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brown below middle of wing, and outlined by ochreous-brown scales. Just above 

 the outer limb of fascia and at about the end of the cell is a conspicuous round 

 spot of bright ochreous yellow, from the upper edge of which an ochreous streak 

 goes obliquely towards costa. Above this is a small black quadrate patch on costa 

 with a streak of blue separating it from the middle fascia. A flattened oval 

 patch of brown occupies the most of the apical fourth, with a smaller rounded 

 patch of same color on dorsum before angle; these brown patches are outlined 

 with shining leaden-gray scales. A similar lunate patch occupies the extreme 

 apex, brown, dotted with black. On the outer fourth of costa are three geminate 

 ochreous dots. Cilia mottled ochreous-brown, with a dash of leaden below apex 

 and at middle. 



Hind wing: very dark smoky brown, cilia whitish, paler within. Underside 

 fuscous, with a yellowish streak above cell. 



Underside forewing dark smoky brown, with costal dots repeated, cilia brown 

 with two leaden dashes in ternien, below apex, and leaden above apex and at 

 angle angle. 



Five specimens, bred from larvjB in the leaves of swamp magnolia. 



Bennings Station, District of Columbia, and Moorestown, N, J. 

 Pupated August 1-7 ; issued August 10-20. 



Nearest to P. liriodendrana^'hut can be at once separated by the 

 conspicuous yellow dot at the end of cell, which can be easily seen 

 without the use of a lens. 



Polychrosis vernoniana sp. nov. -.^.^ 



Expanse 9-11 mm. 



Head: light brown, pale fawn in front; palpi pale fawn within, dark brown 

 outside; antenna fuscous; thorax cojjpery brown, with a middle and two lateral 

 black stripes, tuft ferruginous; abdomen fuscous; legs whitish, dusted with 

 brown. 



Forewing: pale bluish-gray. A large triangular fascia in middle of wing, the 

 inner edge nearly a straight vertical line from costa to dorsum, the outer edge 

 from costa curves outward and upward to end of cell, thence obliquely inward to 

 dorsum. In the outer fourth is a large brown spot, touching anal angle below, 

 and the costal edge above. At anal angle between these two is a small triangu- 

 lar brown spot. All of these three fasciae and spots have horizontal black lines 

 running through them. Above the outer limb of the fascia and the terminal 

 spot, the space below costa is covered with ochreous brown scales mottled with 

 darker brown. The costa is marked with fine line and dashes from base to apex. 

 In the apex is an ocellated brown spot. The bluish, slightly shining ground color 

 in this species is in well-defined bands; before the middle a narrow transverse 

 band, between which and base is another of same width but more obscure. A 

 narrow band surrounds the large terminal spot, except where the latter touches 

 middle of termen, this band sends a spur into costa and into dorsal margin. Cilia 

 blackish above, brown at angle angle, with a bluish reflection. 



Hind wing : dark smoky brown, cilia white outwardly ; underside a shade paler. 



Underside forewing smoky fuscous, with eight or nine dull ochreous geminate 

 spots on costa. 



TKANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXIII. JANUARY, 1907. 



