252 LEPIDOPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 



almost interrupted. Its hind wings are transparent, with a dusky 



margin and blackisli veins. Width one inch. 



Georgia. 



Fitch. 



Fam. LITHOSIIDAE Steph. Lithosina Her.-Schaef. 



Body slender, elongate, no ocelli. Proboscis often longer 

 than the head. Palpi not extending beyond the head, cylin- 

 drical, third article shorter than the second or not longer. 

 Antennae usually ciliate or simple. Thorax not crested. 

 Abdomen not extending beyond the wings or very little. 

 Wings often subelliptical ; primaries narrow, with rounded 

 apex ; secondaries often twice as wide as the primaries. 

 Frenulum conspicuous. Color yellow or gray, seldom black, 

 sometimes with cross bands or rows of black points, occa- 

 sionally confluent. In repose, the primaries are plicate ; the 

 secondaries folded close to the abdomen. Larvce, herbivo- 

 rous, usually with hairy tubercles. Pu^(z very short, with 

 segments immovable. 



EUSTIXIA Walkee. 



Male. Body moderately long and wide. Palpi short. Antennae 

 setaceous, simple. Abdomen extending a little beyond the secon- 

 daries. Feet slender ; wings not long ; primaries nearly straight 

 on the costal edge, oblique at the apical margin, the posterior 

 angle subrotund. 



1. E. pupula Euhner. 



3fale. Brownish-black, below whitish ; wings whitish ; prima- 

 ries with four bands, secondaries with two, composed of black 

 spots. 



United States. 



Walkek, C. B. M. 



EITBOPHE HtTBNER. 



3Iale. Body slender. Palpi short. Antennse slender, setaceous, 

 simple, a little shorter than the body. Abdomen extending a 

 little beyond the secondaries. Feet slender. Wings narrow, 



