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  Thirtieth 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  State 
  Museum. 
  Q141 
  

  

  large, 
  uniformly 
  dark, 
  subsemicircular 
  in 
  outline, 
  while 
  in 
  

   populata 
  it 
  is 
  reduced 
  to 
  nearly 
  a 
  blackish 
  oblique 
  streak, 
  

   behind 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  uniform 
  shade 
  of 
  the 
  terminal 
  margin. 
  

  

  In 
  color, 
  PacJcardata 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  with 
  great 
  contrast 
  

   between 
  the 
  ground 
  color 
  and 
  the 
  interior 
  bordering 
  of 
  the 
  

   two 
  bands 
  : 
  populata 
  is 
  more 
  uniform 
  in 
  its 
  darker 
  oohra- 
  

   ceous 
  shading, 
  with 
  the 
  darker 
  yellow 
  tending 
  to 
  a 
  diffu- 
  

   sion 
  over 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  mesial 
  band. 
  Our 
  species 
  is 
  also 
  

   of 
  a 
  larger 
  size 
  than 
  the 
  European, 
  two 
  examples 
  measuring 
  

   respectively 
  1.50 
  m. 
  and 
  1.38 
  in., 
  while 
  the 
  examples 
  of 
  the 
  

   latter 
  before 
  me 
  are 
  but 
  1.25 
  in. 
  in 
  expanse. 
  

  

  Material 
  under 
  observation 
  : 
  One 
  male 
  of 
  C. 
  PacJcardata, 
  

   from 
  Collection 
  of 
  Otto 
  von 
  Meske, 
  made 
  at 
  Sharon 
  Springs, 
  

   N. 
  Y., 
  August 
  14, 
  1875 
  ; 
  one 
  male 
  from 
  Collection 
  of 
  W. 
  W. 
  

   Hill, 
  taken 
  in 
  Lewis 
  county, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  July 
  .27, 
  1876. 
  Of 
  

   C. 
  populata, 
  two 
  males 
  and 
  one 
  female 
  received 
  from 
  Dr. 
  

   Speyer, 
  of 
  Germany, 
  from 
  Collections 
  of 
  Mr. 
  von 
  Meske, 
  

   Mr. 
  Hill, 
  and 
  my 
  own. 
  

  

  C. 
  populata 
  is 
  very 
  well 
  represented 
  on 
  PI. 
  22, 
  fig. 
  590 
  of 
  

   Wood' 
  s 
  Index 
  Entomologicus, 
  in 
  its 
  characteristic 
  shape 
  of 
  

   wings 
  and 
  disposition 
  of 
  bands. 
  Its 
  habitat 
  and 
  apparition 
  

   are 
  there 
  given 
  as 
  u 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  England 
  and 
  in 
  

   Scotland, 
  in 
  July." 
  It 
  is 
  referred 
  by 
  Stephens 
  to 
  the 
  

   genus 
  Electra. 
  

  

  