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68. dejecta, Streck. Bull. Brookl.Ent. Soc. 2, 97. 
Primaries narrower and more pointed than usual, light gray, heavily shaded 
with bluish, without dashes; a pale spot before reniform, which is dark; subreniform 
lighter; VI of t.p. line strong, teeth subequal. Secondaries black; fringe white blackish 
at ends of veins. Expands 70—75 mm. Habitat, Eastern, Middle, and Western 
States. 
69. retecta, Grt. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 4, 4, Streck., Rho. Het. 71, Dios 2s 
flebilis, Grt. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 4,4, Can. Ent. 8, 229, Streck. Rho. Het. 71, 
ipl. 9, f. 3, 4. 
Primaries pearlly cinereous, dash at base, and at sinus of t.p. line; lines distinct; 
M of t.p. line strongly produced, teeth nearly equal. Secondaries black; fringe white. 
Expands 7o—75 mm. Habitat, Middle and Western States. Food plant, Hickory 
(Auct, Angus). 
Flebilis has a diffuse black shading reaching from base, longitudinally across 
wing to apex. 
70. luctuosa Hulst. Primaries like retecla in markings, but with apical shading; 
wings broader and outwardly more rounded, and more or less generally covered 
with a brownish shading, often with a violet tinge. Secondaries black, with fringes 
broader and dull white, and marked with black at end of veins. Expands 75—80 mm. 
Habitat, Middle, and Western States. Food plant, probably Hickory. ~ 
This species I find in collections generally labelled reéecta. Mr. Grote 
in his description speaks nothing of the reddish, and#Mr. Strecker’s 
figure does not show it. ‘The typical specimens in Phila. cover both 
species. I describe and name the form, Mr. Grote did not. 
71. vidua, Abb, & Sm. Phaleenu vidua. Lep. Ga. 181, pl. 92, Grote, ‘Trans. 
Am. Ent. Soc. 4, 3, Check List N.A. Moths, p. 65, despeyata, Guen. Noct. 3, 95, 
Walk. C.B.M. 1200, Grote. Trans, Am. Ent. Soc. 4, 3, Streck. Rho. Het. 33, pl. 5, 
f. 2, Hulst, Bull. Brookl. Ent, Soc. 3, 12. 
Primaries with the color of retecta and markings of luctuosa, through these are 
here heavier and more decided; t.a. line heavily geminate, connecting half way with 
heavy black basal dash; apical and sinus shading heavy; t.p. line with M very much 
produced. Secondaries black, slightly gray at base; deep white fringe; in some spe— 
cimens there is near anterior margin a faint indication of a white median band. Ex— 
pands 80--90 mm. Habitat, Middle, Western, and Southern States, 
Larva; greenish gray, with many black lines; whiter laterally; slight protuber— 
ances on each segment; head gray, edged behind with black. Feeds on Oaks, (Abb.), 
Hickory, (Angus), and Walnut, (Koebele). 
72. mastosa, Hulst, viduwa, Guen. (nec. Abb, & Sm.) Noct. 3, 94, viduata, 
Guen. Noct. 3, 400, Grote, Trans. At. Am. Ent. Soc. 4, 3, Check List, N.A. Moths, 
p. 65, Streck. Rho. Het. 17, pl. 3, f. 2, Hulst, Bull. Brookl. Ent, Soc. 3, 12. 
