( 135 ) 



?. Not seeu. 



Early stages not ck-scrilied. 



Hab. Canada ; Nowfonudland ; New England ; Ohio. 



In the Tring Museum S S i'roiu : Massachusetts ; New Hampshire. 



I'l?. Hyloicus francki. 



Sjihinx fraiicki Neumoegen, Ent. Xeics iv. p. 133 (1893) (Kansas City). 



Said to be intermediate between ckersis and halmiue. Mr. Frantk, tlie 

 discoverer of the insect, suggests in a letter to ns that it is a hybrid between the 

 two. The examination of the structure (antenna, legs, genital armature) will sliow 

 whethery/-rt«tVi'/ is a distinct species or a hybrid. 



Hab. Kansas City. 



Not seen. 



inS. Hyloicus kalmiae. 



Sphht.r l.almicie Abbot & Smith, Lcji. Gcorr/in i. p. 73. t. 37 (/. ^). '.) (1797) (on Kahnia) ; Harris, 

 in Sillim., Jouni. Sri. Art xxxvi. p. 295. n. 4 (1839) ; Gosse, Caiuul. Nut. p. 200 (1840) (egg, 

 larva) ; Walk., List Lei,. lus. B. M. viii. p. 218. n. 8 (185G) (Orilla, W. Can. ; X.Y,); Clem., 

 Jniini. Ar. X. Scl. Philad. iv. p. 171. n. (')7 (I8r)9) (larva, pupa; lilac, vii. ; Canada, N.Y., Penn., 

 Mass., Georg.) ; Morri.s, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 18 (18G0) ; Clem., in Morris, Si/n. Lep. N. Am. 

 p. 196. n. 5 (18G2); Harris, ed. Flint, In.". Inj. Veg. p. .328 (18G3) : Lintn.", Proc. Ent. Sue. 

 Philad. iii. p. 057 (1864) (descr. of /., on Si/riiii/n) ; Grote & Rob., Proc. Ent. Soc. Pldhiil. v. 

 p. 165. n. 94 (1805) (Atlantic district) ; Bowles, Cawid. Ent. iii. p. 143 (1871) (Quebec, vi. vii.); 

 Lintn., Eid. Coiitr. i. p. 192 & iii. p. 179 (1872) (N.Y., vii., larva ix.) ; Grote, Bidl. Biiffido 

 N. H. Sot\ i. p. 25 (1874) ; Thaxt., PsJjrhe i. p. 30 (1874) (Newton, Mass., vii.) ; Boisd., Sprc. 

 Gen. Lep. Net. i. p. 91. n. 27 (1875); Caulf., Cit7md. Ent. vii. p. 241. n. 15 (187.5) (Montreal, 

 common vi. vii.) ; Grote, I.e. ii. p. 238. n. 57 (1875) ; Mann, P.^yche ii. p. 75 (1877) ; Butl., 

 Trans. Znol. Soc. Lund. ix. p. 620. n. 14 (1877) ; Grote, Cawid. Ent. ix. p. 120 (1877) (L. Erie 

 at sugar, vi. 7th) ; Dev., ibid. p. 160 (1877) ; Grote, Bnll. Buffalo Soc. N. Sci. iii. p. 224. n. 68 

 (1877) (Canada to Southern St.); Mart., r/-.(;«. Dept. A,/r. lllin. xviii. App. p. 104 (1880) 

 (larva) ; Reed, R,pt. Ent. Soc. Ont. xii. p. 68 (1882) (larva) ; Fern., Canad. Ent. xvi. p. 21 (1884) 

 (Orono, Me.); id., Sphing. X. Engl. p. 41. n. 15 (1886) (descr. of I., p., i. ; on ash, lilac, 

 Kalmia); Grote, Hawk Moths N. Am. p. 44 (1886) ; Smith, Traua. Amer. Ent. Soc. xv. p. 177 

 (1888) (Can. to Georgia, Ala., westw. to Missouri, lllin., Wise, prob. farther west and south) ; 

 Edw., Bull. U. St. X. Miis. XXXV. p. 47 (1889) (lit. rel. to metam.) : Dyar, in Riley, Ins. Life 

 iii. p. 322 (1891) (X.Y., electr. light) ; Beutenm., B,dl. Amn: Mas. X. II. vii. p. 301. t. 5. f. 2 

 (1895) (N.Y., not comm., /., ji. ; on laurel, lilac, ])rivet, Chioiuinthus, ash) ; Goss, Ent. Nrn^a 

 vii. p. 297 (1890) (N. Hampsh., common); Beutenm., I.e. viii. p. 293 (1890) (metam.. on 

 Syrinr/a) ; Fyles, Rej)t. Ent. Soe. Ont. xxx. p. 104 (1900) (Quebec, on Populus trem.). 



Lethia kalmiae, Hiibner, Verz. beJc. Schm. p. 141. n. 1511 (1822). 



c? ? . Antenna slender in both sexes, not club-shaped ; ciliae of ? rather long, 

 the basal and subdorsal ones of each segment almost forming a distinct comb. 

 Palpus prominent. Spines of foreleg slender, none much prolonged ; first segment 

 of foretarsus as long as that of midtarsns, one-third longer than that of hindtarsns, 

 more than half as long again as the other segments together ; sjmrs rather long, 

 long apical one of hindtibia more than half the length of the first tarsal segment ; 

 comb of midtarsns with some moderately long bristles; paronyihiinu willi long 

 pointed lobe. 



cJ. Tenth abdominal tergite elongate, remaining narrow to end, slightly curved, 

 apex obtuse, somewhat flattened above ; sternite produced into a short, very broad, 

 irregularly ronnded, almost vertical, mesial lobe, which is minutely sinuate in 

 middle. C!lasper with almost straight dorsal margin, little narrowed distad, apex 

 regularly rounded : harpe (PI. XXXIX. f. 11) with tiiree processes, a ventral one 



