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at sides of scutellum and postscutellum, and in coarser and more irregular 

 punctures of abdomen. One $ spcm., Denver, Colo., July 20, 1898, on 

 Cleome serrulata (D. 1105b). 

 Philanthtis arizonce, n. sp. 



(^.—Length, 7 mm. Jet black with pale yellow markings. A fairly 

 thick growth of fine white pubescence on face and cheeks, more downlike 

 on thorax, hardly apparent on abdomen ; eyes close, about the distance 

 apart on vertex of the length of joints 3-4 of antennae ; collar decHvitous; 

 wings clear, not clouded, nervures outwardly fuscous, stigma and towards 

 base pale rust-coloured ; no cavity at sides of scutellum and post- 

 scutellum ; joints 3-5 of antenna? on one side, face to ocelli (except base 

 of antenna), two spots on vertex and two behind eyes, collar, two spots 

 on fore mesothorax centrally, most of scutellum, postscutellum, tegulae, 

 tubercles, spot behind, knees, tibia, yellow; lower face, tegulae and 

 tubercles very pale, almost white ; tarsi rust-coloured mostly ; punctures 

 on vertex fine, sparse, on mesothorax fine, closer (scuteUum and post- 

 scutellum not punctured), metathorax (including poorly defined enclosure) 

 fine, close, on abdomen fine and close, about evenly distributed, on 

 venter scattered, fine. 



One $ spcm. taken by Dr. Griftith, at Phcenix, Arizona, Nov., '97, 

 and numbered D. 1331 in my collection. 



" Collar declivitous," as used above, describes P. piinctatus ; not 

 declivitous would describe P. ventilabris. 



THE EPIPLEMID^ THE LOWEST BOMBYCIDS. 



BY HARRISON G. DYAR, PH. D., WASHINGTON, D. C. 



The Epiplemidse are a family of moths fairly well represented in 

 India. (See Hampson's Moths of India, III., 121.) Only one larva is 

 known, that of Epiplema latifasciata, Moore, and unfortunately the figure 

 is insufficient to show more than that the feet are normal (five abdominal 

 pairs) and the setee probably single. The family occurs also sparingly in 

 America. Hulst lists three genera as a subfamily of Geometridje, the 

 Strophidiina3 (Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, XXIII., 309); but I would certainly 

 prefer Hampson's treatment, both as to the name and rank of the group. 



By good fortune some larv* of one of our species were bred at the 

 Department of Agriculture at Washington in 1882, and inflated larvae 

 prepared by Koebele. They have remained undescribed to the present 

 time, The species is Callidapteryx dryopterata, Grt., which falls near 



