44 REVISION OF GENUS CUCULLIA—SMITH. 
Hapitat: New Hampshire, July 21; New York, Sharon, July 7 
New Jersey. ] 
The New Hampshire specimen is in the collection of the U. S. N ational © 
Museum (collection of C. V. Riley) and was taken by Dr. Thaxter. The , 
Sharon Springs example is from Dr. Lintner’s collection, taken by Mr, | 
Meske. Two other examples before me are from New Jersey without | 
date or exact locality. It is certain that the distribution covers the 
middle and eastern States, and probably it is coextensive with that of | 
asteroides. With the latter species, postera is almost certainly con- 
fused in collections, though its deeper primaries and fuscous secondaries 
should readily distinguish it. 
There is some variation in the relative distinctness of the markings, 
but none otherwise. The ordimary spots are sometimes defined oply by | 
a slight difference in shade, and sometimes by a distinct continuous — 
line, a pale annulus, and a brown center. The little series before me 
shows this range, the Sharon Springs example being the best marked, 
though not the most contrasting. 
The sexual characters are as in the western species rather than asin © 
asteroides and somewhat intermediate. The differences are shown by | 
the figures given on the plate. 
Cucullia florea Gn. 
1852. Gn., Sp. Gen. Noct., 11, 133, Cucullia. 
1857. W1k., C. B. Mus., Lep. Het., x1, 656, Cucullia. 
1874. Lintn., Ent. Cont., m1, 169, Cucullia. : 
Head gray to brown, with gray and black transverse lines. Collar 
gray, with a distinct black line at base and a less evident dark line 
above middle, Patagize rather pale gray, black powdered. Dorsum 
blackish brown, contrasting, basal tufts small, as are also the dark dor- 
sal tufts of the abdomen. Primaries rather pale ash gray, even in color, 
costal region only slightly darker beyond the middle, without red or — 
brown shades. TT. a. line vague, less distinct even than in postera. A 
blackish streak along the inner margin to the t. p.line. ‘'T. p. line pale 
marked through the dark costal region, then obsolete to the submedian- | 
interspace, where it is of the gray ground color, defined by blackish | 
marginal lines and exactly as in asteroides and postera in course. The 
preceding dusky patch is sometimes wanting, but is usually fairly dis- 
tinct. The following shade to outer margin is vague; but the black 
Streak below vein 2 is distinct. The ordinary spots are distinet in all — 
specimens, concolorous, sometimes with a dusky center, defining lines 
incomplete, very little marked. The orbicular is somewhat narrower 
and more irregular than in the other Species. <A series of vague inter- 
Spaceal dashes indicate the course of thes. t. line. A series of small 
black terminal lunules, degenerating into a broken terminal line in~ 
some specimens. Secondaries soiled whitish at base, smoky fuscous 
