CLEAR-WING MOTHS OF FAMILY AEGERIIDAE 147 



PARANTHRENE SIMULANS form LUGGER! (Hy. Edw«rd«) 



Plate 27, Figure 164 



Trochiliwn liiggeri Hy. Edwards, Psyche, vol. 6, p. 108, pi. 3, fig. 3, 1891. 

 Paranthrene simulans McDunnough, Check list of the Lepidoptera of Canada and 

 the United States of America, pt. 2, No. 8798, 1939. 



Male and fevmle. — Abdominal segments yellow, narrowly ringed black, 

 excepting basal segment, which is all black. 



Type. — Female. In the American Museum of Natural History. 



PARANTHRENE PALMII (Hy. Edwards) 



Plate 27, Figure 165 



Fatua palmii Hy. Edwards, Can. Ent., vol. 19, p. 145, 1887; Ent. Amer., vol. 3, p. 



224, 1888.— Beutenmuller, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 4, p. 171, 1892. 

 Sciapieron palmii Beutenmuller, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 6, p. 366, 1894; 



vol. 8, p. 122, 1896. 

 Paranthrcne pal mi McDunnough, Check list of the Lepidoptera of Canada and the 



United States of America, pt. 2, No. 8799, 1939. 



Male. — Antennae black, orange at tips; bipectinations broad, dark 

 brown. Labial palpus rough, bright yellow, black at base and slightly edged 

 with black at the sides. Head above with stiff black-and-yellow hairs ; face 

 black ; eyes with yellow lashes ; occipital fringe black. Collar deep yellow, 

 upper edge black. Thorax black, tegulae black, broadly and evenly 

 striped with yellow from prothorax to metathorax, which has a lateral 

 orange brush and a transverse orange patch; a deep yellow, nearly 

 triangular patch just anterior to wing base and a small yellow patch 

 beneath the wing. Abdomen orange ; segment 1 black ; all other segments 

 each with a small black spot at lower edge centrally ; a narrow posterior 

 black edge on each segment visible when the abdomen is extended, ob- 

 scured when abdomen is contracted, but always present on underside ; 

 anal tuft short, blunt, sordid orange. Legs orange, posterior tibia touched 

 with brown on outer side; tarsi brownish orange. Forewing heavily 

 scaled with black and brown-black, chestnut-brown at base; pellucid at 

 internal angle and with pellucid streaks to wing base ; underside dusted 

 with orange basally. Hindwings transparent, opalescent, with narrow 

 margins and fringes dull black. 



Female. — Differs from the male only in its larger size, heavier body, 

 and simple antennae. Both sexes consistently exhibit the same color 

 pattern but differ slightly with respect to shades of orange and yellow. 



Expanse : JMale 34 to 36 mm., female 3S to 40 mm. 



Distribution. — Coastal regions from Mississippi to New York. 



Type. — Female. In the American Museum of Natural History. From 

 Florida. 



Remarks. — Known for many years only from the type, this species 

 now has been proved to be widely distributed from the coastal regions 

 of the Gulf of Mexico northward to New York State. In structure, 



