AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



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Descriptions of New Species of DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA found within the 



United States. 



1. Antiiocaius IIvvntis. 



2. Phyciodks OnsEis. 



3. Phyciodes Canace. 



4. TllECLA CVGN'US. 



5. TiiKCLA Castalis. 



6. Lyc.kxa Hkljos. 



7. Lyc.esa Viaca. 



8. Lyc.«na Ardea, 



9. Lyc.ena Ctlalcox. 

 10. Lyc.ena Gyas. 



BY \V. II. EDWARDS. 



11. Lyc-k.va Fea. 



12. Chrysophams Ianthe. 

 i;>. Charts Nemesis. 



14. EcPTYCiriA RUBRICATA. 



1."). C(E.N'oxYMi>HA Ampelos. 

 Ifi. Syrhhtis OcEAxrs. 



17. Stereoptes Skada. 



18. Heteuopteris Arexe. 



19. He.speria Procris. 



20. IIesperia Tame.nl'xd. 

 21. Hesperia Opius. 



Antiiocaris Hyantis, n. sp. 



Malr. — Expaiuis 1.5 inch. Upper side sordid white, the bases of 

 wings hirgely powdered with grey; costal edge of primaries specked 

 with grey-brown ; on arc a narrow, slightly sinuous grey-brown bar 

 reaching costal edge ; apex and upper half of hind margin bordered 

 by a double row of grey-brown spots, the interstices being white ; se- 

 condaries immaculate. Under side white ; primaries have the discal 

 bar repeated faintly ; apex slightly washed with yellow-green and 

 somewhat colored by scattered brown scales. 



Secondaries covered with confluent patches of yellow green, powdered 

 with grey. 



Body covered with grey hairs; beneath, abdomen white, thorax 

 greenish white; palpi same; antennae and club whitish. 



Female. — Expands 1.8 inch. Upper side similar to male; the an- 

 terior edge to subcostal nervure crossed by brown streaks instead of 

 being specked; discal bar much widened at each extremity and ter- 

 minating at subcostal ; the apical and all the marginal nervulcs bor- 

 dered with black near the extremities, and at ai»ex preceded by an 

 oblique stripe from costa to middle of margin leaving a large white 

 rounded patch on costa. Secondaries delicate, showing distinctly the 

 markings below. 



On under side primaries have a rcniform discal spot enclosing a 

 white streak on the arc; a straight stripe, yellow green powdered 



TRASS. AMER. EXT. 80C. (27) JAXUARY, 1&71. 



