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last divaricntinn of the median to the niidcllo of the basal two-thirds of the snbmedinn 

 nerviire, parallel to eacli otiier, the inner slijilitly the lower and each scarcely four times 

 as lonir as broad ; they are unaccompanied liy any inferior Held of raised scales. The outer 

 margin of tlie Ming is edged with blaclvish, and tlie fringe pale brownish yi'llow, paler 

 outwardly, and on the lower half almost or quite wliitish. Iliiid tciiirjs witliout inarlt- 

 ings. the disc fre<iuently tinged to a greater or less extent by long and delicate, tawny 

 or olivaceo-tawny liairs ; edge of outer margin scarcely darlvcr than the wing; fringe 

 dull whitish, infuscatcd next the base, and sometimes tinged slightly with yellowish. 



Beneath : Fore xrinys pale sallron tawny, tlie mosiul spots of the upper surface re- 

 peated beneath, that in tlie lower median interspace bordered on eitlier side with grimy 

 blackish : a similar inf uscation tills the whole of the wing below the lower median ner- 

 vnle, excepting next the outer border and where it becomes pale by the extra-mesial 

 spot; outer margin edged with a blackish line; frln;re as above, infuscatcd at base, 

 and tinged a little with yellowish on npper lialf. Ilind wings nniform p.ale sartVon 

 tawny, excepting that the nervures are all very delicately but distinctly traced with 

 pale scales, and that a narrow belt of grimy flecking follows below the submedian ; 

 a slender blackish line marks the outer border; tlio fringe is whitish, infuscatcd at 

 base, along the inner margin wholly pure white. 



AI)domcn blackish brown, covered at base with olivaceo-tawny hairs, and flecked on 

 the side with tawny, scale-like hairs ; beneath almost wholly covered with dirty yellow- 

 ish white scales. Male appendages (37 : 2i)) witli the upper organ very slender, but no 

 longer than the clasps, the hooks separate almost throughout, but together scarcely 

 three limes as long as broad, not tapering but narrowed on the apical half, each being 

 formed of a cylindrical liasal half and a smaller cylindrical apical half, straight, hori- 

 zontal and parallel; lateral arms forming a depressed, laminate shield, equal, rounded 

 at the tip and considerably longer than the hook. Clasps twice as long as broad, the 

 basal half equal, with a sinuous upper margin ; the apical half having a large, elevated, 

 triangular, slightly Incurved expansion at its base, its anterior edge abrupt, its tipper 

 edge a little recurved and coarsely subdenticulate ; the apex of the clasp turns upward 

 to a broad, triangular, upturned and slightly incurved, finely pointed expansion. 



Described from 4 (J , 6 9 . 



This butterfly may be distinguished from its near ally, L. manataaqua, by the bright 

 rays of the under surface of the hind wings, and, at least in the male, by its consider- 

 ably longer and slenderer antennal crook. 



Accessory sexual peculiarities. The discal stigma of the male has been described 

 under the wings; the scales contained in it consist of jointed threads with long joints 

 (51: 2 b), consisting of seven or eight joints only, and no longer than the spatulate 

 rods, sometimes with the apical margin entire and rounded (2 c), sometimes bilobed 

 (2 a), which occur in the heart of the stigma; at the extreme base of tlie stigma is 

 found a patch of rather short and stout two-pronged scales (2 d, f), while at the lower 

 edge of the stigma arc found many oblanceolate scales (2 e) ; the cover scales are large, 

 apically expanded, tlie truncate apical margin irregularly and rather deeply undulate 

 (2g). 



Distribution (32: 1). Tliis member of the Alloglmnian fauii;i is little 

 knowu but l)a.s lieen found over a tolerably wide range longitudinally. It 

 is reported from Albany Co., N. Y. (Lintncr), Ohio and Indiana 



