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Maniestra picta Harr. 



1847. Harris, Rcpt. Ins. Ma.ss., .V2'J ; Mamexira.; 



I'iCy'i. Harris, Injurious In.socts, Flint cil., A'f2; Mamentra. 



1870. Riley, vi Rept. Ins. Mo., 112, f. .--2; Mameaira. 



1872. Lintner, Eut. Cont., in, 137 ; Mamculra. 



1882. Grt., I'ai)ilio, ii, '.>;•; Mamestra. 



exuatu On. 

 1852. Gn., Sp. Gen. Noct., i, :'. 1 1 ; Ciramica. 

 1857. Wlk., C. H. Mils., Lcp. Het., x, 117: Cramica. 

 1874. Grt., Burt". Biiii.. ii, 22: pr. syn. 



voutnnia Wlk. 

 1856. Wlk., C. B. Mils., Lep, Hut., ix, 7-': .Vythinuia. 

 1868. Grt. ami Rob., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, ii, 77; pr. syn. 

 1882. Grt., 111. Essay, 41 ; pr. syn. 



Deep red-brown toward co.stal region, with a carmine tin^^o. Trans- 

 verse lines obsolete. S. t. line iinjierfectly indicated by yellowish scales, 

 most strongly marked near hind angle. Claviform imi>erfectly marked 

 by yellowish scales. ' Orbicnlar rather small, rounded, with annnlus 

 composed of yelk)w scales. Reniform large, irregular, variable, usually 

 with the inferior angle produced inwardly, and irrorate with reddish 

 scales. Secondaries white, outer margin slightly powdery, a brownish 

 red terminal line. Beneath, pale, with margins strongly powdered with 

 carmine. Head and thorax concolorons with primaries. 



Expands 35-4-j""" (1.-40 to 1.70 inches). 



llABiTATi — Canada to Virginia, west to Nebraska, Wisconsin. 



Six specimens are in the study collection, others in the duplicate 

 series. The localities are: New York, August 29 (J. B. S.) ; Evans 

 Center, New Jersey, July, A. R. Grote, collector (C. V, R.); Maine 

 (C. V. R.). 



The si)ecies is sometimes common and of economic importance, and 

 its bibliogra[)hy in economic literature is given by Henry lOdwards in 

 Bulletin. '>5 of the U. S. National Museum, 



The primaries are narrower and the apices more acute than in any 

 other species in this group, and the white secondaries are also distinct- 

 ive. The sexual characters of the male are peculiar. The harpes are 

 corneous, broad, drawn out to an acute point, and funii.shed with a 

 small i)ad which is densely pubescent. Inferiorly, near the tip, is an 

 obtuse and then an acute dentiform [)rocess, while near the base there 

 is a strongly curved, oval, ho(»i)-liko process. The figure on plate will 

 be the best explanation of the descrii)tion. 



Maniestra u-album Gn. 



1852. Gn., Sp. Gen. Noct., i, 345; Ceramica. 



18.57. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Lep. Het., x, 417; Ceramica r-alhttm. 



1874. Grt., Bnff. Bull.,ii, 22; Ceramica W-album. 



35 millimetres. Primaries of a violet gray, with the disc and ter- 

 minal space a deej) wine-brown, and the reniform sjiot neatly cut 



