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VOL. II. BROOKLYN, SEPT. 1879-JAN. 1880. NO. 5. to_9. 

 OX A NEW SPECIES OF DATANA. 



13Y EDW. L. tUIAEF. 



We have in the V.^. six described species of Datana, which, 

 although very closely allied can be easily distinguished in sever- 

 al stages <»f their existence. These species are: D, ministra, D. 

 major, I). Angusii, 1). integerrima, D. contracta and D. perspicua, 



and arc all but the last named found on Long Island.* 



I received this year from Florida (Mr. A. Kcebele) a species en- 

 tirely distinct from any of the foregoing and give the following 

 description : 



Datana floridana, new species. 



Size small and slight ; wings entire. Color of primaries dark 

 brown with' a purplish flush. 



Three indistinct dark brown transverse lines from costa to in- 

 ternal margin, the first distant about one fourth the extent of 

 g from base and slightly curved toward the latter, near the 

 costa; the second close to the first but straight, and the third 

 running from near the inner angle to costa, distant about one 

 third the expanse of wing from apex and curved towards the 

 of wing. Central discal spot slight and oblong. Apical 

 streak slight. 



Secondaries pale reddish brown, darker near the margin. 

 Fringes tinged with gray. 



* I would here call attention to the exe ; • on this genua by Prof. 



A. Et. Grote, in " Proceedings of the American Ent. Society," Phila., Vol. 6, 



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