

 side with ferruginous ; it is very nearly straight, usually nearest to the outer border in 

 the upper median interspace and, starting from just below the costal border, reaches 

 the lowest median nervule ; here it is broken and crosses the next interspace farther 

 from the outer border, reaching the inner margin by an angular, ,/i-shaped, often 

 obsolescent streak, bent strongly inward and tending to unite this baud with the 

 mesial band of the hind wings ; costal border narrowly edged with f usco-f erruginous ; 

 outer border, especially on lower half of the wing, frequently edged narrowly with 

 ferruginous, the immediate margin usually furuishetl with a delicate line of white 

 scales, interrupted at the nervnres ; fringe pale, obscure fuscous, palest on the lower 

 half of the wing. Hind iinngs with a very tortuous snow white stripe, bordered on the 

 inner side with dark cinnamon, crossing the wing just beyond the middle; starting at 

 about the middle of the outer half of the costal border, it crosses the subcostal inter- 

 spaces, subparallel to the outer border; is then bent suddenly inward toward a point a 

 little within the centre of the wing, and, having crossed the interspace beyond the 



