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3.-CISTHENE SUBJECTA. (PI. 7, fig. 12.)* 



Chthaie siibjecta, Walk. Cat. Lep. B. M. vol. 2,, p. 534. (1854.) 



Cisthene suhjecta, Morris, Syn. Lep. N. Am. p. 254. (1862.) 



Hypoprepia Packardii, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vol. 2, p. 31. 

 PI. 2, fig. 5, ?. (1863.) 



Hvpoprepid Packardii, Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vol. 3, p. 98, 

 (1864.) 



Cislhene suhjecta, Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vol. 3, p. 103. 

 (1864.) 



5. $. — Head black, rosy about the eyes. Palpi and antennoe 

 black. Prothorax and patagia yellowish, thorax above blackish. Ab- 

 domen rose colored. Legs mostly whitish, partly brown. 



Anterior wings steel gray, with a well defined yellowish spot on the 

 costa near the apex. A longitudinal streak of the same color, on the 

 internal margin, well defined, and commencing near the internal angle 

 and continuing to the base of the wing, showing a spot of the same 

 shade as the ground color. 



Posterior wings rose color, with a wide greyish border not extending 

 quite to the anal angle. 



Var. — Costal spot of primaries obsolete, as is also the internal stripe 

 except at its extreme tip. 



Var. — Longitudinal stripe reduced to a narrow streak slightly dilated 

 at its outer end. 



Expanse qfiumgs, 0.70 inch. Length of body, 0.25 inch. 



Habitat. — Pennsylvania (Coll. Ent. Soc. Phil.) United States 

 (Walker). 



The above description is compiled from the writings of Messrs. 

 Walker and Grote ; the figure is copied from that given by Mr. Grote 

 on PI. 2 of the Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, for 1863. Neither of these 

 writers speak of the habits of the insect, though it is quite likely that 

 from its minute size, it has escaped general observation. This species 

 appears to bear the same relation to the following (C. uni/ascia) which 

 the Californian, C. nexa, does to C. faustinula. 



* See page ^, ante. 



