42 Transactions of the Kansas 



Dkyocampa Harris. 



177. ruhicunda Fabricius. — The Rosy Dryocampa. Front wings rosy red, with a 

 yellowish white band ; hind wings yellowish white, with a narrow rosy band ; 

 expands 1^ inches. Rare ; one specimen taken at Leavenworth by Dr. Carpenter. 



Var. alba Grote. — A western race of the preceding but very different in color, the 

 female being generally of an unbroken white, while the males have a mere trace 

 of rosy red upon each wing; expands 1)4, to 2% inches. Abundant, causing great 

 destruction to the foliage of the soft maples in 1874 and 1875 ; the species is two- 

 brooded. 



178. hicolor Harris. — Front wings brownish or yellowish gray, with blackish 

 dots ; hind wings crimson ; expands 2 to 2% inches. Rare. 



Anisota Hubner. 



179. senatoria Smith. — Yellow, tinged with purplish and sprinkled with blackish 

 dots; expands 23^ inches. Feeds upon the oak; rare, a single specimen taken at 

 Leavenworth by Dr. Carpenter. 



180. peUucida Smith.— Reddish brown, with centers of front wings transparent; 

 expands 1.42 inches. Rare; a single specimen bred from the oak by G. F. Gaumer. 



TOLYPE Hubner. 



181. FeZZec?a Stoll.— Pure white, with dusky markings; body woolly; expands 

 1% to 2^ inches. Rare; two specimens taken by T. B. Ashton at Tonganoxie. 



Clisiocampa Stephens. 



182. Americana Harris.— The Tent-caterpillar Motlx. Reddish Brown, with two 

 white lines crossing each front wing; expands 1 to 1% inches. Abundant: feeds 

 upon apple and wild cherry ; the eggs are laid in the fall, in bunches of 300 or 400, 

 placed side by side and protected by a gummy secretion ; these hatch in the spring 

 and the caterpillars disfigure the trees with their web, often completely defoliating 

 them. 



Xyleutes Hubner. 



183. 'ro&2/n'(B Harris.— The Locust Borer. Black and gray, reticulated ; the hind 

 wings in the male have the lower half yellow ; expands 2% to 2% inches. Common ; 

 the caterpillar bores in the locust and red-oak. 



FAMILY XIIL 



NOCTUrO^: OWLET MOTHS. 



For valuable aid in the determination of a large proportion of the 213 species in 

 this family, and for many other favors, I am indebted to Mr. A. R. Grote, Director 

 of the Museum of the Buffalo Society of Sciences, of Buffalo, N. Y. 



Leptina Guenec. 



184. ophthalmica Guenee.— Ash gray, with darker markings; expands .9 to 1.1 

 inches. Common. 



Raphia Hubner. 



185. abrupta Grote.— Ash gray, with basal half of front wings nearly black ; ex- 

 pands 1 to 1}{ inches. Common. 



Charadka Walker. 

 180. deridens Guenee.— Rare ; taken at Leavenworth by Dr. Carpenter. 



MoMA Hubner. 

 187. fallax Herr.-Sch.— Front wings sea-green, with angular black spots ; expands 

 1.40 inches. Rare. 



AcRONYCTA Ochsenheimer. 

 The species of this genius are of different ashy shades, with a few short, black 

 dashes upon the front wings, from which they have been termed Dagger-moths. 



