Tawny Holomelina

Holomelina opella

This species is rather common in Pennsylvania and the Atlantic States as far south as Georgia.

Form belmaria Ehrman, Plate XIV, Fig. 24, female. (Ehrman's Holomelina.)

This insect, a paratype of which is figured as above cited, is regarded by Dr. Dyar as a varietal form of H. opella. The author is inclined to question the correctness of this determination, because all specimens of the moth so far seen, and a considerable series has come under observation, appear to be structurally different from H. opella, in so far forth that the fore wings are narrower, longer and more produced at the apex. The mere fact that they are always black in itself could hardly constitute a valid ground for specific discrimination.