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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 of pagina/a. 
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 with pagizafa, 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. 16, No. 36, ff. 71—72, Elaphria ; Verz. bek. Schmett. 
230, E/aphria; Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. N. Sci., II, 22, Caradrina, 
rasilis Morr., Pr. Bost. Soc. N. H., 1874, v. 17, p. 158, Hadena ; Grt., Can. 
Ent., VII, 58, pr. syn.;, id. 12, 86; Bull. Buff. Soc. N. Sci., Il, 211, 
pr. syn.; Bull. B’klyn Ent. Soc., vol. 3, p. 39, pr. syn.; Bull. U.S. 
Geol. and Geog. Surv., VI, 265, Caradrina. 
Head, thorax and primaries evenly brown, with faint gray powderings, the veins 
marked with blackish scales. 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 orbicular is very small, punctiform, consisting of a dusky 
dot narrowly ringed with whitish. Reniform whitish ringed, narrow, strongly con- 
stricted in the middle, the bulbous upper and lower portions dusky. S. t. line slightly 
paler, indefinite, irregularly but not greatly sinuate. The terminal space a trifle 
paler than ground color, fiinges somewhat darker. Secondaries pale fuscous, whitish 
in the (/, with a gli-tening reddish 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 -1.00 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 Hiibner’s figures really refer. Mr. Mor- 
rison contends that they refer to Zieniocampa oviduca Gn., and Mr. Grote 
sees in them the present species. Careful examination of the figure 
