82 Journal New York Extomological Society. tVoi. xix. 



black ; terminal row of indistinct reddish dots at base of fringes ; these latter 

 checkered, ochreous and black. Secondaries iridescent white, slightly yellow- 

 ish along inner margin ; costal margin and small anal patch smoky brown ; 

 veins slightly marked with black near anal angle ; fringes white. 



Beneath, primaries, dark smoky, broadly white below apex along outer 

 margin ; costa white near apex with several black markings ; secondaries as 

 above ; costal margin black with single light dot ; dark anal patch confined to 

 fringes. Expanse, 50 mm. 



Female. — More suflFused dark purplish-gray on primaries, markings as a 

 rule less distinct than in male ; secondaries smoky brown, lighter on disk, 

 inner margin yellowish, with black lunule near anal angle ; beneath, dark 

 smoky brown, broadly white along inner margin of secondaries ; apical portion 

 of costa on primaries white, with black dashes ; outer margin sprinkled with 

 gray; fringes of secondaries whitish; traces of black anal patch. Expanse 

 59 mm. 



//a&//a/.— Palmerlee, Cochise Co., Ariz., 9 33, 5 $?, Types, Coll. 

 Barnes. 



We take pleasure in naming this species after Mr. C. Biederman, 

 from whom we obtained the specimens. Considerable variation ex- 

 ists in the extent of purplish suffusion and the clearness of the mark- 

 ings, but on the whole the transverse bands are more clearly defined 

 than in any other N. Am. Schhiira, with the exception perhaps of 

 unicornis A. & S. 



Larva. — Head shiny brown, slightly marbled with darker ; width at broadest 

 portion 5 mm. ; lobes united dorsally with scarcely perceptible suture. Body 

 smooth, cylindrical, with slight hump on eighth abdominal segment ; meso- 

 and prothorax much contracted, forming a sort of neck; dorsal portion of 

 body black with a faint white geminate dorsal stripe and a broken subdorsal 

 one of similar color ; lateral portion yellowish-white, tinged with orange 

 dorsally and crossed by five longitudinal black stripes, the lowest of which is 

 broken and confined to the anterior portion of each segment ; a broad stig- 

 matical band of orange-yellow, containing the pale ochreous stigmata ; area 

 below band yellowish with two black stripes ; legs and prolegs brown, latter 

 with black lateral markings ; dorsal hump light brown (as far as could be 

 ascertained) ; anal plate brown. Length approximately 32 mm. 



Described from a full-grown dried specimen received along with 

 the imagines. 



Family LASIOCAMPID.^. 



Dendrolimus juvenalis, new species. 



Male. — Antenn.e strongly pectinate, light brown : thorax deep black-brown, 

 sprinkled with gray ; abdomen reddish-brown, slightly banded with gray and 



