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most distal one) being mncb more proximal and not arched ; the lirst spot 

 generally absent, sometimes also the second. The species is rather variable in 

 pattern individually The posterior part of the disc of the forewing, distallv of the 

 augnlated antemedian band, is sometimes occupied by reddish brown patches ; the 

 pale border of the liindwiug is often flushed with rosy red. 



(?. Antenna shorter than in the other species, pectinate, the branches 

 long, the segments short, with the ventral parts strongly compressed. Tenth 

 segment of abdomen not essentially different from that of cerisyi, the tergite 

 more dilated in the middle ; the lobe of the sternite very slender. Clasper 

 (PI. XXXIV. f. 2Sj narrower than in rrn'sf/i, the apex less evenly rounded ; dorso- 

 apical ridge rounded, placed somewhat obliijuely, appearing to be much more 

 ventral than in cerisi/i owing to the clasper being dilated dorsad; harpe short, rough 

 with tnbercles at the end ; the iuerassate ])roxiinal part of the ventral edge of the 

 harjie produced into a high triangular ridge, of which the edges are turned dorsad, 

 so that the ridge has the appearance of a solid conical process in a ventral view. 

 Penis-funnel produced ventrally into a long, jiointed jirocess (PI. XXIX. f. 43) ; 

 penis-sheath strongly chitiuised at the end on one side, with t/ro strong conical 

 teeth ; patch of spines within the sheath vestigiiil. 



?. Antenna not pectinate, the lateral expansion indicated by a subdorsal 

 curved carina on each segment ; the segments shorter tiian broad or high, laterally 

 somewhat rounded in a dorsal or ventral view, ventrally earinate ; bristles jiromineut, 

 ciliae short. Vaginal j)late short, membranaceous ; vaginal cavity large, transverse, 

 the edge incrassate at the side corners to a subglobose tubercle, anterior edge not 

 elevated. 



According to the number of blue spots in the eye-patch of the liindwiMg 

 the following forms have been distingnisiied : 



a. Sjj/t. Jinna/cens/s f ab. jaiixiirensis. 



Sjihinx ocellatiis jamaicensis Driiry, I.e. ; id., ed. Westw., I.e. ii. p. 47. t. 25. f. 2. 3 (1837) (fig. mala). 

 ISmerhilliiisjaiiiawensi!!, Giote & Rob., Proc. Ent. Sue. Philail. v. p. 100. n. 05 (1805) ("Jamaica''). 

 Smertiit/iun (jeininutua var. janiaii'eiisi^^ Lintuer, Ent. Ci>nlr. ii. p. 122 (1870) ; Streck., Li-p. lihop. 



net. p. 57. t. 7. f. 8 ( ?) (1873) (Baltimore) ; Pilate, I'apHio ii. p. CO (1882) (Dayton, 0.) ; 



Kunze, Ent. Nfim v. p. 315 (1894) (Arizona). 

 Paun'ms iiii/ops, Butler, Trmis. Zool. Sor. Laiiil. p. 591. n. 2 (1877) (partim). 

 Cahinyiiihiilus KitaiiKriiithHs gi inimitus var.Jttmiiicensh, (irote, I/titck Mvth^ N. Atii. p. 30 (1880). 

 Eusmerinthtus jaiiiiiieeiiais, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Ilet. i. p. 712. n. 5 (1892) (Jamaica?). 



The first and second blue spots of the eye-mark absent. 



b'. Spit, jamfi/ci'/is/g f. norm, (/rmiiiatiis. 

 Synonymy see above. First spot absent, second and third well developed. 



c. Spit, jumaicensis f. ab. tri/iartitiis. 

 Ckdasynthujui Knsitirritithnit grnifii'ttus var. tniHivtitus Grote, Ilairl: Muths N. Am. p. 30 (1886). 



First spot very small but not absent, second and third well develojied. 



We are not at all sure that the name tripitrtitiis refers to this species. Grote, 

 when proposing the name, had no material of this third form, but based the name 

 upon information derived from books (| noting verbally from Fernald, who mentions 

 in his Split mjidae of Nine Enylaitil, I.e., that ''occasionally a tliird blue s])ot ajipears 

 on the black." We do not know whether Fernald had himself seen "a third spot," 



