, but shows distinct traces of the black dashes, especially between 
veins 6 and 7, where a dark point juts out and touches the outer mar- 
gin; a whitish spot at anal angle is present in all specimens before us. 
The discal spots and subterminal lines of underside are usually dis- 
tinct. 
In the ¢’s the lines are relatively farther apart than in the ¢, 
the basal patch is less prominent owing to its greater suffusion and the 
median space is rather paler. The distinctive feature is the dark 
brown subterminal band with prominent darker transverse dashes. 
The secondaries vary in depth of color and may be prominently banded 
with smoky brown or remain almost immaculate. A single 2 from 
New Brighton, Pa. (Pl. I, Fig. 6) is deeper in color and has a basal 
black dash along submedian fold; a similar @ from ‘Md.’ is in the 
Field Museum (Strecker Coll.). 
Hasitat. Boston, Mass. (Packard) ; Rhode Is. (Grote & Rob.) ; 
Yaphank, L. I. (Doll, ex 1.) (July 23, 24); N. Jersey (Hy. Edw. 
Coll.) ; New Brighton, Pa. (Merrick) (July 26-Aug. 4), Md. (Strecker 
Coll.). 
(b) O. BASIFLAVA MERIDIONALIs subsp. nov. (Pl. Il, Figs. 3, 4). 
Oryja leucophaea Hubner (nec Abbot & Sm.) Samml. Exot. Schmett. II, Pl. 
179 (1820). 
Dasychira leucophaea Walker, (nec A. & S.) Cat. Brit. Mus. IV, 870 (1855). 
Olene leucophaea Holland (nec Abbot & Smith) Moth Book, Pl. 37, figs. 7 and 
8 (1903); Psyche, Pl. X, fig. 3 (1904). 
Olene plagiata Dyar (nec Walker) Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. XIII, 17 (1011) 
(partim). 
Olene achatina Barnes & McDunnough (nec Abbot & Smith) Psyche XVIII, 
157 (1911) (larva). 
6 Slightly smaller than in the type form; basal yellow patch not so promi- 
nent, more diffused with brown; t. a. and t. p. lines much less irregular and 
jagged, angle of t. a. line at inner margin not so prominent, often entirely lack- 
ing; t. a. line often preceded by a parallel white line about 1 mm. nearer base of 
wing. 
2 Subterminal band very deep brown, very sharply defined outwardly, 
contrasting greatly with the pale olivaceous median and terminal areas; t. a. line 
almost straight, the prominent indentations of the type form almost entirely 
lacking; basal space to t. a. line often entirely brown, at times more as in type 
form with olivaceous costal suffusion. Expanse ¢ 30-35 mm.; 9 38-48 mm. 
Types ¢ and @ in Coll. Barnes; Cotypes in Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. and Doll 
Coll. 
This is the species which has generally been confused with leuco- 
phaea A. & S. We have a long series before us bred by Seifert from 
