126 [June 



the orisin of the fourth median, aud one on each side of the oriciu of 

 the 2nd m. There are two indistinct rows of minute and remote dots 

 pai-allel with the margin of the winu'. A discal dot on the secondaries, 

 and a somewhat larger spot near the inner angle. These reappear be- 

 neath. Two costal dots on the primaries beneath with a linear discal 

 dot. Beneath the two outer rows of dots are obsolete. Fore coxae and 

 femora vermillion beneath ; tibife and tarsi brown beneath. iVbdomen 

 broadly annulated above with brown, and a subventral row of large 

 brown spots. 



Length of body, .82. Exp. wings, 2.05. 



San Francisco, Cal. (Mus. Comp. Zobl. A. Agassiz). 



HYPHANTRIA Harris. 

 Hyphantria textor Harr. 



Hyphantria textor Harr., Rt. Ins. Mass. p. 255. (1841). 



Arctia textor Harr., Cat. Ins. Mass. (Hitchcock's Rt. p. 591.) (1833). 



Hyphantria textor Fitch, Third Rt. Ins. N. Y. p. 382. (1856). 



Eupractis textor Walk., Cat. Lep. B. M. j). . ( ). 



Hyphantria textor Clem., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. p. 530. (Nov. 1860). 



Spilosoma textor Clem., Appen. to Morris, Synop. Lep. N. Amer. p. 344. (1860). 

 N. Y. (Edwards). Mass. (ShurtlefF, Sanborn. Harr. (lol.) Maine 

 (A. S. P., Jr.). 



Hyphantria punctata Fitch. 

 Hyphantria punctata Fitch, Third Rt. Ins. N. Y. p. 387. (1856). 

 Spilosoma punctata Clem., Appendix to Morris, Synopsis Lep. N. Amer. p. 

 344. (1860). 



Hyphantria cunea Fitch. 



Bombyx cunea Drury, Illustr. Nat. Hist. i. p. 36. PL 18, fig. 4. (1770). 

 Phalaena punctatissima Smith, N. H. Lep. Ins. Ga. p. 139. Tab. 77. (1797). 

 Cycma cunea Hubn.. Verz. p. 184. (1816). Zutr. Dritt. Hund. p. 8, fig. 405, 



406. (1825). 

 Spilosoma cunea Westw., Ed. Drury, p. 34. (1837). 

 Hyphantria punctatissima Harr., Rt. Ins. Mass. p. 255. (1841). 



cunea Fitch, Third Rt. Ins. N. Y. p. 384. (1856). 

 Spilosoma cunea Walk., Cat. Lep. B. M. III. p. 669. (1855). 

 Hyphantria cunea Clem., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. p. 531. (Nov. 1860). 



Appendix to Morris, Synopsis Lep. N. Amer. p. 343. (1860). 

 N. Y. (Edwards). Mass. (Harr. Coll.). 



ARACHNIS Hiibner. 

 Arachnis picta n. sp. 



9 Head bicolorous ; front below the base of antenni^ pale slate, 

 above white. Base and tip of palpi vermillion, scales beneath white. 



