50 BULLETIN BROOKLYN ENTOM. SOC. VOL. VII. July 1884.) 
Var. celebs, Grt Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. Sept. 1874, Can. Ent. 10, 233, lc. 15, 
23, Hulst, Bull. Brookl. Ent. Soc. 3, 9. 
Primaries with brown all lost, being replaced with black and gray, and these 
broken up; lines very distinct; appearance decidedly like consors. Secondaries like 
badia. Found in Maine and N. New York. 
Var. Phebe, Hy. Edw. MSS. A form intermediate between celebs and badia, 
in which the brown holds, but is broken into bands and edgings, and the lines are 
distinct. Found in Mass. and N. Hampshire. 
58. muliercula, Guen. Noct. 3,97, Walk. C.B.M. 1203, Grote, Trans, Am, 
Ent. Soc. 4, 12, Streck. Kho. Het. 74, pl. 9, f. 9. 
Primaries deep rich brown shaded with bluish over the median space; lines dist— 
inct; t.a. line rather heavy near costa; t.p. line with M prominent; s.t. white space 
evident; subreniform light. Secondaries deep yellow; median band moderately broad, 
often quite constricted near middle; marginal band broad, with two scallops inwardly. 
Expands 60--7o mm. Habitat, Eastern, Middle, and Western States: 
Var. peramans, Hulst. Primaries darker. Secondaries almost entirely black, 
the yellow interspace showing only brokenly. 
Larva; Guen. Noct. 3, 97. The larva is very much attennated, quite narrow at the 
extremities and swollen in the middle. It is reddish yellow in color with gray sub— 
dorsal and stigmatal lines; the head is concolorous with the body with two white 
dashes laterally. Feeds on Wax Myrtle (Myrica). 
59. habilis, Grt. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 4, 11, basilis, Grt. Can. Ent. 8, 230. 
Primaries quite unicolorous pale gray with a greenish tint; lines black, narrow, 
often indistinct; M of t.p. moderately strong, the upper tooth the more prominent; 
submarginal space whitish, serrated. Secondaries dull, dark yellow; median band 
rather slight, constricted, narrowing towards anal margin and often reaching it. 
Expands 60 —70 mm. Habitat, Eastern, Middle, and Western States. [ood plant, 
Hickory, (Auct. Angus). 
Basilis differs only in the presence of the basal dash. 
60. innubens, Guen. Noct. 3, 98. Walk. C.B.V. 1203. Grote, Trans. Am. 
Ent. Soc. 4, 8, Hinda. French, Papilio 1, 111. 
Primaries rich brown, powdered with glaucous scales; lines distinct, black; M 
of t.p. line strong, teeth broad, even; reniform brown, annulate with pale white; 
subreniform pale, often nearly white, small; at the apex resting on costa is a large 
triangular whitish spot. Secondaries reddish orange; median band rather broad, quite 
even. Expands 65—70 mm. Habitat, Eastern, Middle, and Western States. 
Food plant Walnut. 
Hinda has broad, darker brown shading from base to apex. 
Var. flavidalis, Grt. Papilio 1, 63. Secondaries yellow. 
Var. gcintillans, G. & R. Proc. Ent, Soc. Phila. 6, 28, pl. 4, f. 0, Trans. Am. 
Ent. Soc. 4, 8. 
Primaries very dark, nearly black, uniform to t.p. line. 
