— i6o — 



to just below apex. Tliis latter band is projected toward costa 

 and outer margin forming sometimes a fourth band from outer 

 fourtli of costa to middle of outer margin. These bands may be 

 more or less absent, and in tlie var. co/isi-ifa the wings'are immacu- 

 late. Expanse, 55 mm. 



Habitat, Southern Atlantic States to Texas. 



t1. lecontei Gi/en'/i. 



1829 — 44 — (kKKix, Icon. K. An. Ins., p. 517. 



Icucomelas I lerrich-Sciiaffer. 



1S5S — llERKicn-SriiAKFFKK, .\usser. .Schmett., \V)I. I, fig-. 431. 



7<ar. confinis // alkcr. 



1S55 W.MKKK, Cat. Biit. Mus., \'ol. Ill, p 651. 



7'ar. militaris Harris. 



J841 — Harris, Kep. Ins. Mass., p. 243. 

 var. fulvicosta Cic/iiciis.* 



1S61 — Ci.KME.NS, I'roc. Acad. Sci., Phil., i860, p. 536, 



White ; head ocherous, body witli a more or less well tlefmed 

 dorsal brown stripe. Besides the usual brown border, the fore 

 wings have an oblique stripe from just below apex to outer fourth 

 of inner margin, and three transverse equitlistant bands. The 

 two outer from costa to the stripe, the basal one to internal 

 margin. In the less distinctly spotted forms these bands disap- 

 pear, the oblique band and finally the border also, leaving the 

 wing white with ocherous costal margin (var. ////I'iu'sta). E\- 

 panse, 45 mm. 



Habitat, Atlantic States westward. 



H. contigua //rf/Xw. 



1855— Wai.KKR, Cat. r.iit. Mns., pt. Ill, p. 651. 



In this form the transverse bands consist of two, an inner 

 oblique from internal angle to near middle of costa, and an outer 

 band from just below apex, joining the inner band near its middle 

 and running nearly parallel to the costa. In less well marketl 

 forms, the outer band disappears first. 



Habitat, Atlantic States. 



* This name evidently applies to no natural species. Both lecontei and 

 reversa and perhaps also contigua produce forms without any black marks, wliich 

 are imlistinguishable by niaciilation. Since tlie name ful'c'icosta covers portions of 

 two or more species, we propose to restrict it to the white variety of lecontei, and 

 suggest a new name for the corresponding form of reversa. 



