50 NocTUiD.?:. 



narrow red-brown band ; patagiawitli some blackisli scales towards 

 extremity ; palpi with some whitish at base and in front, the 2nd 

 joint with some fuscous ; frons with lateral black bars ; pectus 

 and legs whitish tinged with brown, the fore tibiae with black spots 

 at base and extremity, the tarsi with fuscous bands ; abdomen pale 

 reddish brown, the anal tuft at extremity and the ventral surface 

 whitish. Fore wing grey tinged with red-brown and slightly 

 irrorated with dark brown ; subbasal line black, excurved below 

 costa and ending at subraedian fold ; antemedial line black, oblique 

 and sinuous to submedian fold, then slight and angled inwards at 

 vein ] , a short black streak beyond it on base of vein 2 ; reniform 

 slightly defined by red-brown, its centre defined by red-brown, its 

 outer edge somewhat dentate, an oblique fuscous striga above it 

 from costa ; a large irregular spot defined by black below end of 

 cell, connected with the postmedial, line which is black, bent 

 outwards below costa, then obliquely downcurved, acutely angled 

 outwards above and below vein 5, then oblique, dentate, at 

 vein 2 forming the sinus below end of cell, bidentate at submedian 

 fold and angled inwards at vein 1 ; subterminal line indistinct, 

 double, dentate, obliquely downcurved from costa to below vein 7 ; 

 a series of black points in the interspaces before termen and an 

 oblique dark shade from termen below apex to the angle of 

 postmedial line. Hind wing bright crimson-pink; an obliquely 

 curved medial black band from costa to vein 1, its outer edge 

 angled outwards at vein 5 ; the terminal area black, broad at costa 

 and narrowing to a point at vein 1 ; the termen to vein 2 and 

 cilia white, with a series of brown spots at veins (i to 2. Under- 

 side of fore wing white, an oblique fuscous shade from below costa 

 before middle to the black medial band at submedian fold, this 

 band oblique from costa to vein 5, a curved fuscous subterminal 

 band, the area beyond it grey irrorated with brown ; hind wing as 

 above but the basal costal area whitish, the postmedial costal area 

 whitish and with some whitish at submedian fold, a dark discoidal 

 striga, the medial black band narrower and more irregular, the 

 subterminal band obsolescent towards costa, the area beyond it to 

 vein 2 grey irrorated with brown. 



Ab. 1. nurus. Fore wing with diffused blackish fascia below 

 the cell and oblique shade from termen below apex to end of cell. 



Hah. Can^ada, jSTova Scotia ; U.S.A., Eastern States, New York 

 [Douhledny^ Orote), 8 S, 1 $, types mirus and seJecta, Ohio 

 (Driirij), 1 S, Kansas (S^iow), 1 d, Florida, Texas, Colorado, 

 Northern Range, Arizona; Mexico, D ut ango (Forrer), 1 cJ , 1 5 , 

 Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 84-98 millim. 



Larva. Kellicott, Papilio, i. p. 342; Frencl:, Papilio, iv. p. 8. 



Very pale lilacine white with three dorsal and three lateral 

 stripes ; 8th somite with a slight clay-coloured protuberance, the 

 llth somite with a pair of slight protuberances. Food-plants, 

 Willow and Poplar. 



