SOME ABERRATIONS OF COMMON MOTHS. 



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scribed (Trans. Am. Ent. Soc), purporting to come from the 

 region about Santa Fe, New Mexico. The character of the 

 species is Mexican, and I am quite confident that the locaUty 

 assigned is entirely wrong. I wrote Mr. Cameron about it, and 

 he kindly informed me that the material was collected years ago 

 by a person who was known to have visited the Santa Fe region, 

 but who might very well have obtahied the insects elsewhere. 

 The collection included some species of Bomhas which might 

 have come from near Santa Fe. 



Colorado Springs, Colorado. 



SOME ABERRATIONS OF COMMON MOTHS. 



By Francis E. Woodbridge. 



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1. Ilepialiis hectus. — Male taken at Dunkeld in June, 1900. 

 The markings on the fore wings are rather broader than usual, 

 and there is a row of golden yellow spots along the hind margin 

 between the nervules, increasing in size towards the hinder 

 angle. The hind wings are beautifully dashed with golden 

 yellow along the hind margin between the nervules, with a 

 golden yellow blotch near the apex, and a similarly coloured 

 dot near the costa. The photo shows the markings exactly. 



2. Melanippe rivata. — Female taken at Uxbridge some 

 years ago. The central band on the fore wings is reduced to 

 a blotch on the costa, and towards the hinder angle there is 

 a dusky cloud extending from the band on the hind marginal 

 area across the usual white stripe towards where the central 

 band should have been. Hind wings normal. 



3. Melanippe Jiuctuata. — Female taken at Uxbridge in May, 

 1903. The blotch near the apex rather more flattened than 



