ArLODES Giicnrc. I'laic 1. fiirs. i;;, \?.a. 



.Iphdrn Uiioii., riiiil., i, 37G, l.-T)?. 



iuul lotlin Walk, (ill piirt), List Le|>. Urt. I>i'. Miis., xxii, 510, .',8;;, 1SC,1, 

 nipjmnhisvliiis Walsh, I'loc. Uo^t. Soc. Nat. IIi,st., ix, olid, 1H(>1. 



Head nearly s(|uar(' in t'nmt. Palpi slii,'lilly a.^ccndinir, raliicr .•^lender, 

 fcacliiinr a litllc in iVinit ol'llic head; lliiid joini slioii. conical. Antenna'. 

 (iT male willi sluni. sh'nder |iec1inati()i;s. I'^nre \vini:.-< willi llie co.-ila rather 

 iidl : ape.x .--idiaente. Hind \\in:is nsnally (list inci ly angled in the middle. 

 X'enalion : a .siihco.stal cell cldsed or (ipen ; I he costal \ ein toiudies the middle 

 of" t lie snix-ostal cell, llu^ postei'ior discal venide and the fii'sl two median 

 venides eit her co-oriainatiniior the oriiiin of the first nwdian remote from 

 that of the second, lliml leirs cA' the male: lii)i;e rather Kmilt, lonr eipial 

 spurs, with a pointed projection extending heyond the spines; tarsi slioil, 

 very slender, lint little more than half as lonir as the tihi;;'. Ahdomen loni,'' 

 and slender, Jireeifish above and spoiled witii while, or with a lona', white, 

 dorsal hand. Win^^s with two common, white, nai'row lines, the onlei' line 

 on tin' hind winirs nsnally distinct y i)ent. 



The irreeii or whitish alidonu'ii, with the eonspicnons white or reddish 

 spots, and the angled hind winiijs, dislini,niish the species of ihis i:eniis (Vom 

 Rdc/ico.spi/ii, in whitdi the species are smaller, with very lonir palpi, I In; 

 third joint heing ol' great length, wliile the spots on the ahdomen are wliite 

 siirroiiiidcd with red. 



Larva. — " 'l'eii-1'oott'd, its dorsum with cni'ved lateral ap[)endages cov- 

 ered with shoi't, velvety hair, and simihii' to those (d' Lnudcoch's ! Inialtniis 

 AValsh, except that they are miudi shoiler and none of them ahi-nptly longer 

 than the others.'' — (Walsh.) The pnpa i.s greenish or in'ownish, enclosed in 

 a slight cocoon among leaves, fastened togetlwr with a lew silk threads. — 



(Seu(hler.) 



Si/nopsis (if I he Speacs. 



A. (Origin of first median venule remote fiom ihat of the second; 



liiiid wings scairely Went; aixlomen spotted with red: 



Grcon, ■n-illi a biouii liue lieliiml llio aiitrnii;;-; I'lin^i; ntildi.sli on Ihu 



on tor two-tliirds •(. ridirij'roiifaiiii. 



B. First and second median and |)osterior discal vemiles co- 



originating; hind winys angled : 



rt. Spcchft hroicii : 



Hrown, witli a iiiai{;iiial, daiUcr, iiitiri iipti'il line I. Iiniiiiicaiin. 



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