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The tufts on the larva are light yellow or straw-colored, the 



crest being very little darker; on the second and third rings are 



two orange-colored pencils, which are stretched over the head 



when the insect is at rest, and before these are several long tufts 



of white hairs ; on each side of the third ring is a white pencil, 



ayd there are two pencils, of the same color, directed backwards, 



on the eleventh ring. The body is yellowish-white, with dusky 



warts, and the head is brownish-yellow. 



United States. 



Harris. 



3. H. fulvo-flava Walk. C. B. M. 733. 



Testaceous, paler beneath. Proboscis tawny. Thorax with two 

 tawny stripes, which converge hindward, and with two tawny spots 

 in front between the stripes. Femora and tibia; hairy; fore femora 

 and fore tibiae tawny above. Primaries yellow, with a tawny spot 

 at the base, with two oblique tawny bands, with darker borders ; 

 these bands are partly connected, and the inner one is especially 

 irregular and ramose, being forked in front and dilated in the disk 

 towards the base, and emitting a branch to each border. Second- 

 aries whitish, with a slight testaceous tinge. Length of the body 

 6 — Y lines; of the wings 16 — 18 lines. 



Var. Primaries tawny, with yellow spots at the base, at the tips, 

 along the costa, and forming an oblique band beyond the middle. 



North America. 



Walker. 



4. H, annulifasoia Walker. C. B. M. 734. 



Pafe testaceous. Proboscis and antennae tawny. Thorax with 



two tawny stripes, which converge hindward. Primaries with 



tawny punctures, which are most numerous, and partly confluent 



on the disk beyond the middle, and with four oblique bands of 



whitish tawny bordered spots ; veins tawny. Secondaries whitish, 



with a slight testaceous tinge. Length of the body 6 — 8 lines ; 



of the wings 18 — 22 lines. 



United States. 



Walker. 



5. H. maculata Harris. Ins. Mass. 259. 



Light ochre-yellow, with large irregular light brown spots on 



the primaries, arranged almost in transverse bands. It expands 



nearly one inch and three-quarters. 



Harris. 



