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are ocellated with black and very small. The exterior edge has a 

 russety line, preceded near the external angle by a black eye ocel- 

 lated by yellowish-red, on a line with the white spots of the second 

 row. There are two black transversal streaks in the discoidal 

 cellule. 



The secondaries are traversed, towards the middle, by two indis- 

 tinct curved lines of blackish-gray, and near the marginal edge by 

 two parallel undulated lines of the same color, very distinct. 

 These lines are preceded by a curved row of six black eyes, of 

 which the second, counting from above, is the largest ; the others 

 sensibly diminish in size. The anal is very small and often wanting. 



The under side is whitish, and has nearly the same markings as 

 the upper. On the secondaries, the two curved lines of the middle 

 are preceded, towards the base, by two or three small annular 

 brownish spots. The ocelli are pupilled with white, and sur- 

 rounded by a small yellow iris. 



Upper side of the body brownish-gray. Under side whitish-gray. 

 Antennce brownish, with the club yellowish. 



Larva, which feeds on Geltis occidentalis, is yellowish, with the 

 sides more pale and nearly whitish. The back has a ray yellowish- 

 green, bordered on each side by an obscure green line. The 

 whitish part is also divided longitudinally by a green obscure ray. 

 Head green, surmounted by two small bifid spines. The small 

 anal points are a little raised. 



Chrysalis yellowish-green, a little bifid. 



Southern States. 



BOISD. 



AGANISTHOS Boisd. 

 Head nearly as wide as the thorax ; eyes large, prominent ; an- 

 iennce long, terminated by an elongated cylindrical club ; palpi 

 near together, converging at the extremity ; thorax long, thick, 

 very robust ; abdomen proportionately small ; icings not dentate, 

 very strong and robust ; the primaries have the outer edge very 

 emarginate and the summit prolonged, which gives them a falcate 

 form ; the secondaries are rounded, without tails, the anal angle a 

 little prominent ; hoth sides destitute of ocelli. 



