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Pupil. — Figured by Abbot. Doubleday'.s tiguie is a copy of Abbot's. 



Food pliint. — Various species of oak. Quercus nigra (Abbot MS.). 



Habits. — In Texas tbe moth was collected by Belfrage, April 27 and 29, and July 11, showing, 

 that in that State it is double-brooded. 



Geoijraphical distribution. — //. astartc appears to be confined to the Southern States, and 

 uot to extend so far north as II. obliqua with its varieties. It is properly a member of the 

 Austroriparian subproviuce. 



St. Johns Bluff, Fla. (Doubleday): Florida (Thaxter ex Grote); Bosque County, Tex. (Boll, 

 Belfrage, U. S. if at. Mus.); Georgia, Florida, Texas (U. S. if at. Mus.); Georgia (Abbot, MS.); 

 Florida (French). 



Heterocampa lunata Edwards. 



(PL V, Hg. 6, S •) 



Heterorampa lunata (H. Edwards), Pniiilio, iv, p. 64, March, 1884. 



Smith, List Lep. Bor. Aurer., i>. 30, 1891. 



Kirby, Syn. Cat. Lep. Het., i, p. 51)3, 1892. 

 LophoiJoii ta plumnsa H. Edwards, Eut. Amer., ii, p. 14, April, 1886. 



Smith, List Lep. Bor. Amer., p. 30, 1891. 



Kiiby, Syn. Cat. Lep. Het., i, p. .563, 1892. 

 Hi'terociimpa lunata 'Seum. ami Dyar, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, xxi, p. 205, 1894; Jouru.N. Y. Ent. Soe., ii, p. 117, 

 Sept., 1895. 



Moth. — Two <? . On examining the type (a $ fi-om Colorado) of this species in the Edwards 

 collection in the American Museum of Natural History, ISIew York, I find that it should be 

 referred to the genus Heterocampa, and that its position in that genus is near H. biundata. The 

 antenuai are very i^Iumose, the pectiimtions being somewhat longer than usual; the tip is simple, 

 as usual in the genus. The palpi are as usual ascending, larger and rather broad, more so than 

 usual, projecting well in front of the head; the third joint is concealed by the hairs of the second. 

 The apex of the fore wings is considerably produced; the outer edge of the wing long and 

 obli(iue. The shape of the hind wings, of the abdomen, and of. the tufts on the thorax are as 

 usual in Heterocampa. 



tipecifie characters. — Head and body brownish granite gray, the tint peculiar, approaching 

 that of H. manteo, but with more reddish brown scales. Palpi grayish, with a distinct black line 

 along the upper edge. The markings of the fore wings are nuich as in II. biundata. 



On the basal third of the fore wing is a faint zigzag line formed of four rather sharp scallops, 

 the largest scallop with a small narrow one above situated botli in the submedian interspace; 

 the last scallop uot directed outward, as in H. biundata. The linear discal spot is small, black- 

 brown, but distinct, though only half as large as in H. biundata. The extradiscal line is obsolete. 

 The outer or submarginal series of sublunate browu spots is much as in H. biundata, the spots 

 becoming linear in front of the cubital vein. The fringe and the browu line at its base are much 

 as in //. biundata. 



Hind wings whitish, clouded on the costal margin; the fringe long, checkered, but not 

 cloudeil on the internal angle of the wing. 



Expanse of wings, 5 43 mm.; length of body, S 20 mm. 



On comparing Edwards's types of his lunata in Mr. Neumoegen's collection with his type of 

 phunosa in the Araericau Museum of Natural History, both Dr. Dyar and myself find that they 

 are the same species. 



Neumoegen and Dyar (Revision, etc.) regard Druce's H. dardania as a synonym of this, 

 species. 



Geographical distribution.— A member of the Campestrian subproviuce. Colorado (Bruce, 

 U. S. National Museum and Amer. Mus. Xat. Hist., Xew York); Arizona (Morrison, Coll. 

 Nenmoegen); Colorado, Arizona (French); Fort Collins, Colo. (Baker); Mexico (Druce). 



