o 



1864.] 38.^ 



This genus is so distinct from its allies, tliut in this place farther 

 proof drawn from larval characters and the head of the imago, which 

 I have entered in my notes, is unnecessary. The term Saturnia Schrank 

 should be retained for the European Safurnia csecigena, sjiini, carp'ui! 

 and pyi. 



Euchronia Mala- 

 Bomhyx Maia Drury. Illustr. II. p. 42. PI. 24. fig. .3. (1773). 



Proserphina Fabricius. 

 Phalcena Maia Smith, N. H. Lep. Ins. Ga. p. 99. Tab. 50. (1797). 

 Saturnia Maia Hiibn., Verz. p. 157. (1S16). 

 Saturnia Proser-pina Harris, Cat. Ins. Mass. p. 72. (1835). 

 Saturnia Maia Harris, Rt. Ins. Mass. p. 285. (1841). 



Third Edit. fig. 193. (1862). 

 Saturnia Maia Duncan, Nat. Libr. xxxii. p. 154. PI. 16, fig. 1. (1845). 

 Hcmileuca Maia Walk., Cat. Lep. Br. Mus. VI. (1855). 

 Saturnia Maia Morris, Synopsis Lep. N. Amer. p. 221. (1862). 



Maine, New Hampshire, southward, (Coll. Harris, Sanborn, ShurtleiF.) 



I have received a specimen of this species from Mr. S. J . Smith, of 



Norway, Me. It has also been taken at Gilmanton, N. H., by Mr. ]M. 



B. Blake. 



HEMILEUCA Walker. 

 Hemileuca eglanterina Walker. 

 Saturnia eglanterina Boisd., Lep. Cal. Ann. See. Ent. France, p. 51. (1852). 

 Hemileuca eglanterina Walk., Cat. Lep. Br. Mus. VI. (1855). 

 Teha eglanterina H.-Sch. Lep. Exot. Nov. Sp. p. 10. fig. 445. (1855). 

 Saturnia eglanierina Morris, Synopsis Lep. N. Amer. p. 222. (1862). 



" California," Boisd. 



Hemileuca Hera. 



Saturnia Hera Harris. Rt. Ins. Mass. p. 286. (1841). 



Morris, Synopsis Lep. N. Amer. p. 221. (1862). 



According to Dr. Harris, this species was taken by Mr. Nuttall, near 

 the Rocky Mountains. It is figured by Audubon, Birds of America, 

 PI. 359. 



Hemileuca pica Walker. 

 Hemileuca pica Walk., Cat. Lep. Br. Mus. VI. (1855). 

 Saturnia pica Morris, Synojisis Lep. N. Amer. p. 222. (1862). 



Desiderata. 

 Saturnia galhina Clem., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phil. p. 156. (1860). 

 Morris, Synopsis Lep. N. Amer. p. 222. (1862). 

 " Texas," (Clem.) 



