1896.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



1. Haploa clymene Brown. 



interrupto-marginata de Beauvois. 

 comma Walker. 



Larva bright yellow with white lateral stripe, mottled along its 

 upper edge with bright red; the anal end faced with red mark- 

 ings (Siewers). 



These observations are so far without corroboration. If cor- 

 rect, the larva is very distinct. 



2. H. colona Hiibner. 



Carolina Harris. 



clymene Esper. 

 var. conscita Walker. 



lactata Smith. 



Dr. Riley found the larva on oak, but we have no other 1 evi- 

 dence about it. 



3. H. reversa Stretch.* 



suffusa Smith, 

 var. fulvicosta Clemens. 



diiplicata Neumoegen and Dyar. 



Larva black, a bright yellow dorsal and stigmatal stripe, the 

 latter centered with a broken black band (Saunders, Riley). 



The two published descriptions correspond. The stigmatal 

 band is apparently broken by black in the manner of the Euro- 

 pean dominula. 



4. H. confusa Lyman. 



Larva black, yellow dorsal, stigmatal and subventral lines, the 

 latter broken into dots and partly obsolete (Lintner, Lyman, 

 Dyar). 



My observations agree with those of Mr. Lyman. Dr. Lint- 

 ner' s description is too brief for certain recognition. 



5. H. lecontei Guerin. 

 var. confinis Walker, 

 var. militaris Harris, 

 var. vestalis Packard. 



Larva black, with rich yellow dorsal and lateral lines (Strecker). 



Prof. Smith refers the moths bred from these larvae to militaris. 

 The statements about their hybrid origin seem confusing, and 

 there is a possibility of misidentification. We must await further 



* By rule of priority this must be known as fuk'icosta. with reversa as variety. The 

 species differs from colvna only in the secondaries being white instead of yellow, ati'l 

 these forms may not be specifically distinct. 



