1S64.] ".SI 



was taken in Texas, and the specimen was in too poor condition to 

 !>erve for description. It evidently forms the type of a new genus, and 

 whether it is the true"Aurota" figured by Cramer remains to be 

 proved. 



Under the name of Phalaena Attacus Cecropia, Polyphemus and Pro- 

 methea, Cramer has figured forms found in the West Indies. Until 

 specimens are received from that quarter it would not be safe to quote 

 his names as synonymes of our more northern species. His figures 

 would lead one to suppose that they were distinct species. 



Attacus splendida Clemens, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phil. p. 160. (1860). 

 Morris, Synopsis Lep. N. Araer. p. 228. (1862). 

 '' Bovibyx splendida DeBeauvois, Ins. en Afrique et en Amer. p. 133. PI. 

 22, fig. 1, 2." 



I have been unable to see the figure and description of this species, 

 as the single copy of the work above referred to is incomplete, want- 

 ing that plate and text. 



" Attacus Didyma Beauv., Ins. Afriq. et Amer. PI. 20." 



Morris, Synopsis Lep. N. Amer. p. 228. (1862). 



The genus Attacus was by Hiibner restricted to the immense A. 

 Atlas and another species of China. It is doubtful whether any spe- 

 cies of Attacus exists in America. 



Subfamily Ceratocampad.'E Harris. 



CITHERONIA Hubner. 

 Citheronia regalis Hubner. 

 Bomby.v regalis Fabricius. 



Phalcena regia Smith, N. H. Lep. Ins. Ga. p. 121. Tab. 61. (1797)^ 

 Citheronia regia Hiibn., Verz. p. 163. (1816). 



Ceratocampa (Ceracampa Kirby) regalis Harr. Cat. Ins. Mass. p. 72. (1835). 



Rt. Ins. Mass. p. 287. (1841). 



3rd Ed. fig. 194. 195 larva. (1862). 

 Dorycampa regalis Duncan, Nat. Libr. xxxii. p. 161. pi. 18. (1845). 

 Ceratocampa regalis Morris, Synopsis Lep. N. Amer. p. 229. (1862). 

 Mass., southward, (Coll. Dr. Harris. Sanborn.) 

 This is exceedingly rare in Massachusetts. 



EAGLES Hiibner. 

 Eacles imperialis Hiibner. 



Bomhyx imperialis Drury, I. p. 17. pL 9. figs. 1, 2. (1770). 

 Bomhyx imperialis Fabricius. 



