300 A. E,. Grote's Notes on the Zygsenidse of Cuba. 



Walker's citations of Empyreuma pugione, Hiibner, should be trans- 

 ferred to " Euchromia pugione," Walk; the two species will then be 

 Enipyreuma lichas, Hiibner, (Zygsena lichas, Fabr., (nee. Cram.) 

 Mant. p. 104, 3-1,) and Enipyreuma pugione, Hiibner, (Sphynx pugi- 

 one, Linn., Syst. Nat.; Zygseaa pugione, Fabr., Sp. Ins. Vol. II, 163, 

 33; Mant. Vol. II, p. 105; Sphinx lichas, Cramer, PI. 45, f. B.,) as 

 which latter species I determine the Cuban specimens I have before 

 me. The habitat of Mr. Walker's specimens of U E. lichas," will need 

 confirmation, as it does not seem probable that the first species ("ab- 

 domen atrum, cingulis duabus aureis " and "alae rufae striga media vi- 

 ridi punctoque albo ") is also Cuban.* 



This genus is closely allied to the European Zygaena, Fabr., and as- 

 sists our comprehension of the homogeneity of the family Zygasnida) 

 as here considered. 



* I note here an erroneous determination of Mr. Walker's in the genus Anis- 

 ota. Hiibner {Dryocampa, Harris). 



Dr. Harris (Ins. Inj. Veg.) has described our United States Anisota rubicunda, 

 Grote. {Dryocampa rubicunda, Packard) as Dryocampa rubicunda, taking the speci- 

 fic name from Fabricius' Bombyx rubicunda. This is evidently correct, our in- 

 sect agreeing with Fabricius' diagnosis, which reads as follows :— 



"69. B. alis reversis : anticis roseis ; fascia lata flava. 



Habitat in Virginia. Mus. Dom. Bosc. 



Magnitudo B. populi. Antennae pectinate, flavse, apice nudae. Corpus villosum, 

 flavum. Alaeanticae roseae fascia flava. quas imprimis ad costam extenditur. Pos- 

 ticae flavescentes umbra tautum rosea. Pedes rosei." Ent. Syst. Vol. Ill, p. 

 429. (1793.) 



This species is described by Mr. "Walker in Supp. Cat. B. M. Lep. Het. Part 

 2, (32) p. 57-4, (1865,) as Dryocampa venusta, Walk., with the remark: i' The 

 rosy costal stripe of the fore wings distinguish it from D. rubicunda.''' But it is 

 evident from Fabricius' description, that this very rosiness of the primaries is 

 a character of his B. rubicunda, while his habitat is decisive. Dryocampa venu- 

 sta, Walk., must, therefore, be referred as synonym of Anisota rubicunda, while 

 for the Brazilian representative of our species I propose the following name: — 



Anisota walkeri, n. s. 



Dryocampa rubicunda% Walk., C. B. M. Lep. Het. Part 6, p. 1497. (1S55.) 

 Dryocampa Walkeri, Grote, MS. — 



" Fcem. Flava; palpi pedesque rosei ; antennae basi rosea; ; alae apud marginal 

 rosea. 



Female. — Yellow. Palpi and legs mostly rose-color. Antennae rose-color at 

 the base. Fore wings of a delicate bright rose-color about the base and on the 

 Costa and along the exterior border. Hind wings rose-color along the costa and 

 along the apical part of the interior border. Length of the body 7 — 8 lines; of 

 the wings 22—24 lines. 



Var. (3. Hind wings with a broad, pale, marginal, rose-colored band, extend- 

 ing from near the tip of the costa to half the length of the interior border." 



Habitat.—" Brazil," (Walker.) 



