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Oslar, we believe that a paled form can be reared by in-breedliig, as in tbe case 

 of Amorpha populi and amiirensiis. The specimens of the second brood, resj), the 

 individuals which emerge from the chrysalis the same summer, will also turn out 

 to be partly paler than the specimens from hibernated pupae. 



a. P. modesta modesta. 



Siiierlnlhiis modesta Harris, l.<: (1S39) ; Agass., Lake Svprnar p. 33S. t. 7. f. 7 (1850); Clem., 

 Joimi. Ac. Nat. Sci. Fhilail. iv. p. 183. n. 86 (185;)) (Mas;-. ; L. Sup. ; Penn. ; N.Y.) ; id., in 

 Morris, Syii. Lfp. N. Am. p. 210. n. 3 (1862) ; Bowl., Giitad. Ent. iii. p. 143 (1871) (Quebec) ; 

 Streck., Lep. Rhuj>. Net. p. 52. 60. t. 7. f. 11 ((^) (1873) (Canada to Middle States) ; Pears., 

 Camid. Ent. vii. p. 80 (1875) (Montreal) ; Bunk., Canml. Ent. ix. p. 210 (1877) (tranaf.) ; 

 Worth., Canail. Ent. x. p. 16 (1878) (Chicago); Coq., Trans. Dept. Ayr. lUin. xviii. App. p. 15'J 

 (1880) ; Kell., Bull. Biifalo Soc. N. Sri. iv. p. 2'J (1881) (larva, pupa) ; Reed, Hepl. Ent. Soc. 

 Ont. xii. p. 63 (1882) (larva). 



Smerinthus viinkstiis (!), Walker, List Lep. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 248. n. 10 (1850) ; Clem., Juurn. Ac. 

 N. Sri. Philml. iv. p. 181 (185y) ; Morris, Cut. Lep. N. Am. p. 20 (I8(;0) ; (irote & Rol)., Pmc. 

 Ent. Sor. Phihid. V. p. 101. 185. n. 73 (186.'j) (Atlantic distr.) ; Saund., Ctiniid. Ent. iv. p. 36 

 (1872) (London, Can.); Caulf., Cirnml. Ent. vii. p. 80. n. tl (1875) (Montreal, rare) ; Andr., 

 Psi/clw ii. p. 72 (1877) (larva) ; Pilate, Pajjilio ii. p, 66 (1882) (Dayton, O.) ; Pack., lus. InJ. 

 Forest Trees p. 450. n. Ill (18'.M)). 



*Smerinthus prineeps Walker, List Lep. his. B. M. viii. p. 255. n. 21 (1856)(Mus. Brit.); Grote & Rob., 

 Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 75 (1868) (= modesta). 



LanthoU nwdestus (!), Grote. Bull. Buffalo Soc. N. Sci. i. p. 24 (1873). 



Laothiie mridestii, Thaxter, Psyche i. p. 29 (1874) (Newton, Mass.). 



SineriiUhus populicfihf Boisduval, Spec. Geu. Lep, /let. i. p. 22. n. (187.'>) (nom. nov. loco modesta ; 

 Canada; Calif.) ; Edw., Ent. Amer. iii. p. 223 (1887). 



Amorpha modesta, Grote, Bull. Buffalo Soc. N. Sci. ii. p. 227. n. 44 (1875) ; Beutenm., Bull. .\mer. 

 Mus. N. //. vii. p. 312. t. 7. f. 7 (1895) (N. Y. ; E. vii. viii.). 



Triptogou modesta, Butler, Trans. Zool. Sue, Lo/id. ix. p. 58'.). n. 23 (1877) ; Grote, Bull. Biifulo 

 Sue, N, Sci. iii. p. 223. n. 45 (1877) (Can. ; Mass. ; N. Y.) ; id., Canad, Ent, ix. p. 131 (1877) ; 

 Fern., Canad. E/it. xvi. p. 21 (1884) (Orono, Maine, rare, vii.) ; id., Sjdiing. New E/igld. p. 71. 

 n. .34 (1886) ; Grote, Canad. Ent. xviii. p. 134. n. 53 (1886) (Can. southward) ; id., Ilairk 

 Moths N. Am. p. .37 (1880) ; Smith, Trans. Amer. Ent, Soc. xv. p. 210. t. xi. f. 3. 4. 5 (genit. ; 

 ant.) (1888) (Canada to Louis., westw. to Calif.) ; Edw., Bull. U. St. N. .Uns. xxxv. p. 44 (1889) 

 (lit. ref. to metam.) ; Dyar, in Riley, Ins. Life iii. p. 322 (1891) (X. Y., electr. light) ; Beutenm., 

 Bull, Amer. Mus. N. U. iv. p. 170 (1892) (1 ? Calif, ex coll. Hy. Edw.) ; Trum., Eul. Neu-s 

 viii. p. 27 (1897) (S. Dakota) ; Rowl., Ent. News ix, p. 190 (1898) (Missouri ; not uncommon); 

 Soule, Psi/che viii. p. .308 (1899) (larva). 



Smerinthus ocridrntalis var. Edwards, /"vuc. Calif. Ac, N, Sci. vi. p. 92 (1870) (Calif.; Nevada; 

 Oregon ; non *' Arizona "). 



Triptogon niiidesta var. occideidalis, Grote, Bull. Buffalo Soc. N. Sci. iii. p. 223. sub n. 45 (1877) 

 (Cahfornia) ; id., JIawk Moths N, A711. p. 37 (1886) ; Hanh., Canad. Ent. xxxi. p. 50 (1899) 

 (Manitoba). 



Triptogon occidenlalis, Holland, Canad. Ent. xviii. p. 105 (1886) (west. var. of mod.); Grote, Cuntid. 

 Ent. xviii. p. 134. n. 54 (1886) (Calif., etc.) ; Heath, Canad. Ent. xxxii. p. 94 (1900) (Manitoba, 

 vii., after midnight). 



Smerinthus cahlei Reizenstein, in Srrihner's Monthly xxii. p. 864. fig. (1881) (Louisiana) ; Pearce, 

 Kncyel. Amer. i. p. 689 (1884) ; Smith, Trans, .imer. Ent. Soc. xv. p. 218 (1888) (= modesta). 



Marumha modesta, Kirby, Cat, Lep. Met. i. p. 708. n. 33 (1892) (N. Am.) 



Marumlia cahlei, id., I.e. n. 35 (1892). 



cf ?. Our (!alifornian si)ecimens, from Los Angeles. May, si.\ in number, do not 

 differ from the eastern ones except in some of them having a faint red longitudinal 

 patch behind the cell near the base on the underside of the hindwiug ; in eastern 

 examjilcs tlie posterior ])art of the antemedian brown band of the same wing is often 

 red, but the bcl'ore-nicntioneil red inarl< is not ]iresent in any of our e.\anipk's frnm 

 tiie Eastern Slat(^s. In groinid-ccjjour lliose ('alil'nniiiui inilividiials arc exactly 



