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I'-'l. Lapara bombycoides. 



S/ihiiix coiii/n-dnon, Harris {^nmi Abl). & Sinitli, IT'.'T), in Sillim., Jmini. Sci. Art xxxvi. p. 2117. n. 10 



(IHS'J) (partim ; imago) ; Morris, Cut. Lpji. X. Am. p. 18 (IMtJll) (partim) ; Harris, ed. Flint, 



Inn. Inj. Veg. p. 3-_'8 (18C)2) (partim). 

 *ljapnra humbycoides Walker, List Lcp. Ins. Ji. M. viii. p. ^1\V^. n. (185(5) (Canada ; — Mus. Oxford) ; 



Clem., Jo";-«. Ar. N. M. PhihuL iv. p. 187. n. 93 (1859) ; Grote & Rob., Prnr. Ent. Soc. 



Pliilud. V. p. 16G. n. 103 (1865) ; Grote, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 115 (1868) ; id.. Bull. 



Buff. So,: iV. Sci. i. p. 28 (1874) (= "^ hurrisi) ; id.. I.e. ii. p. 228. n. 73 (187.5) ( = horrisi; 



Canada, Mass., N.Y.) ; Butl., Tnins. ZooL Sor. Loud. ix. p. 626 (1877) (Canada) ; Kirby, Cat. 



Lep. Net. i. p. 695. n. 1 (1892) ; Schaus, Ent. News vi. p. 144 (1895) (=l,arrisl). 

 EUema harrisi Clemens, Jour. Ac. Nat. Sr. Philad. iv. p. 188. n. 94 (1859) (Maine ; N. Jersey ; 



N. Hampsb. ; N. Carolina) ; Morris, Cat. Lep. X. Am. p. 20 (1860) ; Clem., in Morris, Sijii. 



Lep. N. Am. p. 216. n. 1 (1862) ; Lint., Pror. Ent. Soc. Philad. iii. p. 669 (1864) (larva, pupa ; 



on i';»».s- gtrobiis) ; Grote & Rob., Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. v. p. 166. n. 102 (1865) ; Beth., 



Canad. Ent. i. p. 18. n. 23 (1868) (Ontario) ; Pack., Guide Study Lis. p. 272 (1869) (descr. 



larva) ; Bowl., Canad. Ent. iii. p. 143 (1871) (Quebec, vii. vii.) ; Lintn., Ent. Contr. i. p. 170. 



t. 8. f. 8 (/.). 9 (7a). 10 iS). 11 (?) (1872) ; id., I.e. p. 192 (1872) (end of vi.) ; Thaxt., 



PMjche i. p. 30 (1874) (Mass.,M. vi.— M. vii.) ; Grote, Bull. Buffalo Soc. N. Sci. i. p. 27 (1874); 



But!., Traiw. Zool. Soc. Loud. ix. p. 626. n. 2 (1877) ; Andrews, P.^ydie ii. p. 79 (1877) (descr. 



of larva) ; Mart., Trans. Dept. Agr. lllin. xviii. App. p. 105 (1880) (larva) ; Pack., Ins. Inj. 



Forest Trees p. 768. n. 89. f. 264 a ((J), b ( ? ). 265 a (/.). b (/>.). t. 34. f. 1. a— j (larva, details) 



(1881) ; Reed, Bept. Ent. Soc. Ontario xii. p. 70 (1882) (larva) ; Smith, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 



XV. p. 207 (1888) (Canada to Florida, westw. to Mississippi) ; Dyar, in Riley, Ins. Life iii. 



p. 322 (1891) (N. York, at electr. light) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 696. n. 2 (1892) ; Cross, 



Ent. News vii. p. 297 (18;)6) (N. Hampsh.). 

 Edema (!) harrisi, Walker, List Lep. Ins. B..M. xxxvi. p. 297 (1866). 



Ili/loicus harrisi, Grote, Trajis. Arner. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 115 (1870) ; Butl., I.e. ix. p. 642 (1877). 

 Sphinx harrisi, Boisduval, Spec. Gen. Lip. Het. i. p. 106. n. 45 (1875) (N. York) ; Streck., Lep. 



Rhop. Het. p. 117. t. 13. f. 16 ( ? ) (1876) (N. Engl., Atlantic Sts.). 

 Lipara (!) bomhi/coides, Strecker, I.e. p. 127. t. 14. f. 4 (1877). 

 EUema bombycoides, 'FarnaXA, Sphing. N. &_(7/. p. 83 sub n.-41 (1886) (descr. of larva, pupa ; Pinus 



strobus) ; Smith, I.e. xv. p. 208 (1888) '{ = 'i harrisi) ; Edw., Bull. U. St. N. Mus. xxxv. p. 49 



(1889) (lit. rel. to metam.). 

 EUema bombycoides var. harrisi, Fernald, I.e. p. 83 (1886). 

 Lapara bombycoides var. harrisi, Beutenmiiller, Bull. Amer. Mus. N. H. vii. p. 310. t. 7. f. 2 (1895) 



(N. York, rare : larva, pupa). 



(^ ? . A comparisoa at Oxford of the type of homhi/coides with specimens of 

 Imrrisi proved the two insects to be the same. The species is rather variable. It 

 is of the size of small specimens of coniferanim ; the forewing is darker brown than 

 in coiiifei-a7-um, the antemedian lines are more distinct, the discal ones much more 

 iieavily dentate. The first segment of the hindtarsns is a little shorter than the 

 other four together. Tlie harpe is slightl}' broader than in coniferanim, bnt not 

 conspicuously different. Tenth sternite see PI. XXVIII. f. 21. 



In one of our two individuals from Florida the bands of the forewing are very 

 clearly defined and heavy, and the harpe (PI. XXXIX. f 13) is broader than in the 

 New England specimens dissected, and heavily angnlate ventrally. The second 

 specimen does not show these characters so markedly. 



Larva with a red face. — Foodplants : Pinus strobus and other ](ines. 



Ilab. Canada to Florida, westward to the Mississippi basin. 



In the Tring Mnseum 1 larva, 1 pupa, and 9 c?c?, 2 ? ? from: Maine: 

 Massachusetts ; New Hampshire ; Florida. 



