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wings sometimes tinged with red, the black spots discreet, rarely 
fused or absent. 
In vittata the pattern of the fore-wings usually lacks the W 
mark, and the costa is pale. A character sometimes useful is a 
tendency to a more evenly rounded outer margin of the fore- 
wings, giving them a broad and stumpy appearance. The hind- 
wings are usually red, sometimes yellow, the black spots often 
fused. The dorsum of the abdomen may or may not be broadly 
black. 
A brood of vittata which I reared recently thru two 
generations appears to be a mutation. All the moths of the first 
generation had a black costal margin on the fore- wing, instead 
of the pale one usual to vittata, and the male appendages showed 
a constant difference from the normal form thruout both genera- 
tions. 
Radians is closest to phalerata in appearance, but the pattern 
of the fore-wings is usually abbreviated as in vittata, with pale 
costa. The hind- wings are typically yellow tinged with red, 
exactly as in phalerata, and similarly the red may be entirely 
lacking, or may predominate. I include under radians the form 
floridana Cassino, and regard this name as a synonym. The 
female floridana does not differ from the form which has always 
been regarded as radians, and the male agrees with the des- 
cription and figures of the male which Seifert first associated 
with radians by breeding. 
Phalerata is the most protean of the four forms. While in 
most cases easily recognized, its variations may almost exactly 
resemble any of the other forms. The pattern of the fore-wings 
is usually complete, but is often more or less abbreviated and the 
costa may be either black or pale. The fore-wings tend to be 
comparatively narrow, particularly as compared to vittata, with 
the Outer border more oblique with well marked apex. The 
hind-wings vary from the typical yellowish tinged with pink at 
the inner margin, to pale yellow or red. The abdomen is more 
frequently tinged with reddish on the sides than in the other 
forms. 
There is a form of phalerata, apparently common in Florida, 
and which I also have from Alabama and Arkansas, which has 
