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26. Delilah, Streck. (DEL-i-lah), Rho. Het. 96, pl.11, f. 7, Hulst, Bull. 
Brookl. Ent. So 3, 8, Papilio, 1, 215, adoptiva, Grt. Trans. Am, Ent. Soc. Sept. 
1874, Papilio 1, 161. 
Primaries rich velvety yellow brown; basal dash present, t.a. line very heavy and 
dark, t.p. line dark and distinct, teeth prominent and broad, s.t. space somewhat 
lighter, s.t. line fine, strongly dentate. Secondaries bright yellow, median band rather 
narrow, generally rectangular at bend towards inner margin; marginal band broad, 
broken or unbroken. Expands 7o—80 mm. Habitat, Neb. to Ills. and Southward, 
west to Arizona. Food plant Oak. 
Var. Desdemona, Hy. Edw. Papilio 2, 15. Wood brown with lighter shades, 
reniform brown, subreniform lighter. Secondaries rich orange. Ariz. Food plant, 
Scrub Oak. (Doll.) 
Var. Calphurnia, Hy. Edw. Bull. Brookl, Ent. Soc. 3, 59. Primaries with a 
greenish tint, lines faint. Secondaries wholly black, with the exception of a central 
cloud, a broad marginal band, and a central narrow band which are orange. 
This species is, considering the numbers collected, a very variable 
one in both the primaries and secondaries, It shows well a tendency, 
common to all the Ca/vcale, that as the median band narrows, it becomes 
rectangular at the bend near anal margin. 
27 cerogama, Guen. (cer-OG-a-ma), Noct. 3, 96, Walk. C.B.M. 1202, Grt. 
Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 4, 9, Streck. Rho. Het. 22, pl. 3, f 0, Bunkeri, Grt. Can. 
Ent. 8, 230. 
Primaries pale wood brown, t.a. line geminate, edged outwardly by a broad 
white shade reaching from costa to subreniform; subreniform diffuse, pale brown, with 
broad lighter band outwardly; t.p. line distinct. Secondaries black, with a narrow 
even yellow band. Expands 80—85 mm. Habitat, Eastern, Middle and Western 
States. 
The variation named Bunkert has slightly more brown over the 
median space of primaries, and the median band of secondaries narrower. 
28 verrilliana, Grt. Can. Ent. 7, 185, Buf. Bull. 3, 217, Harvey, Buf. Bull. 
3, 12, Ophelia, Hy. Edw. Bull. Brookl. Ent. S. 2, 95, l.c. 3, 58, Violenta, Hy. Edw. 
Bull. Brookl, Ent, Soc. 3, 58. 
Primaries gray, shaded with blackish, a diffuse black basal dash, t.a. densely 
shaded with black, reniform small, yellowish, more or less distinctly double ringed; 
t.p. line much as in blandula. Secondaries bright red, median black band narrow, 
quite even, not reaching anal margin, marginal band narrow. Expands 507—60 mm. 
Habitat, Cal. to Texas. Food plant, Scrub Oak, 
Ophelia differs only in having somewhat heavier lines on primaries; 
verrilliana is always described with bright red secondaries; Violenta is 
somewhat larger and has more black. 
Var. votiva, Hulst. Secondaries clear yellow. Habitat Arizona. 
