340 [October 



tuft between the bases of the antennae. Thorax above grass green. 

 Middle green band on the primaries sti-aight on the outer edge ; within 

 it is sHghtly excavated, and follows the inner edge to the base of the 

 wing. The secondaries are concolorous with the body, and above are 

 a little paler within the outer edge. 



Length of body % , .45 ; exp. wings % , .94 inch. 



New" York, (Grote). Phil, (Coll. Ent. Soc). 



NOCHELIA Clemens. 

 Nochelia tardigrada Clem. 



Nochelia tardigrada Clem., Proc. Acad. 'Smt. Sc. Phil. p. 100. (Muy. ISGO). 

 Morris, Synopsis Lep. N. Amer. p. 1.31. (1862). 



EMPRETIA Clemens. 

 Empretia stimulea Clemens. 



Empretia stimulea Clem., Proc. Acad. Nat. Se. Phil. p. 159. (May, 18(50). 



Morris, Synojisis Lep. N. Amer. p. 130. (1862). 

 Conn. (Harr. Coll.) New York, (arote.) 



Hiibner's Streblota nesea (Samml. Bd. 3. pi. 32.) very closely re- 

 sembles our species. It is from Brazil. 



PHOBETRUM Hubner. 

 Phobetrum pithecium. 



Phalcena pithccitim Smith, Nat. Hist. Lep. Ins. Ga. p. 147. Tab. 74. (1797). 

 Fhobetion abbotana Hubn., Verz. p. 398. (1816). 

 Limacodes pithecium Harr., Rt. Ins. Mass. p. 304. (1841). 

 Ecnomidea pithecium Duncan, Nat. Libr. vol. xxxii. p. 183. fig. (1852). 

 Limacodes? pithecium Morris, Synopsis Lep. N. Amer. p. 127. (1862). 

 "Dublin, N. H.," (Harr. Coll.) Boston, (Sanborn.) Salem. ( F. 

 W. Putnam.) 



Mr. Putnam has succeeded in raising this moth from larv:\3 found 

 feeding on the plum. 



ADONETA Clemens. 

 Adoneta voluta Clemens. 



Adoneta voluta Clemens, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phil. p. 158. (1860). 



Penn. 



LIMACODES Latr. 



The three species noticed below are all congeneric with the Euro- 

 pean species L. festudo, for a specimen of which I am indebted to Mr. 

 A. R. Grrote. I have also received this and Hetevoycnea asellus from 

 Professor Zeller, of Meseritz. 



