248 J. B. SMITH. 



Lygranthoecia coercita, Grt., Papilio I. 150.— "Allied to balba in ap- 

 pearance, but differing by the presence of four blunt spines on the outside of the 

 fore tibia. It is very pale, and differs from Separata by the hind wings being 

 white; primaries faded ochrey, with the lines white; s. t. space narrow, con- 

 stricted by the broad white subterminal line opposite the cell; reuiform long, dis- 

 colorous denned, extended inferiorly; orbicular marked; terminal line dotted; 

 t. p. line not so much exserted opposite the disc as usual; head and thorax nearly 

 white; same size with its allies. This form perhaps is nearest to Separata, but 

 the ground color is as pale as Regia, in which the subterminal space is not con- 

 stricted opposite the disc, and the fine rosy purple color is very different from the 

 faded ochreous shadings on the primaries of Cocrcita." 



L.ygrantIioecia roseitiiicta. Harv., Buf. Bui. II, 278. — Fore tibia with 

 a double row of spinules and inner longer terminal claw ; middle and hind tibiae 

 unarmed; thorax of a light ochreous yellow, beneath drab; abdomen dark 

 Quaker drab at upper portion, lower portion reddish, beneath light carmine red, 

 anal tuft yellow : tibiae red ; primaries light brown drab, approaching a dusky 

 yellow; t. a. line single, convex outwardly, most angulate at cell, almost obliter- 

 ated on inferior margin, space between the t. a. line and the thorax filled with 

 carmine; t. p. line concave above, convex below even on the costa; carmine 

 shading in the subterminal space, an ill-defined median shade; terminal line 

 black; fringes whitish; reniform oval, inwardly oblique, orbicular absent; be- 

 neath carmine red, apex and costa white, basal streak black ; orbicular spot a 

 black dot, a white line uniting it with the subquadrate reniform spot, subterminal 

 and terminal spaces blackish, hardly obscuring the carmine; inferior marginal 

 region white; the secondaries are of a bright crimson color, a broad black mar- 

 gin not extended quite to anal angle; fringes white, except at anal angle, where 

 they are concolorous : beneath concolorous, the black band only obtaining at in- 

 ternal angle, a shade darker on the disc: fringes concolorous. Expanse 18 millim. 



Habitat. — Texas. 



L»ygranthoe«ria Parineliana, Hv. Edw., Papilio I. 14.— Primaries 

 ochraceous drab, with a slight greenish tint; basal space clouded with olive 

 brown ; t. a. line narrowly edged with white, and deeply toothed outwardly on 

 median nervure; t. p. line also white, with a slight sinuation in the middle 

 where it is lost in a brownish cloud ; the central space is the palest portion of the 

 wing; it is crossed from costa to internal margin by a narrow olive-brown cloud, 

 obscuring the large reniform spot; sub-reniform obsolete; behind the t. p. line 

 is a dark olive-brown shade, the margins paler, with black dots at the end of the 

 nervules; secondaries dusky, with a paler discal shade and the costa also pale ; 

 fringes of both wings alternately stone color and brown : beneath the margins 

 are broadly dusky, with dusky discal spots; centre of both wings paler; thorax 

 and abdomen ochraceous drab. Expands 24 millim. 



Habitat. — Maryland. Type coll. Schonborn, Washington. 



Heliothis siren, Strk., Lep. 122. — Expands 15.16 inch. — Head and thorax 

 yellow, inclining to rust color; abdomen above black, beneath yellowish; upper 

 surface : primaries shining grayish yellow, much the same tint as in Lynx, Guen., 

 also style of decoration much as in that species; the basal part is rust or sienna 

 colored, mixed with black on or towards edge nearest the median space; the 

 submarginal band is also rust colored, with exterior and inner edges mixed with 

 black: this band is suddenlv narrowed to a mere line about one-third in from the 



