﻿[99] 
  Notes 
  on 
  Cucullia 
  Ljetifica. 
  211 
  

  

  The 
  nervular-interrupted 
  black 
  terminal 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  

   margin 
  of 
  the 
  primaries, 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  feature 
  to 
  distinguish 
  this 
  

   species 
  from 
  Speyeri. 
  

  

  In 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  examples 
  of 
  Icetiftca 
  before 
  me, 
  can 
  the 
  

   outlines 
  of 
  the 
  orbicular 
  and 
  reniform 
  spots 
  be 
  traced, 
  or 
  even 
  

   approximately 
  lined 
  by 
  comparison 
  with 
  congeneric 
  examples. 
  

   (It 
  is 
  proper 
  to 
  state 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  all 
  in 
  a 
  somewhat 
  imperfect 
  

   condition.) 
  In 
  each, 
  the 
  lower 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  reniform 
  is 
  so 
  

   well 
  defined, 
  that, 
  from 
  its 
  position 
  and 
  extent 
  it 
  might 
  readily 
  

   be 
  mistaken 
  for 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  transverse 
  line. 
  It 
  

   can 
  be 
  followed 
  as 
  a 
  black 
  line 
  from 
  vein 
  5, 
  curving 
  downward 
  

   over 
  4 
  and 
  3, 
  and 
  then 
  upward 
  over 
  the 
  median 
  at 
  about 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  space 
  between 
  3 
  and 
  2. 
  In 
  C. 
  intermedia 
  

   this 
  line 
  has 
  the 
  same 
  extent 
  but 
  is 
  less 
  curved 
  over 
  4 
  and 
  3. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  type 
  specimen 
  of 
  Icetiftca, 
  traces 
  of 
  the 
  orbicular 
  are- 
  

   visible 
  as 
  two 
  pale 
  brown 
  dashes, 
  separated 
  by 
  a 
  tooth 
  of 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  transverse 
  line 
  lying 
  above 
  and 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  

   bifurcation 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  and 
  vein 
  2. 
  It 
  is 
  believed 
  that 
  the 
  

   form 
  of 
  the 
  orbicular 
  of 
  Iwtiftca 
  (and 
  also 
  of 
  Speyeri), 
  should 
  

   it 
  hereafter 
  be 
  traceable 
  in 
  perfect 
  examples, 
  will 
  prove 
  to 
  be 
  

   that 
  of 
  a 
  figure 
  8, 
  or 
  two 
  contiguous 
  ellipses 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  

   lower 
  is 
  the 
  larger 
  — 
  quite 
  unlike 
  the 
  quadrate 
  form 
  in 
  poster 
  a 
  

   and 
  asteroides, 
  and 
  in 
  absynthii 
  and 
  asteris 
  of 
  Europe. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  of 
  wings 
  of 
  $ 
  , 
  from 
  1.58 
  to 
  1.88 
  inch. 
  Length 
  of 
  

   body 
  from 
  .7 
  to 
  .78 
  inch. 
  

  

  From 
  1 
  $ 
  in 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Otto 
  von 
  Meske, 
  2 
  ? 
  ' 
  s 
  in 
  

   the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  L. 
  Graef, 
  and 
  1 
  $ 
  (through 
  the 
  favor 
  

   of 
  Mr. 
  Graef) 
  in 
  my 
  Collection. 
  

  

  Previous 
  to 
  the 
  detection 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  I 
  had 
  determined 
  a 
  

   Texan 
  Cucullia 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Morrison, 
  as 
  Speyeri. 
  Since 
  then, 
  it 
  

   has 
  not 
  been 
  convenient 
  for 
  me 
  to 
  review 
  the 
  determination, 
  

   but 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  probable 
  that 
  a 
  re-examination 
  would 
  show 
  it 
  to 
  

   be 
  a 
  Icetiftca, 
  and 
  consequently 
  that 
  Speyeri 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  

   received 
  from 
  Texas. 
  

  

  