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Schiziira apicalis (Grote and Koliinson). 



(I'l. IV, fig. 22^.) 



Cwlodanjis iipiLulis Grote and Rob., Proo. Eut. Soc. Phil., vi. p. l."i, I8<!»), pi. 2, tig. 7, (J . 

 Grote, New Check List N. Amer. Moth,s, p. Ill, 1882. 

 Smith, List Lep. Bor. Amer., p. 3L 180L 

 Kirby, Syn. Cat. Lep. Het., i, p. 568, 1892. 



Neum. and Dyar, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, xxi, p. 20.% .Inue, 18yi ; .Tonrn. N. Y. Ent. .Soc, ii, 

 p. 117, Sept., 1894. 



Moth. — Oue S . Of the size of <S'. unicornis. Head well tufted on vertex and at the insertion 

 of the antenuie. Body and wings fawn color or graj'ish brown, with white S('ales; ends of 

 patag'ia and a parallel line on each side behind and a spot over the scutellurn at the base of the 

 abdomen, dark brown. Fore wings with the costa unusually straight, apex a little more square 

 than in .S'. Mw/eorn/.s, outer edge straight, le.ss curved than usual, moderately oblique. No basal 

 line; extraba.sal line composed of live .scallops. Wings fawn color from base to this line, and 

 inclosing a distinct black streak jjarallel to the cubital vein; middle of wing whitish, frosted over 

 with white scales; discal mark large curvilinear, heavier and more curved than in <S'. unicornis. 

 A narrow, white, wavy, extradiscal line, beginning as a very oblique white mark on the costa. 

 Venules lilackish. 



Beyond the discal mark the wing is fawn-brown, witii darker brown intervennlar streaks and 

 ■white frosted patches. Hind wings white, with a large dark patch on internal angle. Abdomen 

 with a forked tuft. Underside of fore wings gray, white on the inner edge. Hind wings as above, 

 but grayish at the costal edge. 



Expan.se of wings, $ 33 mm.; length of body, i 17 mm. 



Ivccoguized by the large, heavy, distinct discal mark, the distinct black submedian streak, the 

 fawn brown fore wings, and by the white bands in the middle of the wing, while the hind wings 

 are white, being brown in *S'. unicornis. 



Geofiraphical distribution. — Kittery, Me. (French); New York (Doll); Arkan.sas (Palm); 

 Florida (Slossou). 



Schizura unicornis (Abbot and Smith). 



(I'l. IV, tigs. 20 <?, 21 9.) 



Phnhnia iiiiicoriiis Alibot and Smitli, Xat. Hist. Lep. In.s. Georgia, ii, p. 170. Tab. LXXXVI, 1797. 

 JTybniitn uuicornis Tliibn., Verz. Sc-hmett., p. 200, ISlfi. 



NoiodonUt tnikorniii Harris, Cat. lus. Ma.ss., p. 73, 1835; Kej). In.s. Mass., p.307, 1S41; Treatise. 

 Edema unicornis Walk.. Cat. Lep. Het. Br. Mus., v, p. 1030, 18.55. 



Morris, .Synopsis Lep. X. Amer., j). 241, 1962. 



Harris, Treatise Ins. iuj. Veg.,p. 424, 18()2. 

 Calodasys unicornis Pack., Proc Ent. Soc Phil., iii, p. 364, 1864. 

 Culodasi/s edmandsii Pack., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., iii, p. 361, 1864. 



Edema semirufescenii Walk., Cat. Lep. Het. Br. JIiis., x.xxii, p. 424, 1865 {fide Grote and Rob.). 

 Edema Iiumilis Walk., Cat. Lep. Het. Br. JIns., xxxii, p. 42.5, 1865 (fide Grote and Rob. ). 

 Helerocampa? consi)erta H. Edw., Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., p. 2, Sept. 7, 1874. 

 Ca-lodasys unicornis Grote, New Check List N. Amer. Moths, p. 19, 1882. 

 Schi^itra nnicornis Pack., Fifth Rep. U. S. Ent. Comm. Forest Ins.. p. 269. 1890. 

 Smith, List Lep. Bor. Amer., p. 31, 1891. 

 Kirby. Syn. Cat. Lep. Het., i, p. .567, 1892. 

 Jfalinia semii-nfescen>i Kirby, Syn. Cat. Lep. Het.. 1S92 (fide Smiti). 



^chi:ni-a HwicorHis Nenm. and Dyar, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, xxi, p. 203, June. 1894; .lourn. X. Y. Ent. Soc, ii, 

 p. 117, .Sept., 1894. 



Larva. 

 (PI. XXVIII. tigs 1, la. 16, 2, 2<i-2e, 3. .3a-3c 4, ia-id, 5, 6.) 



Jhbot and Smitli, Nat. Hist. Lep. Ins. Georgia, p. 170. PI. LXXXIII. 1797 ('colored tigures of larva, impa, and 



moth). 

 Harris, Ins. inj. Veg., 1st edit., p. 307, 1841. 

 Ins. inj. Veg., 2d edit., p. 326, 1852. 

 Fitch, Third Rep. Nos. Ins. X. York, p. 363. 1856. 



