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Cat. Lachrymosa, Guen. 



Var. Paulina, Hy. Edw. 



A suffused and very handsome form of C. lachrymosa, bearing: the same rela- 

 tion to it that C. Seintillans does to C. Innubens. The whole of the primaries 

 is deep brownish black, with the exception of a space along the internal margin, 

 reaching to the t. p. line, and a rather broad posterior margin, which are whitish 

 gray, with black irrorations. In other respects exactly resembling C. Lachrymosa. 



I am indebted to Dr. James S. Bailey of Albany for the opportu- 

 nity to examine this very beautiful insect, which is certainly one of 

 the handsomest of our black- winged forms. It has been several 

 times taken in Ohio by Mr. C. Dury. 



Type, coll. Dr. Jas. S. Bailey. 



Cat Relicta, Walk. 



- Var. Phrynia, Hy. Edw. 



I apply this name to those examples in which the primaries are so 

 universally dotted with black atoms as to give them a grayish appear- 

 ance. The lines are very distinct, and, though there may be what are 

 called " intergrades " to be found in a large series of C. Relicta, I 

 believe that any number of examples may be grouped into three 

 forms, one of which is now presented. The type of Walker is that in 

 which the primaries are largely covered with white, the third form 

 being the following. 



Cat Relicta, Walk. 

 Var. Bianca, Hy. Edw. 



In this the base of the wing and the space between the t. p. and 

 the sub-marginal lines are always clouded with black, sometimes very 

 heavily exhibited. The median band of secondaries, too, has in this 

 form an occasional lilac tint, like that of C. Fraxini of Europe. Mr. 

 A. Allen, of Orono, Me., from whom I have received many kindnesses, 

 says, in a recent letter, "Relicta is rare here, no more than eight or 

 ten examples having been taken in so many years ; these are of the 

 usual whitish color, except one pair, $ Q, taken by myself at sugar, 

 September 8, 1878. They were flying in company. Does not this 

 indicate that the variety is so near a species that they choose their 

 mates from their own kind ? " The synonymy of C. Relicta will stand 

 thus : 

 C. ReMcta, Walker, white form. 



" var. Phrynia, Hy. Edwards, gray form. } Types, coll. Dr. Bailey 



var. Bianca, Hy. Edwards, black form. ) and Hy. Edwards. 



Cat Nebraska?, Dodge, is Cat Luciana, Hy. Edw., the latter 

 ■- having: been published in November, 1874, and the former in 

 January, 1875. 



