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to the greater width of the s. t. space. Median space colored like its ally, and 

 the species generally has a great resemblance to it ; the divergence in shape 

 of the t. p. line alone making me believe we have to do with more than a va- 

 riety. Hind wings a little paler, more testaceous than in cinereola than which 

 it is narrower winged. May 2. No. 194 (in part). 



Prothymia coccineifascia (Grote). July 30. No. 367. 

 Prothymia org:iae Grotc. July 1. 

 Prothymia subolivacea u. s. 



Differs from the preceding by the more elongate and apically produced pri- 

 maries. Fore wings olivaceous, shady with rosy at base, obliquely over inter- 

 nal margin, and again terminally. Thorax sh: led with rosy. A single dusky, 

 even, oblique, outer transverse line, on fore wings. Minute superposed points 

 take the place of the reniform as in orgiae. Head and palpi and collar, dis- 

 colorous leaden-hued. Hind wings obscure, rosy olive, paler at base. Beneath 

 testaceous powdered with rosy ; fore wings clouded with fuscous over the 

 middle. 



Expanse, 33 m. m. March 29. Number 498. 



Metoponia obtiisa H.-S. April 20. 



Three specimens are certainly identical with nhtusula Zeller, which Mr. Grote 

 regards as synonymous. They in fact seem merely to differ from H.-S.'s figure 

 and a Pennsylvania example exactly agreeing, in the smaller size and reduced 

 markings of the fore wings. 



Metoponia perflava n. s. 



A single specimen differs from ohtusa (and ohtusala) in the clear lemon yel- 

 low primaries with the apices more produced. The spots on costal and inter- 

 nal margin are well sized and similarly placed and colored. 



The other markings are very much reduced and fragmentary but evidently 

 occupy analogous positions. But the under surface is very different in the two 

 forms. It is tinted with lemon yellow in perflava, the primaries not shaded 

 with fuscous as in obtusa. There is a broad subterminal band apparent over 

 the upper half of both wings. Within this is a transverse line, distinct over 

 the costal regions and approximate to the band. A median fuscous shade is 

 also more or less noticeable on both wings. The coloration of the head and 

 thorax lemon yellow. 



Abdomen pale like the hind wings above, which show some terminal yellow 

 tintings and faint lines. 



Expanse, 26 m. m. April 4. No. 496. 



