ZALE. 243 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with wliite subterminal spot in submedian 

 interspace. 



Hab. Canada ; U.S.A., Eastern States, 1 c? , 1 ? , New York, 

 Long I., Center (Baih'j/), 1 c? , 1 $ • Distr. of Columbia, 

 Pennsylvania, Florida, Missouri. JEdy. 48-50 millim. 



Sect. II. (Zale.) Femora of male not fringed with long Lair, the mid femora 

 normal. 



A, Fore wing not black to the subterminal line. 

 a. Fore wing without dark stria;. 



ff'. Fore wing with the subterminal line excurved at 



middle rubiaia. 



6'. Fore wing with the subterminal line angled out- 

 wards at middle. 



a?. Fore wing nearly uniform brown ruhl. 



h'^. Fore wing grey suffused with fuscous yavcqjai. 



h. Fore wing; with sh'<;lit brown stria; Colorado. 



c. Fore wing with prominent bhu'kish stria;. 



ai. Fore wing not suffused with black from the medial 



to the subterminal lines cingulifera. 



b^ . Fore wing suffused with black from the n\edial to 



the subterminal lines cnlycanfhata. 



B. Fore wing black to the subterminal line horrida. 



*8047. Zale rubiata. (Plate CCXXXI. fig. 1 c?, 2 $ .) 



Phaocijma rubiata, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. .\xxv. p. 265 (1909). 



S . Head and thorax whitish suffused with pale red-brown ; 

 tegulse with black line near base ; abdomen wdiitish tinged with 

 pale red-brown and with fine black segmental lines, the crests 

 darker. Fore wing whitish suffused with bright rufous, leaving a 

 band beyond the antemedial line and the terminal area except at 

 costa whitish ; subbasal line indistinct, double, sinuous, extending 

 to inner margin ; antemedial line treble, sinuous, oblique below 

 submedian fold ; some black striae on medial part of costa and an 

 indistinct oblique double sinuous medial line ; reniform a narrow 

 lunule with whitish annulus, its centre greyish defined by black ; 

 postmedial line sliglit, double, blackish, excurved below costa, 

 incurved at discal fold, excurved at vein 4, then oblique and 

 slightly sinaous; subterminal line double, filled in with whitish, 

 tlie inner line black, the outer rufous, oblique and sinuous from 

 costa near apex to discal fold, excurved at vein 4, then incurved and 

 sinuous ; a series of black points before termen and a fine waved 

 black terminal line. Hind wing wliitish faintly tinged with red- 

 In-own, the basal half in-orated with blackish ; the medial area with 

 three sinuous brown lines ; postmedial line fhie, black, sinuous, in- 

 curved at vein 2, a naiTow rufous band between it and the sub- 

 terminal line, which is ])Iack, sinuous, incurved at vein 2, foUow^ed 

 by a slight rufous line ; some rufoiis marks just before termen and 

 a' fine crenulate black terminal line ; a whitish line at base of cilia ; 

 the tnulerside white slightly iiTorated with brown, a minute black 

 discoidal annulus, indistinct sinvious postmedial and subterminal 

 lines, and a series of black points before termen. 



