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New Species of Callimorpha. 



By John B. Smith. 



C. lactata n. sp. 



I lead and collar yellow; palpi black tipped; antennae black. Thorax white, 

 immaculate. Abdomen yellow, immaculate. Beneath, thorax and legs yellow, anterior 

 tibia and tarsi, and middle tarsi blackish outwardly. Primaries a very pale creamy 

 white, immaculate. Secondaries yellow, immaculate. Beneath yellow, immaculate. 



Expands 2.25 inches = 55 — 56 mm. 



Hab. Texas. 



I have seen several of these collections as immaculate forms ofc/ymene, 

 corresponding to the fulvicosta form o[ lecontei, and possibly it may be so. 

 But fulvicosta is a distinct species from lecontei, and I believe the present 

 form distinct from clymene. At the worst the name will stand for a good 

 variety, though I scarcely believe it such. 



C. suffusa n. sp. 



Lecontei auct. reversa Stretch. Ent. Am., 1, 104 (in part). 



Head yellow ; palpi black tipped ; antennae black. Collar yellow with a small 

 blackish spot each side of the middle, which is sometimes wanting. Thorax white, 

 patagiae black margined anteriorly ; a broad blackish dorsal stripe. Abdomen white, 

 with a row of small, dorsal dark spots, rarely forming a complete line, and often en- 

 tirely wanting. Beneath, legs yellow, anterior coxae with a black spot, tibiae dark 

 outwardly, fore and median tarsi blackish. Primaries white ; a broad brown costal 

 margin nearly to the apex ; a broad brown internal margin from base to anal angle ; 

 outer margin also black margined from apex to near the anal angle ; rarely the mar- 

 gins are connected so that the wing is completely dark margined An oblique dark 

 band from anal angle to costa about -g from base. From the middle of this band runs 

 another, to outer margin below apex. From this, close to its inception, a short band 

 runs to costa ; at its outer third another spur is sent off, also to the costa, forming thus 

 a series of three white spots below costa, and beyond the first oblique band, and a 

 larger, somewhat triangular spot near the outer margin its broad base near the anal 

 angle. This maculation varies in that the dark veins sometimes divide the marginal 

 spot ; or, on the jcontrary, the dark bands become attenuated, and some of the spots 

 become more or less confluent. Rarely the maculation is almost, but never quite, ob- 

 solete. The distinctive feature, which is always noticeable is in the oblique band, 

 which in this species reaches the costa about two-fifths from base, and the white patch 

 on the disk is therefore very obtusely angled on the costa. Secondaries white, imma- 

 culate, rarely with a dusky spot near anal angle. Beneath white, maculation of pri- 

 maries faintly reproduced. 



Expands 1.75 — 2 inches = 43 — 50 mm. 



Hab. tan. to Texas. Atlantic States west to Kansas. 



In maculation this species is the exact counterpart of clymene, and 

 the size also is nearly the same. The ground color is however always 

 white, and there are other structural features which I will elsewhere call 

 particular attention to. 



This is one of the forms usually named lecontei, ami is the form pro- 



