( .^-^3 ) 



Ampchphagti versicnjoi; Butler, Piipil'w i. p. 104 (1881) (congeneric with ruhighmsa) ; Groto, 

 Hawk Moth:s X .l//i. p. 30 (1886) ; Smith, Trans. Amei: Enl. Sor. xv. p. 149. t. 7. f. 2 (genit.) 

 (1888) (Canada to Maryland, westward to the Mississippi); Dyar, in Riley, Iw;. Life iii. p. 3-22 

 (1891) (N.Y., electr. light). 



Ecc)-i/.e rerxirnlor, Fernald, SjMitg. N. Enf/lil. p. f.T. n. 32 (1886) ; Holl., Camtl. But. xviii. p. 104 

 (1886) (on Hitdidtifjea urboresceH^) ; Edw., Hull. U. St. .V. .!/««. xxxv. p. 43 (1880) (liter, rcl. to 

 metam.) ; Beutenm.. JliiU. Amer. .!/«.<. N. H. vii. p. 293. t. 2. f. 10 (1895) (N.V. ; rare ; two 

 broods, vi. beg. vii., viii. ; on Cephnl. nccid. ; .Vcskm). 



c? ? . A beautifully coloured insect, es])ecially on the underside. External 

 sjiines of fir.st jirotarsal segment slightly prolonged, but mostly concealed in the 

 scaling. (ienal process triangular, somewhat curved backwards. Thora.x aud 

 alidomen with a pale mesial line as in Ampelopliaga. 



S- Tenth tergite and sternite somewhat shorter and stouter tliau in Dai-ap.^a 

 p/ioli/.'i. Friction-scales of clasper truncate not far beyond the widest point ; harpe 

 (Pi. XLVIil. f. 14) long, slender, horizontal, curving a little upwards at end, 

 without dentition. Penis-sheath (PI. LIV. f 20) with a broad ventral lobe wliich 

 is dentate at the edges, and a small right process. 



? . Eiiflith tergite membranaceous for the greater part, the cliitin-plate reduced 

 to a narrow transverse band. Vaginal jilate shaped as in tm/ron ; the edge of tiie 

 orifice raised to a rather strongly chitiuised and triangularly sinuate ridge. 



Larva green or brown ; a pale dorso-lateral line from iiead to fourtli segment, 

 followed by seven obliijue pale side-bands extending each over two segments, the 

 last ending at horn, which is rather long and is marked with a black stripe in 

 front : the pale lines with dark npper edges ; a dark dorsal line. — Food-plants : 

 Cephalanthuii ; Hf/i/ranf/ea ; Ne.'iaea. 



Pupa abruptly rounded behind ; cremaster thin, almost cylindrical. 



Ilab. Canada to Maryland (probably farther south) ; westward to the 

 Mississippi basin. 



Rather rare everywhere. 



In the Tring Museum 3 larvae, 2 pupae, 8 (?c?, 9 ? ? from : Canada ; Long 

 Island. 



442. Ampeloeca myron. 



Si)liin.i- myroti Cramer, Pap. E.rol. iii. p. 91. t. 247. f. c (1779) (Virginia). 



!>jihvu- paiiipiiiatri.1- Abbot & Smith, _//;.<. Ge<;-,/iif i. p. 55. t. 28 (1797). 



Oliis „i!/ro„. Hiibner, Vn-z. hek. Srhm. p. 142. n. 1524 (1822) ; Grote, Proc. Enl. Snr. Philad. v. p. 81 

 (1865); id. & Rob., ihid. p. 153. n. 31 (1805) ; Beth., CniuuL Eat. i. p. 10 (1869) ; Butl., Tmm. 

 Znol. So,-. Loud. ix. p. 546. n. 3 (1877) ; id., Popi/i,. i. p. 104 (IHKl). 



Oi'M c>iot!i.<< Hilbuer, Znlnigc p. 23. f. 321. 322 (1H23). 



Syiier/nthii.'i ini/roii, ServlUe <& Lep., A'jk'. Jleth. x. p. 441 (1825). 



Choe.rocanipii /irinijiiiialrir Harrii, in Sillim., Joiirii. Sc. .Irt xxxvi. p. 301. n. 1 (1839) ; Harris, 

 ed. Flint, hix. Jnj. Verj. p. 327. tig. 152. 153. 154. t. 5. f. 4 (1862) (life liist.) ; Morris, ibkl. 

 note (1802) ( = myron = ciinUix) ; Saund., Canad. Ent. iii. p. 60. f. 25. 20. 27 (/., p., i.), i. 28. 

 29 (paras.) (1871) ; Pack., Common /«.«. p. 57. f. 47. 48 (1873). 



Darapm mi/t-on, Walker, Li.'<t Lep. /«<. B. .1/. viii. p. 183. n. 2 (1850) ; Clem., ./oiirii. Ar. N. Sr. 

 Philad. iv. p. 147. n. 27 (1850) ; Morris, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 19 (1800) ; Clem., in Morris, 

 Sijii. Lep. X. Am. p. 108. n. 2 (1802) ; Grote, Proc. Ent. So,: Philad. iii. p. 03 (1804) (Mass.) ; 

 Lintn., Proc. Enl. Soc. Philad. iii. p. 003 (1804) (life hist.) ; Grote, Canad. Ent. iii. p. 101 

 (1871) (Alabama) ; Lint., Eat. Contr. i. p. 102 (1872) (N. Y., vi. viii.) ; Thast., Psyche i. p. 29 

 (1874) (Newton, Ma.ss., vi. beg. vii.); Grote, Bidl. Buffalo Soc. X. Sc. i. p. 22 (1874); id., 

 I.e. ii. p. 225. n. 37 (1875) ; Caulf., Canad. Ent. vii. p. 241 (1875) (Montreal, vi. vii.) ; Dinim. 

 & Mann, P.-<!/,-he ii. p. 00 (1877); Hulst, IhdI. BrooH. Enl. .Sor. ii. p. 35 (1879); Pilate, Papdio 

 ii. p. 00 (1882) (Dayton, O.); Edw. & Ell., Fapilio iii. p. 12ti (1883) (larva, diff. from ,-hoeriliis); 

 Saund., Jns. Jnj. Fruits p. 244. fig. 253—257 (1883). 



