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postmedial line double, black, fine, oblique to below vein 7, in- 

 curved at discal fold, excurved at middle, then oblique and slightly 

 sinuous, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line 

 black, oblique, sinuous, excurved at middle, a rather diffused 

 ochreoiis spot on it at discal fold; a series of minute black spots 

 defined on outer side by ochreous before termen. Hind wino- 

 black-brown suffused with silvery blue, the costal area to beyond 

 middle and the inner margin tinged with red-brown, the terminal 

 area striated with black ; four indistinct slightly sinuous dark lines 

 beyond the cell ; postmedial line double, fine, black, sinuous, a 

 black line beyond it slightly defined on outer side by ochreous 

 and somewhat incurved between discal and submediaii folds ; a 

 series of minute pale points before termen ; the underside dark 

 red-brown slightly irrorated with whitish, three indistinct lines on 

 medial area, postmedial line slight, dark, minutely waved, a faint 

 subterminal line, and series of black points before termen. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with the ochreous spot on subterminal line 

 replaced by a few whitish scales. 



Ab. 2. timhripennis. Fore wing with the inner half of medial 

 area browner, the area from before the outer medial line to the 

 subterminal line suffused with grey- white except on costal area. 



Hah. Canada, Ontario, London (Saunders), 1 $ , Grimsby 

 (Pettit), 1 $; U.S.A., Eastern States to Florida and west to 

 Colorado, Massachusetts, Beverly (Burgess), 3 c? , 2 $ , New York 

 Center {Grote), 2 c? , 1 ? , Texas, Dallas {Boll), 1 6. Exp. 

 42-52 millim. 



8030. Zale corvus. (Plate CCXXX. fig. 3.) 



Fxeudanthracia corvtis, Schaiis, A. M. N. H. (7) viii. p. 78 (1901). 

 Ypsia undularis, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 346 (nee Dniry). 



6 • Head and thorax black-brown slightly irrorated with silvery 

 blue ; pectus whitish tinged with red-brown ; tarsi ringed with 

 whitish ; abdomen black-brown slightly irrorated with grey, the 

 ventral surface pale red-brown. Fore wing black-brown tinged 

 with red-brown, especially in submedian interspace, and suffused 

 with silvery blue ; subbasal line double, indistinct, black, oblique, 

 from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, indistinct, 

 black, oblique, excurved in submedian interspace ; an indistinct 

 double oblique waved medial line ; reniform a narrow lunule defined 

 by black ; postmedial line double, black, oblique to below vein 7, 

 incurved at discal fold, oblique and sinuous below vein 4 ; sub- 

 terminal line black, angled outwards below veins 7 and 4, then 

 incurved and sinuous ; the terminal area slightly striated with 

 black. Hind wing black-brown suffused with silvery blue, the 

 costal area and inner margin reddish brown ; three indistinct 

 sinuous dark lines on medial area ; postmedial line indistinctly 

 double, black, sinuous ; subterminal line black, closely approximated 

 to the postmedial line, angled outwards at vein 3, then incurved ; 



