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images of that sex. Not dreaming at the time that 3113- doubt 

 could exist as to specific distinctness of dymene and confiisa no 

 eifort was made to pair these females with males of the white- 

 winged forms which emerged at about the same time, and they 

 w-ere at once killed and mounted. 



Of the white-winged moths there emerged in all five males 

 and twelve females, all with white secondaries, but showing a 

 remarkable range in pattern of primaries, viz. : 



3 I? , 8 9 . — These showed no very wide departure from the 

 usual confusa form, though several females varied toward typi- 

 cal leconteiy in having the outer end of median white spot only 

 slightly indented. Lyman (ibid.) and Smith (Can. Ent., Dec^, 

 1887, p. 237) in effect found the distinction between confusa 

 and lecontei on the shape of the median white spot. Typical 

 lecontci having it entire and convex on the outer margin, and 

 typical confusa having it deeply cleft by a spur from the brown 

 band that arises just within the internal angle of the wing. 



I $ . — (Fig. I of Plate) has apical, preapical and outer white 

 spots partially fused. The secondaries have a slight yellow 

 tinge and an unusually large brown spot near inner angle. 



1 % . — The fifth % (Fig ii of Plate) w^as almost an exact 

 reproduction of Fig. 2 of Lyman's plate, which he calls typi- 

 cal lecontei. 



2 9 . — These varied toward typical leco?ttei and were much 

 like Fig. 12, except that outer margin of median white spot 

 was even less incised. 



I 9 . — In this example the broad and median white spots 

 were broadly fused, and the oblique brown band from above 

 internal margin to apex was entirely obsolete, and the insect 

 looked much like Fig. 5 of L^'man's plate, which he gives as 

 variety of lecontei. The secondaries had slight yellowish tinge 

 and distinct yellowish stain where the brown spot is when 

 present. 



I 9 . — The fourth aberrant 9 was Fig. 2 of accompanying 

 plate, and differed from typical confusa in having apical, pre- 

 apical and outer white spots broadly fused and a slight yellow 

 tinge on secondaries. 



t By typical lecontei I mean Figs, i, 2 and 3 of Lyman's plate accom- 

 panying his article in Can. Ent., for October, 1887. 



(To be continued.) 



