﻿[113] 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  Phal^enid^e. 
  225 
  

  

  Cidaria 
  Packardata 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  This 
  name 
  is 
  proposed 
  for 
  the 
  species 
  described 
  and. 
  figured 
  

   by 
  Dr. 
  Packard 
  on 
  p. 
  124, 
  PL 
  viii, 
  fig. 
  52, 
  of 
  the 
  Monograph 
  ' 
  

   of 
  the 
  Phalcenidce. 
  It 
  is 
  regarded 
  by 
  him 
  as 
  identical 
  with 
  

   the 
  European 
  Phalama 
  populata 
  Linn., 
  and 
  a 
  generic 
  name 
  

   applied 
  to 
  it 
  and 
  to 
  several 
  allied 
  species, 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  

   Tentaraen 
  list 
  of 
  Hiibner's 
  Stirps 
  — 
  Petrophora. 
  

  

  The 
  two 
  forms 
  are 
  so 
  very 
  different 
  in 
  contour 
  of 
  wings, 
  

   markings 
  and 
  color, 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  difficult 
  to 
  understand 
  how 
  they 
  

   could 
  have 
  been 
  united. 
  In 
  Packar 
  data* 
  the 
  primaries 
  are 
  

   quite 
  excavated 
  from 
  the 
  apex 
  to 
  vein 
  4, 
  at 
  which 
  point, 
  in 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  males 
  before 
  me, 
  they 
  are 
  distinctly 
  angulated 
  ; 
  the 
  

   secondaries 
  are 
  slightly 
  angulated 
  on 
  vein 
  4. 
  In 
  populata, 
  

   a 
  scarcely 
  perceptible 
  excavation 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  below 
  the 
  

   apex 
  of 
  the 
  primaries, 
  and 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  secondaries 
  is 
  

   regularly 
  rounded. 
  

  

  In 
  Packardata, 
  the 
  broad 
  basilar 
  band 
  is 
  composed 
  of 
  three 
  

   lines, 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  of 
  which 
  approximate, 
  and 
  are 
  sep- 
  

   arated 
  by 
  pale 
  yellow; 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  are 
  distant, 
  with 
  

   dark 
  yellow 
  between. 
  In 
  populata, 
  the 
  band 
  consists 
  of 
  but 
  

   two 
  lines 
  with 
  pale 
  yellow 
  between, 
  or 
  a 
  third 
  line 
  may 
  be 
  

   faintly 
  seen 
  near 
  the 
  third. 
  

  

  In 
  our 
  species, 
  the 
  whitish 
  band 
  between 
  the 
  basilar 
  and 
  

   mesial 
  bands 
  is 
  more 
  sharply 
  angulated 
  toward 
  the 
  costa 
  

   above 
  the 
  median 
  vein, 
  and 
  its 
  outer 
  border 
  is 
  more 
  strongly 
  

   toothed. 
  The 
  outer 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  mesial 
  band 
  differs 
  very 
  

   materially 
  in 
  its 
  course 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  line 
  in 
  populata, 
  in 
  

   its 
  running 
  in 
  a 
  nearly 
  direct 
  line, 
  with 
  only 
  a 
  slight 
  bend- 
  

   ing 
  backward 
  between 
  veins 
  5 
  and 
  7, 
  to 
  near 
  the 
  outer 
  

   margin 
  of 
  the 
  wing, 
  whence 
  it 
  proceeds 
  to 
  form 
  two 
  promi- 
  

   nent 
  produced 
  teeth 
  in 
  cells 
  2 
  and 
  3. 
  In 
  populata, 
  these 
  

   teeth 
  are 
  comparatively 
  improminent; 
  they 
  are 
  at 
  nearly 
  

   twice 
  the 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  as 
  compared 
  

   with 
  the 
  other 
  species; 
  the 
  excavation 
  on 
  vein 
  5 
  is 
  deep 
  

   and 
  rounded, 
  and 
  thence, 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  line 
  to 
  the 
  

   costa 
  is 
  nearly 
  parallel 
  to 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  instead 
  of 
  quite 
  

   oblique 
  to 
  it. 
  The 
  distinctly 
  marked, 
  lunulated, 
  subter- 
  

   minal 
  line 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  barely 
  indicated 
  at 
  its 
  extremities 
  

   in 
  our 
  form, 
  in 
  which 
  there 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  no 
  place 
  for 
  it 
  

   medially, 
  from 
  the 
  approximation 
  of 
  the 
  dentations 
  of 
  the 
  

   mesial 
  band 
  to 
  the 
  outer 
  margin. 
  The 
  subapical 
  patch 
  is 
  

  

  