— 15^- 

 E. aurantiaca Hilbner. 



1S23 — HUHNKR, Zutr. lix Schmeit., Vol. II, n. 206. 



var. rubicundaria Huhn-r. 



1823 — HuiiNER. Zutr. E.x Schmett., Vol. II, 11. 256. 



7-osa French. 



1890 — Frkncu, Can. Ent., \'oI. X.\II, p. 133. 



rar. diminutiva Gracf. 



1SS7 — Gr.aek, Ent. Amer., \'ol. Ill, p. 42. 



var. ferruginosa Walker. 



1S54 — Walkkr, C:it ISril. .Mus., \'ol. II, p. 535. 



7'ar. brevicornis ]]'alkcr. 



1854 — Walkeu, Cat. IJrit. Mus., Vol. II, p. 536. 



belfragei Si retch. 



18S5 — Stretch, Ent. Anicr., \'ol. I, p. 103 



7'ar. quinaria Grotc. 



1863 — Gkote, Proc. Ent. Soc , Phil., Vol. II, p. 30. 



choriona Reakirt. 



1864 — Rf..\kirt, Proc. Ent. Soc, Phil., Vol. II, p. 371. 



himaciilata Saunders 



i86g — Saunders, Can. Ent., \'ol. II, p. 5. 



Fore wings chocolate brown to yellowish fawn color, immacu- 

 late or indistinctly shaded with transverse brown bands, with 

 obscure discal dot, and occasionally one or more large whitish 

 spots (var. quinaria). Secondaries reddish, or rosy red, immacu- 

 late or with a rather l)road outer blackish border, and discal dot 

 or the border may be broken \\\^ into spots. Expanse, 20 — 28 mm ; 

 of var. dii)iiiiiitiva 16 mm. 



Habitat, Atlantic States to Rocky Mountains and Texas. 



Cicniis liaploa IlYibncr. 

 1822 — IIuHNKK, Verz. bek. Schmett., p. 1S2. 



Sxiiopsis of species. 

 Secondaries yellow. 



I'ore wings marked with an incomplete brown border. 



A half band from internal margin before anal angle, pointing 



upward clymene. 



Several complete slender bands ....... colona. 



I'ore wings white ........ var. conscita. 



Secondaries white. 



Eore wings with brown marks. 



Wings crossed by several distinct bands, which may be more or 

 less obsolete. 



