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6. S. drupiferarum Abbot ^- Smith. Figured in Sm. Abb. 1, pi. 36. 



Head and thorax blackish-brown, whitish fawn-color on the 

 sides. Abdomen brown, with a slender dorsal line and a lateral 

 black band on each side containing brownish-white spots. Ante- 

 rior wings dark brown, with costa from base beyond the disk, and 

 to median nervure below, whitish fawn-color, with wavy, separated 

 dark brown lines crossing lower portion of the nervules, the last 

 bordered above with whitish; a fawn-colored marginal space taper- 

 ing to the tip and containing a whitish line. A black discal dash, 

 and two delicate black discal lines continued singly on the disco- 

 central nervule, with black streaks in submedian sulcus and all the 

 interspaces except the medio-superior. Posterior wings whitish, 

 with a broad median black band enlarged towards the costa and 

 sub-terminal black band, with the terminal margin fawn-color. 



Mature Larva. Head green, with a lateral blackish band. Body 

 pale green, with lateral, ol)lique purple bands, edged beneath with 

 white ; caudal horn dark reddish-brown, yellow on the sides at 

 base ; stigmatre orange-yellow. Length about 3^ inches. 



Pupation. The larval transformation takes place in a subter- 

 ranean cell. The pupa is dark brown, with reddish-brown between 

 the segments and the tongue-case short, reposing on the breast 

 and truncate at the extremity. The perfect insect from the fall 

 larva appears early in June. 



Food-plants. The larva feeds on the leaves of the various varie- 

 ties of Plum. 



Pennsylvania ; Massachusetts. 



Clemens. 



7. S. luscitiosa Clemens. 



Antennaj blackish-brown.* Palpi blackish-brown. Head and 

 thorax blackish-brown or blackish and white on the sides. Ab- 

 domen brown, with a black stripe on each side. Anterior wings 

 pale brown, with a ferruginous hue ; the inner border fuliginous, 

 a terminal fuliginous band tapering to the tip of the wing, with a 

 wavy outline anteriorly, and the costa and a patch on the costa 

 above the tip of the same hue ; a slender black discal line, with 

 black lines and streaks in all the interspaces and sub-median sul- 

 cus. Fringes lilackish. Posterior wings yellow or stramineous, 

 with a broad terminal black band and the fringes whitish. 



Wisconsin ; New York. 



Clemens. 



