Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences . ind. and Exnt.,p. 131. , List Lep. Bor. Anier., p. 30, , Syn. Cat. Lep. Het., i, p. 613, aud Dyar, Trans. Amer. Eut. Soe., xxi, p. 199, 1894; .Jouru. N. Y. Eut. .Soc. ii. p. 116, 1894. .Voth.—Closely allied to J>. pcrspicua and nnirked in exactly the same way. The outer marginof primaries seems less distinctly scalloped. Thoracic patch ocher-yellow, shading into tawnyposteriorly exactly as in 1). perspiciia. or entirely ocher-yellow, with only a few tawny scalesdefining its posterior border. In this latter case it
Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences . ind. and Exnt.,p. 131. , List Lep. Bor. Anier., p. 30, , Syn. Cat. Lep. Het., i, p. 613, aud Dyar, Trans. Amer. Eut. Soe., xxi, p. 199, 1894; .Jouru. N. Y. Eut. .Soc. ii. p. 116, 1894. .Voth.—Closely allied to J>. pcrspicua and nnirked in exactly the same way. The outer marginof primaries seems less distinctly scalloped. Thoracic patch ocher-yellow, shading into tawnyposteriorly exactly as in 1). perspiciia. or entirely ocher-yellow, with only a few tawny scalesdefining its posterior border. In this latter case it is paler than the thorax. Thorax and primariesclay color (K., Y, 8, a little paler), heavily dusted with hazel scales (R., IV, 12), these predominatingin the space between first and fifth lines below the median vein, all throughout giving a darkcast to the wing; lines, spots, and fringe, as in I>. perspicna, or rather fainter. Rarely, only theouter lines are discernible. Median venules marked with brown rather more heavily than in Fig. 61.—Pupil uJ Datana jterspicaa. 120 MEMOIRS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. perspicua. Secondaries us in D. i^ospiom, but tiuged with Lruwii along outer uiargn or on theouter half. Expanse of wings, 48-50 mm. There arc no good specific differences between this form and J>. jyrrspicuu. Though quitedifferent in general appearance, it is simply J>. perspicua intensitied. I would not suggest unitingthe two, however, especially as the larva of D. robusta is unknown. (Dyar.) Grofiriiphical distribution.—Dallas, Tex. (Strecker Coll.); San Antonio, Tex. (Bolter); Texas(French). Datana integerrima Grote and Robiiisou.(PI. II, fig. 20,J;L1,9.) Ihttana inlcijerrima Grote and Rob., Proc. Ent. , vi, p. 12, 18(i6. pi. 2. fig. , New Check List X. Anier. Moths, p. 18,, Li,st Lep. Bor. Anier., p. 30, , Syn. Cat. Lep. Het. Br. Mus., i, p. 613,1892. Neum. and Dyar, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., sxi, p. 199,1894
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