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The word Pbryganea is derived from tfuy^^o^ a bundle or 

 fagot of sticks. 



PiiRYGAXEA SUBFASCIATA. — Sprcijic character. Pale honey- 

 yellow ; superior wings a little dusky, with two transverse black- 

 ish spots on each. 



P. sul/asci'afa nobis, Long's Second Expedition, vol. ii. p. 308. 

 Desc. Body honey-yellow : head a little more tinged with ru- 

 fous, paler beneath ; antennne blackish ; first joint yellowish on 

 the inner and inferior irides : superior wings dull ochreous, 

 covered with bulla), or minute raised points, with a dusky inner 

 and terminal margin ; on each are two subequal, transverse, 

 dusky spots, the anterior one near the middle, and connected 

 with the inner margin ; the posterior one a little undulated, 

 placed nearer the anterior spot, than to the tip of the wing. 

 Variety a. Spots of the superior wings obsolete, or wanting. 

 Obs. Rather smaller than the preceding species, and very dis- 

 tinct from it. It is easily known by the two striking dusky 

 spots on each superior wing. I obtained two or three specimens 

 during a recent excursion with Mr. Maclure, into the interior of 

 Pennsylvania. 



The left middle figure of the plate. 



Phryganea dossuaria. — Specijic character. Wings with 

 the nervures, and dilated transverse irregular lines, blackish. 



Des^c. Body pale yellowish-ochreous : antennas dark -brown : 

 stemmata brown on the inner side, white on the exterior side : 

 superior wings yellowish-white, with blackish nervures, and 

 transverse, somewhat dilated, connecting blackish lines, hardly 

 forming bands ) of these, one forms a quadrate spot on the costal 

 margin, and one is common near the inner posterior angle : inferior 

 wings with two costal spots and terminal margin ; tergum dusky 

 segments paler towards their tips. 



Obs. This species was sent to me, with several other interest- 

 ing insects, by Mr. Charles- Pickering, of Salem. 



Phryganea semifasciata. — Specific character. Superior 

 wings light ferruginous, with irregular black lines ; a distinct 

 black point near the inner basal angle ; inferior wings light 

 ferruginous. 



P. semifasciata nobis, Western Quarterly Report, vol. ii. p. 161. 

 Desc. Body when recent, light olivaceous-green : head dark 



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