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small round spot of the same color (^orbicular) is situated 

 between this and the base of the wing, just outside of the 

 inner cross-line. A similar spot rests near the middle of the 

 V)ase of the wing. The fringes on the forewings are dull 

 yellowish, and broken by eight brown spots. The antennas 



are strongly bipectinated, or feather-like. The forewings 

 expand about an inch and a half. 



"The females (Fig. 2) are pale yellowish white, with dark 

 brown cross-lines and spots similar to those of the males. 

 The cross-lines in both sexes are much darker and more 

 prominent on the forward edge of the wings (cosia) than 

 elsewhere. In some specimens there is a faint stripe of 

 brown across the middle of the wing (median shade), and a 

 toothed line across the wing near the outer edge {svhterminal 



F:g. 2. 



line) . The fringes of the forewings have eight dark spots 

 between the ends of the veins, as in the males, and similar 

 but fainter spots often occur in the fringes of the hind wings. 

 The body is much stouter than in the males, and the antennre 

 are not so heavily feathered. The expanse of wings is from 

 one and three-fourths to two and three-fourths inches. 



