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(Iffiiiod by rtMl-ltiuwii, cxtriRlin'^ to median iiorviire ; orbicular and 

 rcnitorni dclincd l>y rctl-bruwn, the t'oriner indistinct, round, with 

 brown point iu centre, the latter with some brown suffusion on 

 inner ])art : medial line indistinct, oblique from costa to reniform, 

 inwardly obli(iue below the cell and bent outwards to inner margin ; 

 piistuiedial line double, the inner line indistinct, bent outwaids 

 below costa, excurved to vein 5, then oblique ; subterminal line 

 waved, anjrh'd outwards at vein 7 and inwards at discal fold to 

 ])Ostniedial lint-, excurved at middle; the veins of terminal area 

 slij^htlv tinged Avitli l)rown ; a fine red-brown terminal line; cilia 

 brown mixed with gre\ish. Hind wing pale yellow with indistinct 

 diffused brownish subterminal line and slight terminal line ; the 

 underside yellowish white, the costal area slightly irrorated with 

 red-brown, an indistinct curved postmedial line. 



Hub. U.S.A., California, Los Angeles {Co(iuiUct),'u\ U.SS. Xat. 

 ^lus. E,v2^. 44 millim. 



*4:J71». Papaipema astiita. (Plate CXXXVIII. fig. 20.) 



Vapaipema astuta, Bird, Can. Eiit. xxxix. p. 272 (1907). 



$ . Head and thorax yellow mixed with brown, the prothoraeic 

 crest dark brown and grey at tip, the thorax edged with black- 

 brown at sides and behind ; abdomen pale yellowish tinged with 

 brown. Fore Aving yellow irrorated with red, the postmedial and 

 terminal areas purple-brown, the former deeper in colour, leaving 

 a yellowish ajncal patch ; subbasal line double, red, sinuous, from 

 costa to submedian fold, with a minute yellow point beyond it in cell ; 

 antemedial area Avith a purplish-brown band ; the antemedial lino 

 indistinct, double, red, sinuous ; claviform represented by two 

 superposed white spots defined by rufous ; orbicular a small round 

 white spot defined by rufous ; reniform a narrow yelloAA' lunnlc 

 surrounded by small spots, those at loAver extremity whitish 

 and all defined by rufous ; medial line rufous, oblique and sinuous 

 from costa to median nervure, then inwardl}' oblique ; postmedial 

 line double, the inner line rufous, the outer blackish, strongly 

 l)ent outwards below costa, erect to vein (5, then obli(]uely 

 incurved ; subterminal line indistinct, brown, angled outwards at 

 vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a fine dark terminal line ; cilia 

 jiurplish fuscous. Hind Aving ochreous white tinged Avith brown, 

 the veins slightly streaked Avith broAvn ; a fine brown terminal 

 line ; the underside with slight discoidal lunula and indistinct 

 postmedial line. 



llah. U.S.A., Iaow York, Kye, type t $ in Coll. Bird. Exp. 3G 

 millim. 



Larva. Yellowish, lines very faint, obsolete on the 1st four 

 abdominal somites Avhich are dark ; tubercles small, black ; thoracic 

 shield black at sides. Food-plant, Collinsonia canadensis. 



