H65 



This is our iiiori' coiiiiikhi spfcics of flic iroiiiis, and is ('liaritclcrizcd by 

 the tawiiy-brown hue, tinged witli canieoiis, by the two comiiioii lines of 

 small, black, venular dots, the dark discal ringlets centered wilii white, and 

 l)y the pale under side tinted with tlesh-red. 



Larva and pujni. — Guentfe describes the caterpillar as of a clear grceti 

 with yellowish incisions; the head, the anal region, and the feet reddisli- 

 yellow. On the fifth segment are two small, black, dor.sal points. The chry- 

 salis (figured by Gucuee) is deep green, with a lateral white line edged with 

 faint rose on the wings and anal extremity. 



Desiderata. 



Ephyra culicaria Guen., Plial., i, 407, 18o7. — "18""". Ailes d'un gris- 

 testacii clair, avec la frange rose et deux series de petits points noirs. Un 

 petit anneau celhdaire au centre, plus blanc cpie le fond, et quelquefois une 

 ombre mediane rougeatre; Ic tout ordinairement trfes-fin et pen saillant. 

 Dessous sans dessin ; les supdrieures plus rosdes, les inferieures plus 

 blanches Vertex concolore, avec le front d'un brun-cannellc clair. 



"Georgie amdricaine. Trois i . Coll. Lefebvre et Gn. 



"Les ailes inferieures de cctte petite espece n'ont pas Tangle anal 

 prolong^ cotnme la Rudimentaria ; le bord terminal est seulement un peu 

 coudd et la cote droite. EUe ressemble, en petit, t\ nos esp^ces euro- 

 pdennes." 



Arrltostia lumenaria Hiibn.-Geyer, Zutriige, Sf), fig. 757, 758, 18;^2. — 

 This species, or one allied to it, has been raised by Al)bot, and the following 

 description has been drawn up from his colored MS. drawing: Body long 

 and slender; head narrower than the body. Head, feet, and al)domen testa- 

 ceous. Body grass-green, with two conspicuous, thin, dorsal, black spots just 

 in front of the middle. Pupa attached to the stem of the plant, as in Ephyra. 

 It is green, purplish along the hind edge of the wing and at the end of the 

 body. Food-plant, Psoralea melitotoldes. Plate 13, fig. 22, 12a. 



EUEPHYRA Packard. Plate 4, fig. 5. 



Euephyra Pacli., Fifth Aiiii. Rep. Teali. Ac.t(!. .Sc, 7:i, 1><7:!. 



This genus is allied to^/^AT/ra, notwithstanding that it has two ]>airs of well- 

 developed spurs on the liind tii)iii;, though M. Guenee regards one pair o! |)oste- 



