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Harpes and claspers of 1.—O. festivoides ; 2.—O. exesa; 3.—O. chalcedonia ; 
4.—O. fuscimaculata ; 5.—O. grata. 
O. festivoides Guen., Noct. 1, 220, Ce/ena, 1852; Grt., Bull. Surv. 6, 261, 
Oligia ; Wik., Cat. B. Mus., Het. X, 261 (1856), Cedena. 
Head and thorax carneous gray, collar a rich dark brown. Primaries a fine 
vinous brown or red, the basal and costal region suffused with carneous gray. T. a. 
line upright, feebly sinuous, geminate, more or less obliterated by the gray suffusion 
_ but sometimes very distinct. T. p. line geminate, bent over reniform on costa then 
straight to internal margin, accompanied by amore or less evident gray shade. 
Claviform present, small, pale, dark ringed, rarely complete, often entirely obscured, 
but usually the lower half visible. Reniform rather large, oblique, deeply indented 
outwardly, pale, the superior portion usually merged into the pale costal shade. 
Between the reniform and the t. p. line is a black spot, which extends round the in- 
terior margin of the reniform, and between it and the orbicular to the costal pale 
shade. A somewhat yellowish apical patch before which there is a darker patch on 
costa ; from this the irregular, pale, and interrupted s. t. line extends through the 
darker terminal space. A row of black terminal spots. Secondaries in the male 
hyaline at base, the veins and outer margins smoky ; in the female smoky, Beneath, 
primaries glistening, smoky brown, secondaries paler, powdery and with a distinct 
discal spot. 
Expands, .88—1.00 inch, = 22—25 mm. 
Habitat.—Can. to Fla. to Texas, West to the Mississippi. 
A decidedly variable and yet characteristic species. It is always 
readily recognizable by the brown collar and the large, oblique reniform, 
