204 lAIlOMOIIiS OF THE NATIONAL A('A1)K:\I V OP SCIENCES. 



Hiin-is, Treat. Iu8. inj. Veg., third edit., p. 424. ISC:.'. 



Kilt. Corrosp., p. 302, I'l. II, fig. 8, (figure not well colorfd). 

 7'o.V'"'. Aiuer. Kut., ii, ]). 341, Oct., 1870. 

 LiiiliiiT, F.nt. Coiitr., iii, 2(5tU Roj). N. York Mas. N;it. Mist., 1872, p. i:!l (.ostra, 1872), 1S7I (plain lignres with 



details). 

 Frfiich, Trans. Dept. Agr. 111., xv, p. 1!U, 1877. 

 Muilni, Trans. Dept. Agr. 111., xviii. Append., p. 120, 1880. 

 CiKinillcl, 'l'rau.s. Dept. Agr.' 111., xviii, .Xiipend.. p. 181, 1880. 

 rackurtl. Hull. 7, II. .S. EiU. Coiniu., p. Kit!, 1881. 

 Stiiiiitlcm, Ins, Inj. Fruit.s, p. 80, 1883 (larva and niotli, 9, ligured). 

 Rihi/, Fifth Kep. U. S. Comni., p. 2l)!t, 1890. 

 racl.iird, Fil'tli Rep. V. .S. Ent. Coiiiiii. Forest Ins., p. 2(i!), 18!»0. 



I'nie Host. Soe. Nat. Hist., xxiv, p. 538, 18it0 (plain ligiui^ of larva, .stage I). 

 lUnnnorh, Anna l\., I'sycln*, i\'. p. 270. .Iiine. 188."i. 



Molli. — Eiolit S , '- 9. Aiitciiiiif in)t .so broadly pcctiiuitcd ;is in S. ii>(>mc(v, -.xut] fort^ wiiis's 

 siinarisli tit tlic iijX'X, not ])rodin'('(l as in S. ipomeir, llic outer cdoc Ixnno' iiincli l(>ss oblicnie. Head 

 ami tlioiax palo ash. witli numerous pale green scales, jiiviiij"' the body (abdoimai excepted) a 

 slijilit siibolivat't'oiis hue. The interanreiinal tuft on the vortex of the head is edned with black. 

 Thorax with two blackish lines across tlie t'roul, the hinder one sometimes nmcli the broader; liiud 

 edo'o ol" the tegiihe black-brown and hinder edge of the scutal region dark. 



Fore wings ash-gray, varied with whitish, reddish brown, yellowish green, and black markings. 

 They are crossed by three well marked lines. Tiie basal line is black, curved outward on the 

 costal region, and iigain on the cubital vein; and within is a narrower ptirallel brown line. The 

 base of the wing is whitish ash. Between the basal and median line is a trausverse series of 

 hinnles, which are brown on the costal region, the series consisting behind the subcostal vein of 

 four redilish Uinnles; the row is much curved outward between the costa anil internal vein. 

 Keyoml it is a inirrow parallel brown line. Between this and the basal lint^ the wing is darker 

 tiiau elsewhere. A distinct black dlscal trausverse streak, widest on the lucdiau line, where it 

 ends. ri(>t\\ecn this and the middle line the wing is white. A faint dilVuse brown lint^ Just 

 beyond the discal line, but the true extradiseal line is a series of reddisli, connected patches or 

 liinules, beginning (Ml the sulicosial \ein and ending on the inlernal, the series being straight, 

 not curved. Costa white marked with black. .V Imig lilack streak near tiie apex inside of the 

 costa, and a similar streak in the tirst cubital interspace. In the succeeding spac(> near the 

 inlernal angle is a conspicuous white streak, within which is a biacic spot. Apical region whitish, 

 middle regi(Ui of the outer tifth of the wing reddish, region of the internal angle brownish. 

 Fringe ash, with dusky viMiiiIar s()ots. 



Ilintl wiugsof f sordid white, varying to dusky, with a whitish extradisctil broad diffuse line; a 

 dusky patch on the internal angle; in 9 the wings are uniforiidy mouse-brown, with no distinct 

 pale lines. ITmlerside of fore wings uniformly mouse brown, with four dark and live white sjiots 

 on the outer third of the costa; hind wings in the S whitish, in 9 as on the upper side. .Vbihunen 

 forked at the end as usiuil. 



I'jxpanse of wings, cj 31-3.) mm., 531-.'!"J mm.; length of body, t? l.">-17 mm., 9 !."• mm. 



This is our commonest species of Scliiznra, and is easily recognized by its sipiarish lore wings 

 and by the \ariety of its markings iu wiiite, reddish, black, and brown, there being lour cross 

 lines oi\ the lore w iug. liie iiiidill(> and extradiscal being composed of reddish brown Imiuies; by 

 the two black snbapical slashes, and 1)\' the white longitudinal short streak in the second cubital 

 interspace, in front of which is a short, black streak, and within a black, roundish spot. 



Cwlodasi/s I'lliiKiiitlsii Taclv. is evidently a synoiiyui of N. iiiiicdniin. Tlie specimen ( S ) marked 

 ('(ImdiidsH in .Mr. ICdwards's collection appears to be only a small unirornix with intrrower wings 

 than usual. Tiie only ditlerence is in the dusky tawny costa of the tore wings and the similarly 

 tinted hind wings, due perhaps to imperfect preservation. .V. conspcctd 11. Edw., one (< type from 

 California in American Museum of Natural History, New York, is only a climatic variety of iV. 

 unicnnus: the i)osition of the markings is identical in the two forms, but coiiKpcctd is larger, the 

 fore wiugs as much produced as in any of loiiconiis. Tlie pale area on the outer third of tiie wing 

 is clear and whitish, ;uid-the hind wings are clearer and whirer than in any eastern example ol 



