344 LEPIDOPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 



Larva black ; a whitish line on each side, covered with short 



tufts of hairs proceeding from tubercles. 



Uuited States. 



Walker. 



7. S. textor Harris. Ins. Mass. p. 275, 2d ed. 



White, without spots ; fore feoaurs tawny-yellow ; feet blackish. 

 Expands from one inch and a quarter to one and three-eighths. 



Larva greenish, dotted with black ; a broad blackish stripe 

 along the top of the back, and a bright yellow stripe on each side. 

 The warts from which the thin bundles of spreading, silky hairs 

 proceed, are black on the back and rust-yellow or orange on the 

 sides. Head and feet black. Spin large webs and live in com- 

 munities. 



Northern States. 



Haekis. 



8. S. collaris Fitch, 3d Report, 265. 



•Milk-white and glossy ; head, neck, base of the outer edge of 



the fore wings and anterior hips pale ochre-yellow; feet pale 



brown. Width 1.35. 



Mississippi. 



Fitch. 



9. S. punctata Fitch,- 3d Report, 265. 



White ; a continuous black stripe on the fore side of the an- 

 terior feet and shanks, their thighs and hips being yellow in front 

 and the fore wings having a black central dot, and in the males a 

 row of small blackish spots extending from the middle of the inner 

 margin to the tip. 



New York. 



Fitch. 



CALLIMORPHA Latr. Hypercompa Hiibn. 



Palpi very short, pilose, scales appressed ; tongue much longer 

 than the head ; antennae in both sexes simple, ciliated, with two 

 strong setce at each joint. Body slender. Wings densely squa- 

 mose. Feet robust, squamose ; anterior tibite much shorter than 

 the femora. 



