July, '07] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 315 



ful breeding, 60 specimens, which, as to markings and color- 

 ing of the hind wing varied considerably from each other. 



The hind wings of the above-mentioned female were black, 

 with a small round red spot slightly above the center toward 

 the costal margin, while just below this towards the outer 

 margin there appeared a larger fork-shaped red spot. The 

 markings on the forewings corresponded on the whole with 

 the cut, as shown in Holland's Moth Book, plate xv. fig. 12. 

 except that the fore cross stripes were faint, and partly not 

 clearly visible, while the markings in the limbal area of the 

 wings near the outer margin, which are totally absent in 

 Holland's figure, were in the shape of an indistinct triangle 

 arising in the center of the rear cross stripes. The forms 

 which resulted were as follows : 



(a) Hind wings red, with a black band at the costal and 

 outer margin, similar to Holland's figure 12, besides having an 

 oblong black spot extending inward from the costal marginal 

 band : this spot, as well as the stripes, in all cases were larger 

 than given in that figure : 1 $ and 2 9 . 



(b) The same form, but the ground color of the hind wings 

 yellow instead of red : 4 $ and 3 9 ; in two 9 of this form the 

 yellow shaded slightly into the flesh color. 



(c) The markings more or less like the mother, except that 

 the small round spot in the hind wings was plainly marked 

 in a few, some having only a very small dot, while in most 

 cases it was missing altogether. The largest number had the 

 large forked spot very prominent and resembling that of the 

 mother specimen, appearing stronger in some and weaker to 

 the invisible in others ; in one example the hind wings being en- 

 tirely black. The females were more numerous in this case 

 than the males ; there being fifteen of the former and twelve of 

 the latter. 



(d) The same form, but with yellow instead of red spots: 

 8 $ and 9 9 ; several of this lot also showed the yellow 

 shading into the flesh color and may be taken as middle 

 forms between the red and yellow specimens. I consider the 

 example with the entirely black hind wings as belonging to 

 the yellow form, for the reason that in this, as in all those with 



