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powdery or strigillate, usually with a dark discal lunule, sometimes 

 with more or less obvious transverse lines or shades. 



Expands, 1.28-1.48 inches; 32-37 mm. 



Habitat. — North Carolina; Georgia; Florida. 



Three males and four females are now under observation, and I 

 have not seen many more in collections. The only dated example is 

 from " Vade Mecum, X. C, VII, 3." Xo two specimens are alike, 

 and yet there is no doubt of their association. The comparatively 

 small size, broad primaries, conspicuous s. t. and absent t. p. lines, and 

 the dark, ill-defined reniform all unite to form an absolutely unique 

 combination. 



The species has been curiously misidentified in American collections, 

 at least three if not four distinct species doing duty under the name, 

 and never have I seen the species here described among them. The 

 species indeed seems rare. Abbot refers to this fact in his description, 

 but says it is more common in Virginia ; but what he had from Vir- 

 ginia may be questioned. Guenee had only Abbot's figures, and his 

 description fits one of my examples very nicely. He criticises Abbot's 

 engraving and says it is badly rendered; but I have examples that 

 suit that engraving very well indeed. Morrison had the species from 

 Georgia, but did not recognize its identity with Abbot's form, and 

 redescribed it as uniformis. It is probable, indeed, that he never even 

 compared it with the figure. Doctor Bethune identified Zale horrida 

 with this name, and that is no worse than the other identifications, 

 some examples of calycanthata resembling reduced brown horrida. 



The spinulation of the middle tibiae is distinct in both sexes, and 

 in some cases there may be spines on the posterior tibia 1 between the 

 usual spurs. The middle femora of the male are not tufted and have 

 no store of specialized scales. 



The male genitalia are markedly asymmetrical, the harpes bearing no 

 resemblance to each other; the figures must be referred to for details. 



The females have the terminal segment on the upper side without 

 obvious impressions, and the underside is not lobed. There is a 

 large anal orifice surrounded by irregular chitinous pieces, and inside 

 of this, to the left, is the opening to the copulatory pouch. 



PH^OCYMA HORRIDA (Hiibner). 



1818. Zale horrida Hubner, Zutrsege, I. p. 11, figs. 31, 32. 



L818. Zulc horrida Hubner, Verzeichniss, p. 275. 



1852. Zale horrida Guenee, Spec. Gen., Noct., Ill, p. 2S1. 



lsr,7. lli>nif>i>h <ra calycanthata Z Walker, C. B. Mus., Het., XIII, p. 1054. 



L858. Drasteria horrida Walker, C. B. Mus., Het., XIV. p. 1 157. 



L865. Homoptera calycanthata t Bethune, Canadian Journal, X, p. 251. 



1868. Homoptera horrida ( = calycanthata Walker, not Guenee) Grote 

 and ItoiuNsoN, Trans. Am. Bnt. Soc, II, p. 70. 



Ground color varying from light chocolate brown to almost black- 

 ish. The patagia and posterior thoracic tufts discolorous yellowish 



