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MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. 



A very curious form of this species was captured in Dover, 

 Mass., in August of 1898. This specimen is now in my possession 

 and a figure of each side of it is here sfiven. The colors above are 



Pyrameis Luntera. 



streaked and run together and beneath the wings are almost white 

 on their outer portion. Unfortunately the specimen was damaged 

 before it reached me. What could cause such a variation in the 





Pyrameis huntera. Under side. 



color and markings of a single individual it is difiicult to say. Such 

 variations are rare, but in catching hundreds of specimens they now 

 and then come to the net of the collector. 



