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costa, then evenly and slightly concave, slightly paler and fine, to inner margin; 

 defined by a heavy dark shade before and a fine line beyond it. Wing beyond 

 postmedial line more nearly even purplish fuscous. Hind wing dark. (H 48:11.) 



Larva a leaf roller on trumpet creeper. 



District of Columbia, Illinois, Missouri, and south. 



4. T08ALE Walker 

 (Siparocera Grote) 



Palpi obliquely upturned to middle of front, short; tibiae tufted as in Clydon- 

 opteron, but the hind tibiae less heavily so; fore wing of male with a very large 

 hollow cone at base of costa, retinaculum ring-like, and frenulum thickened and 

 modified, the outer margin nearly even and apex not falcate: R 2 stalked in female, 

 free in male; M x from cell; M 2 and M 3 connate; 3d A swinging up to meet 2d A and 

 obliterating 3d A x . Hind wing with Sc and R shortly anastomosing; all the other 

 veins free. Female similar, without the cone and modified frenulum and retinaculum. 

 In T. oviplagalis the male has a large OA-al patch of black sex scales on upper side of 

 hind wing and one on under side of fore wing. 



1. T. oviplagalis Walker. Antemedial space yellow-brown to olive, bounded by 

 a white, evenly excurved antemedial line; basal sixth pinkish, the rest of the 

 wing dull light brown; median area paler and grayer, especially toward costa; 

 postmedial line twice as far from apex as from anal angle, convex in the middle 

 and concave toward the margins ; even. Some gray shading before postmedial 

 line and some brown beyond it toward costa. Hind wing fuscous, with a large 

 black patch in male. 16 mm. (8. nobilis Grote, Asopia anthcecioides Grote.) 

 (H 48:33). 



May to July. 



New York to Illinois, and south to South America. New York: Ithaca, Long 

 Island. 



5. GALAS A Walker 

 (Cordylopeza Zeller) 



Palpi rather short, beaklike, second segment tufted on upper side. Middle 

 tibiae and metatarsi very heavily tufted with black scales; hind metatarsi very 

 heavily tufted, and tibiae and second joint of tarsi more lightly; fore wing of male 

 (fig. 308) without a cone at base of costa (a rudiment visiole on bleaching), 

 retinaculum large but normal, buried in loose scaling; Sc weak, normal; R x and R 3 

 lost (Hampson figures R t as present, but I cannot find it), cell two -fifths length 

 of wing, Mj free; M 2 and M 3 connate or shortly separate; Cu x and Cu 2 long-stalked; 

 2d A and 3d A anastomosing at a point, obliterating 3d A x . Hind wing with 

 frenulum not modified; Sc and R anastomosing, lower part of discocellular vein 

 closely parallel to lower edge of cell, and M 2 and M 3 more or less distinctly stalked. 

 Fore wing with two shallow notches, with a curved pencil of hair (concealed by 

 the scaling) curving down across the surface of the wing from the second one. 

 Female with palpi longer, curved down at tip, tibiae and tarsi less heavily tufted; 

 fore wing (fig. 309) with a single broad shallow notch; Rj arising near the tip 

 of the cell; R, stalked; R 3 lost;, 3d A connected to 2d A by a short section of 

 3d Aj ; frenulum triple. 



1. G. nigrinodis Zeller. Fore wing orange-red, at base, dull crimson outwardly; 

 the concave part of costa finely gray-edged; antemedial and postmedial lines white, 

 normally denned with fuscous, sometimes distinct at costa only. Antemedial line 

 waved, postmedial finely dentate. Hind wing dirty white, shaded with fuscous, 

 often with a distinct postmedial gray shade. 15-18 mm. (rubidaua auct.. imt. 

 Walker). 



June and July: September. 



