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P L. VERRUCA. Fab. 
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Anterior wings of a violet-gray, with a deep golden luster, with two 
bands of gold sprinkled with brown; the first broad, starting from the 
inner border and ending at the cellule, interior portion straight, the 
exterior portion whith a sharp sinus near the fourth inferior nervule; 
the second occupying all the terminal space, cut interiorly into large 
sharp teeth. Upon the first, immediately below the cellule, are one 
or two little guttiform, silvery spots with a golden centre. The space 
next the base and the place of the reniform spot, thickly sprinkled 
with gold. The posterior wings a dull gray, paler at the base; be¬ 
neath, pale with a large subterminal band and a partial fuscous costal 
line. Head and base of the collar reddish saffron color. 
Expanse 1.3 inches. (Guenee). 
Pl. ou. Guen. 
General color a silken grayish-brown. The front with the apical 
angle rather sharply defined; shades of dark brown alternating with 
ashen-gray; the spot between the large veins near the base oblong, 
dull ash color with a slight silvery luster; the inner transverse line 
obliterated; the outer crenated, corresponding with it is very distinct 
gray band which extends in a straight line from the costal margin, 
near the apex, to a point a little below and behind the outer silver 
dot; between this and the outer margin is an irregular, crenated, dark 
line more or less distinct; a slender gray line runs along the outer 
margin, interrupted, on the side next the fringe, by dark lunules; 
fringe indistinctly scalloped, gray with alternating dark rays. Metal¬ 
lic spots silvery, rather small, the posterior, orbicular or guttiform 
very close to the other; the anterior, when seen from behind (the 
wings being spread), is in the form of an irregular Italic u , the open¬ 
ing forward and the inner limb curving inward towards the base of 
the wing; seen from the base of the wing it strongly resembles an 
exclamation point (!); from this, a pale indistinct dash of gray ex¬ 
tends obliquely forward and inward (wings being expapded) to the 
subcostal vein. Posterior wings of a coppery brown, quite dusky to¬ 
wards the outer margin; fringe pale, interrupted with brown. Under 
surface similar to the upper surface of the hind wings; the latter 
crossed by' two very indistinct lines. Head and thorax rather dark 
ashen gray. 
Expanse 1.50 to 1.60 inches. 
Pl. simplex, Guen. 
Front wings with apical angle well defined; anal angle somewhat 
dentate; general color grayish brown; middle space behind the metallic 
spot dark brown; the inner or basal space and anterior portion of the 
middle space dark ash color, with a slight purplish tint, sprinkled 
with black points; the interior transverse line, which separates the 
basal and middle areas, a very oblique, straight, narrow silvery line, 
which runs from the posterior margin of the wings to the inner 
point of the metallic spot, where it stops; the outer transverse line 
