h'll) .\( II l(J,'n-/-/S niSTU.lC'll Snillli. s|.. no\. 

 nl.st rviil'il'is Siiiilh. 



ISS7. Smitli. I'rnc. I'. S. N.il. Miis., \. 151. 



("l;i\ \rlln\\ or Lrr.i> i'-li. inure m- less pnw dcrcd willi l)|;iclxisli. Cusl.i 

 .sliii'hth' liiilcr. S.t. s|i.'i(C slnniLilv |)ii\s(Iitc(I with lil.irk, liiil ikiI (l;irkci- 

 Ih.-iii tin- innlijii) spjici-s. Cell ;i.s ii.sii.il, lil.ick or il;iik lill((k I'immsv crsc 

 liiu's urmiimU'. hlacU, complete, course .is in Hie iircrnliim s|i((i(s, S.I. 

 line p.'ile, ein]>li;i.si/.e(l iiy ;i l)l;tcU eo.stjil p.ilcli jikI .i slifilil |ircr<(linL;- likick 

 i.sli .sli;i(le. Secoii(i;iries fu.scoii.s. ('oll;ir coiicoIokmis. 



I'Apiind.s: .M2-:H """ ; l.-2S-l.:J(i incites. 



IIiil)it;il: W;isliinji-(oiu Orcuon, ( '.ilitorni.i. 



\';irie.s ill llu- direction of .1 inorr c\cn color, llic lil.ick iio\vdri'iiif:-.s 

 U'ss (lislincl, I he cell nol lil.icU tlioii.iiii (hi.sUy. 'i'lie six'Cle.s iwi.s :i |icciil;ir 

 sordid jippciir.iiH c, ;ind II. c dense hiiicki: li jitoiiis with wliieh it is iiowdercd, 

 :i(l(l to this appe;ir;mce. It is not iinliUe )'.r: erllstupiKt in color and hahiliis 

 thouiih evidently distinct by the concot'orous collar. This is one of the forms 

 which was marked nhscn'nliilis liy Mr. (Irolc, and wliicli I so referred as 

 above cited. 



The harjics of llie male iia\e the sii|ieriiir ixoeess soiiewlial leni:-lli- 

 eiu'd and somewliat clavate, and llie inl'erinr .niiile aeiile. The elas])er is 

 very short and ratiier thick. 



Tvi'K Loc.m.ity: M'ashinjiton, Oretion, ( aliloi iiia. 



Xr."Miii;K .AM) Si;:jci:s "i" Tvi-ks: 



Tytks in: 



Si'KcniKXa 1'jXamim;i): 1, W'ashiniiton. 



Gkxitalic Si.iDKs: ], Washingtiw. 



Tliis is the most distinct form of all. All spicimciis Ixfore the 

 wriltr have the orbicular U-shaped, open to the costa. The writer 

 lias never seen a specimen with a black-tipped collar; nor witli the 

 crll tilled in with black between the stigmata ; "although Dr. Smith 

 speaks of distract a, "cell as usual, black or dark filled." but after- 

 ward amplifies his description, "the cell not black though dusky." 



Ciipidi.ssima has a characteristic "pepper and salt" appearance, 

 due to a sprinkling of black scales over the primaries. It may be 

 almost any color or sliade. Laetula comes nearest to it on one hand 

 and (wsertistigma via ohservabilis on the other. Laetula is similar 

 in all respects, but smaller and stubbier. It is very probably an 

 aberration of cupidissima. Dr. Smith sunk his own distracta to this 

 form, and tliere it may remain. The type of distracta apjiears lost, 

 but the author has tliis note of Dr. jNIcDunnough : "Type distracta, 

 Sm.. is possibly a specimen in Xeum, Coll. labeled by Grote ohserv- 

 abilis." In r,ull. XXXVIII. U. S. X'. M., 36, Smith describes dis- 

 tracta and adds: "This one is of the forms marked ohservahilis 

 by Mr. Grote, and which I so referred as above cited." (See orig- 

 inal description of distracta.) The type of distracta should be in 

 tlie Xeumogen Collection, either labeled as "Type" or as ohserva- 

 hilis in Mr. Grote's handwriting. Although there appeared to have 

 been a specimen in the Xeumogen Collection labeled ohservahilis 

 by Mr. Grote in accordance with the note of Dr. McDunnough 

 quoted above, this specimen has since disappeared. 



The author has a stubby-winged form before him, in the cell 

 of which there is blackish sealing. He cannot differentiate between 

 this form and Mr. Grote's laetula. Apparently it is one of a very 



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