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There seems very little real variation in this species. All the details 

 are subject to small modification which do not however essentially change 

 the characteristic appearance of the insect. I have seen quite a number 

 of specimens in various collections. 



The genitalia of the male are distinctive, yet similar in some respects 

 to those oi paginata. 



The harpes are as usual in the genus. The clasper is rather long, 

 slender, abruptly bent near tip, the extreme tip dilated somewhat spoon- 

 shaped, in this respect agreeing vf\\h paginata. From near the base ex- 

 tends a long slender spur which terminates in a long acute tip, and this 

 is distinctive. 



O. grata Hbn., Zutr., p. i6, No. 36, ff. 71 — 72, Elaphria ; Verz. bek. Sclimett. 

 230, Elaphria ; Grt., Bull, Buff. Soc. N. Sci., II, 22, Caradrina. 



rasilis Morr., Pr. Bost. Soc. N. H., 1874, v. 17, p. 158, Hadcna ; Grt., Can. 

 Eut., VII. 58, pr. syn.; id. 12, 86; Bull. Buff. Soc. N. Sci., II, 211, 

 pr. syii.; Bull. B'klyn Ent. Soc, vol. 3, p. 39, pr. syn. ; Bull. U. S. 

 Geo), and Geog. Surv., VI, 265, Caradrina. 



Head, thorax and jJiuTiaries evenly brown, with faint gray powderings, the veir/S 

 maiked with blackish stales. Primaris with basal line very indefinite, scarcely trace- 

 able, pale. T. a. line narrow, whitish, defined by a few darker scales at each side, 

 evenly oblique outwardly, or slightly curved, rarely somewhat sinuate. T. p. line 

 narrow, white, sinuate, with a slight outward curve over reniform, and a very slight 

 inward curve below. The orlncular is very small, piinctiform, consisting of a dusky 

 dot narrowly ringed with whitish. Reniform whitish ringed, narrow, strongly con- 

 stricted \\\ the middle, the bulbous upper and lower portions dusky. S. t. line slightly 

 paler, indefinite, uregularly but not greatly sinuate. The terminal space a trifle 

 paler ll an ground color, f.ir.ges somewhat daiker. Secondaries pale fuscous, whitish 

 m the (/', with a gli-tein'ng r>.ddish tinge. Abdomen of the same hue as secondaries. 

 Beneath both wings powdery, with an outer dusky line and a faint discal dot most 

 distinct on secondaries. Primaries darker, secondaries whitish basally. 



Expands, .88 i.oo inches = 22 25 mm. 



Habitat — Md. and south to Fla. , Tex., Mo. 



This species is readily distinguished by the red-brown color and 

 even, narrow, pale median lines. The punctiform orbicular, and con- 

 stricted reniform are also characteristic. The species is not uncommon 

 throughout the southern states. 



The genitalia are distinctive. The long narrow, and strongly 

 curved harpes are very much as in the allied species. The clasper, aris- 

 ing from a somewhat irregular corneous base, is long, slender, and 

 somewhat twisted, rectangularly bent toward tip, the spur short and 

 ending in a spatulate tip. 



There has been considerable discussion between Messrs. Morrison 

 and Grote, as to which species Hlibner's figures really refer. Mr. Mor- 

 rison contends that they refer to Tceniocatnpa oviduca Gn., and Mr. Grote 

 sees in them the present species. Careful examination of the figure 



