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29. ultronia, Hub. Hunetis ultronia, Sam. 2, 26, 174, f. 347, 348, Verz. 1721, 
Cat, ultronia, Guen. Noct. 3, 89, Walk. C.B.M. 1197, Pack. Guide, 317, pl. 8, f. 4, 
Saun. Can. Ent. 12, 4. 
Primaries light gray fawn, dark almost black along inner margin, basal dash and 
one at sinus present; a subapical dark shading; t.p. line fine, strongly dentated to sinus. 
Secondaries bright red, median band broad, rather even, reaching anal margin. ix- 
pands 60—7o mm. Habitat, Hast of the great Plains, and Texas. 
Var. Celig. Hy. Edw. Bull, Brookl. Ent, Soc. 3, 58. Median band of secondaries 
linear. Florida. 
Var. Mopsa, Hy. Edw, l.c. 3, 58. Primaries nearly uniform brown. 
Var. Adriana, Hy. Edw. l.c. 3.57. Primaries nearly uniform fawn drab. 
Var. Herodias, Streck. Rho. Het. p. 121. Primaries uniform dark smoky gray; 
denticulations of t.p. line very strong, and thus continued to inner margin. 
Larvu, Guen. Noct. 3, 89, Pack. Guide, 317, pl. 8 f. 4a, Saun. Can. Ent. 6, 
147, l.c. 12, 4. Tapers to both ends, about 2 inches long, color from clear gray to 
very dark brown, with darker dots and reddish tubercles; on 8th segment a fleshy pro- 
tubtrance, concolorous with body or reddish; a reddish lunule on 11th segment; two 
anterior pairs of abdominal legs in earlier stages much smaller than the others. Feeds 
on Wild Cherry, Plum, Dogwood and hive Oak. 
30. coccinata, Grt. Trans. Am. Ent, Soc. 4, 6, Streck. Rho. Het. 21, pl. 3, f. 9, 
Circe, Streck. l.c. 121, Grt. N.A. Ent. p. 22. 
Primaries clear cinereous, basal dash present, lines clear, distinct, the t.a. and t.p. 
lines approximating inferiorly, reniform whitish, annulate; subreniform white; a black 
dash at sinus, apical dash evident, veins marked with black near margin. Secondaries 
bright red; median band even, reaching anal margin, Expands 55—05 mm. Habitat 
East of the Miss. and Tex, Circe simply has the black on primaries more marked. 
Var. sinuosa, Grt. Bull. Brookl. Ent. Soc. 1, 77, Can. Ent, 11, 15. Median 
band of secondaries linear. 
Larva, Coquillett, Papilio, 1, 56. Body dark gray, a protuberance on 8th seg- 
ment, and two slight ones on 11th; head gray, edged with black, Feeds on Oak. 
31. Ilia, Cram. Phaleena Ilia, Pap. Ex. 1. 53, pl. 33. figs. B, C, Hunetis Ilia. 
Hub. Verz. 2717, Noctua Ilia, Oliv. Ency. Meth. 9, 266, 181, Cat. Ilia, Guen, Noct. 
3, 91. Walk. C.B.M. 1199, Grt. ‘rans. Am, Ent. Soc. 4, 8. 
Primaries dark cinereous, powdered with glancous scales, and shaded with black; 
basal dash present, t.a. line geminate, reniform whitish, with black internal ring, sub- 
reniform pale, subquadrate; M of t.p. line produced. Secondaries deep orange red, 
with irregular median band. Expands 80--90 mm. Habitat U.S., east of Rocky 
Mts. Olivier says it is found also in the Island of Jamaica. 
Var. uxor, Guen. (nec. Hub.) Noct. 3, 92, Walk, C.B.M. 1199, Grt. Trans. Am. 
Ent. Soc. 4, 8, wumbrosa, Worth., confusa, Worth., decorata, Worth., obsoleta, Worth., 
Y r F , . : fi 
duplicata, Worth., conspicua, Worth. Primaries brown gray, reniform white. 
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