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  Thirtieth 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  State 
  Museum. 
  [101] 
  

  

  would 
  be 
  absolutely 
  confounding 
  if 
  the 
  difference 
  in 
  the 
  dila- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  their 
  antennae 
  was 
  not 
  evident. 
  The 
  following 
  is 
  their 
  

   general 
  description 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  superior 
  wings 
  are 
  subdentate, 
  of 
  a 
  powdery 
  gray, 
  

   bordering 
  on 
  a 
  yellow, 
  and 
  usually 
  dotted 
  or 
  striated 
  with 
  

   brown 
  atoms. 
  The 
  orbicular 
  is 
  wanting, 
  but 
  the 
  reniform 
  is 
  

   usually 
  present, 
  of 
  an 
  oval 
  form 
  and 
  blackish. 
  All 
  the 
  lines 
  

   are 
  indistinct 
  except 
  the 
  subterminal, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  inferior 
  

   portion 
  is 
  always 
  visible, 
  blackish, 
  slightly 
  dentate, 
  and 
  fol- 
  

   lowed 
  by 
  a 
  contiguous, 
  parallel, 
  ferruginous 
  line. 
  The 
  in- 
  

   ferior 
  wings 
  are 
  yellow, 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  cellular 
  spot 
  and 
  a 
  

   black 
  border, 
  irregular 
  and 
  interrupted 
  near 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  

   by 
  a 
  spot 
  of 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  ground, 
  as 
  in 
  Catocala. 
  The 
  

   under 
  side 
  % 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  wings 
  have 
  the 
  designs 
  black 
  and 
  

   more 
  distinct, 
  and 
  the 
  costa 
  gray. 
  That 
  of 
  the 
  superior 
  is 
  

   also 
  j^ellow, 
  with 
  two 
  black 
  bands 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  costa 
  

   and 
  terminating 
  before 
  the 
  internal 
  margin. 
  The 
  abdomen 
  

   is 
  not 
  annulated 
  with 
  yellow 
  and 
  black 
  as 
  in 
  Hybl^ea, 
  but 
  

   all 
  yellow 
  with 
  some 
  black 
  bands 
  occupying 
  only 
  the 
  upper 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  segments, 
  with 
  the 
  anus 
  equally 
  black 
  above. 
  

  

  The 
  Hypocalas 
  inhabit 
  India, 
  Africa 
  and 
  America. 
  They 
  

   are 
  not 
  common 
  in 
  collections, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  almost 
  always 
  

   found 
  in 
  a 
  bad 
  state." 
  

  

  The 
  honor 
  and 
  credit 
  of 
  the 
  discovery 
  of 
  this 
  moth 
  is 
  due 
  

   to 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  W. 
  Hill, 
  of 
  'Albany, 
  IS 
  T 
  . 
  Y. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  deem 
  it 
  an 
  

   accidental 
  discovery, 
  but 
  rather 
  the 
  direct 
  consequence 
  of 
  so 
  

   persistent 
  and 
  thorough 
  a 
  " 
  working 
  up 
  " 
  of 
  a 
  favorable 
  locality 
  

   by 
  the 
  aid 
  of 
  a 
  greatly 
  improved 
  method 
  of 
  sugaring, 
  that 
  I 
  

   believe 
  I 
  may 
  venture 
  the 
  assertion 
  that 
  not 
  even 
  an 
  approxi- 
  

   mation 
  to 
  it 
  has 
  hitherto 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  annals 
  of 
  Lepidop- 
  

   tera 
  collecting. 
  While, 
  therefore, 
  I 
  most 
  earnestly 
  deprecate 
  

   the 
  frequent 
  introduction 
  of 
  names 
  of 
  individuals 
  in 
  our 
  En- 
  

   tomological 
  nomenclature, 
  — 
  often 
  on 
  no 
  other 
  ground 
  than 
  as 
  

   a 
  pretty 
  compliment, 
  an 
  incentive 
  to 
  the 
  enlargement 
  of 
  an 
  

   amateur 
  collection, 
  or 
  as 
  a 
  means 
  of 
  securing 
  the 
  favor 
  of 
  a 
  

   collector, 
  and 
  while 
  I 
  would 
  guard 
  the 
  honor 
  as 
  a 
  just 
  tribute, 
  

   (valuable 
  only 
  from 
  its 
  rare 
  bestowal), 
  to 
  those 
  whose 
  labors 
  

   constitute 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  our 
  science, 
  — 
  in 
  the 
  

   present 
  instance, 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  hesitancy 
  in 
  proposing 
  the 
  name 
  

   of 
  the 
  diseoverer 
  for 
  association 
  with 
  the 
  insect 
  below 
  de- 
  

   scribed. 
  The 
  results 
  obtained 
  at 
  Center 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  1877, 
  

   hereafter 
  to 
  be 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  public, 
  will 
  assuredly 
  constitute 
  

  

  