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C^enus Cisthene ll'a/kcr. 



1854— Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., II, p. 533. 



Byssophat^a Behr. 



1872 — Behr, in Stretch, Zyg. and Bomb. N. A., I, p. 49. 



Pyraliiiia Felder. 



1S74 — Fei.der, Kcise der Novara, Lep. I\', pi. 106, lig. 23. 



Synopsis of species. 



Bright colored species with pink and yellow. 



A pale stripe on internal margin of primaries; apices of secondaries 

 usually slightly covered by lead color. 

 Complete transverse yellowish band on primaries . . unifascia. 

 Tiie band narrowed centrally .... var. tenuifascia. 

 A pale stripe near internal margin: apices of secondaries well covered 

 with lead color. 



A yellow mark at middle of costa subjecta. 



This mark absent vm ■ plumbea. 



Dull colored species with no pink. 



Secondaries nearly unicolorous, smoky. 



Secondaries dirty white ...... faustinula. 



Secondaries smoky gray ,,.... var. fusca. 



Secondaries yellowish with the apical fourth dark gray . . Iiexa. 



C. unifascia Grotc v> Robinson. 



i863 — Grote & RoiiiNSON, Trans. .\m. Ent. Soc, Vol. II, p. 175. 



rar. tenuifacia Harvey. 



1S75— IIakvey, Bull. Buff. Soc, Vol. Ill, p. 4. 



Primaries slate gray witli a transverse baiul on outer third 

 and a longitudinal one along basal two thirds of internal margin, 

 pale yellow. Band varies in width. Abdomen and secondaries 

 pink, with tip of latter, or a rather broad outer border, lead color, 

 but costal edge pink. Thora.x lead color or partly or wholly 

 yellow. Expanse, 14 — 15 mm. 



Habitat.^ Southern .Vtlantic States from New N'ork to Te.xas. 



C. subjecta W'olker. 



1854— Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., Vol. II, p. 534. 



pockaidii Grote. 



1863 — Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. I'hila., Vol. II, p. 31. 



7'ar. plumbea Stretch. 



1885 — Strefch, Ent. Amer.,Vol. I, p. 102. 



Primaries lead colored with a spot on costa near ape.x, or 

 without this spot. Near internal margin a yellowish band from 

 base to near internal angle, dilated at the tip and sometimes 



