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General color of the imaoo, chocolate brown ; antennae black, 

 specked with white internally; thorax brown, with a white collar 

 and a curious metallic purple reflection. The abdomen is brown, 

 white at the base, and variously white-specked above, almost wholly 

 white beneath. 



The fore wings are of the general color, minutely specked with 

 bluish white, especially along the costa, and crossed by two trans- 

 verse white bands beyond the origin of the fissure, the inner of 

 which is the wider, although both are frequently reduced to narrow 

 lines, or occasionally obsolete. The fringe of each lobe of this wing 

 is black, with a large cream-colored patch at the apex, except that 

 that of the posterior lobe is white on the proximal half. The 

 slender posterior lobe of the hind wing is brown at the base, white 

 in the middle, and black on the terminal third, except for a cream- 

 colored patch upon the fringe of the apex. The markings beneath 

 repeat substantially those of the upper surface. 



Specimens obtained May 28, pupated on the leaves from June 2 

 to 11. They commenced to emerge on the 13th, and had completed 

 their transformations by the 18th of that month. 



