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H. astaric Doiibleday. 



1841.— DoubledHV. Eiit. vol. i. p. 57. 



varia Walker. 

 1855.— Walker, Cat. Brit. Miis. Pt. v, p. 1023. 



tnenns Harris. 

 1869.— HarrLs, Eiit. Corr. p. 1.34. Stauropns. 



chapmanii Grote.* 

 18S1. Grote, Bull. U. S. Geo). Surv. vol. vi, p. 258. 

 Olivaceous gray.appearinj? paler than obliqua; thorax, basal space anil a shade 

 exteudiug from median space suhapically, whitish green, clouding the white 

 subapical shade. Lines black, essentially as in obliqiia, the subapical portion of 

 tiie subterniinal line more consolidated and narrower. 

 Hab. — Florida. 



H. 4»bliqiia Packard. 



1S64. — Packard. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vol. iii, p. 368. 

 var. troiivclotii Packard. 



1864.— Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, vol, iii, p. 369. 



hrnnnea Grote and Robinson. 

 1867. — Grote and Robinson, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. vol. i, p. 180. 

 Dark cinereous; transverse lines obscured, but the wing more or le.ss varied 

 with ochraccous, or ferruginous and white patches. Of the white patches, the 

 most conspicuous is an oblique subapical one. Discal mark black, lunate, often 

 linear. Secondaries white in 'J, , smoky outwardly.in J. In the form <co«a'eZo<ii. 

 the white marks are absent, the t. a. line moderately distinct, and the apical 

 third of wing covered by a deep brown shade. Expanse 45 — 50 mm. 



Hah. — Atlantic States. 



II. liiiiiita liy. Edwards. 



1884.— Ily. Edwards, Papilio vol. iv, p. 44. 



plumosa Hy. Edwards 

 1886. — Hy. Edwards, Eiit. Amer. vol. ii, p. 14. Lophodonta. 



dardania Druce. 

 1887. — Druce, Biol. Cent. -Am. vol. i, p. 237, pi. xxv, f. 4. Heterocampa. 

 Very uniform dark gray, darker in the basal field and sometimes discolored, 

 recalling the ornamentation of Notodonta. Transverse lines obsolete. Discal 

 mark black, lunate. Secondaries grayish, especially along costal border. Ex- 

 panse 40 mm. 



Hab. — Colorado to Arizona, Mexico. 



II. iiiiibrata Walker. 



LS,5,">.— Walker. Cat. Brit. Mus. Pt. v, p. 1023. 



semiplaga Walker. 

 1861. — Walker, (,'an. Nat. and Geol. vol. vi, p. 37. 

 1882.— Grote, New (Uieck List, p. 19. 

 1892.— Smith, Can. Ent. vol. xxiv, p. 136. 



pulverea Grote and Robinson. 

 1867. — Grote and Robinson, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. vol. i, p. 185. 



athereo Harris. 

 1869. — Harris, Ent. Corr. p. 134, note. Stauropus. 

 Thorax pale greeuish gray, with a blackish line on collar. Primaries pale 

 olivaceous ashen, shaded with darker greenish gray from the basal line to the 



* Dr. Packard writes us: "On seeing Mr. Thaxter's type of H. chapmanii I 

 think it must be for the i)resent regarded as distinct from astarte." We have no 

 personal knowledge of this form. 



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