( (!03 ) 



(1.S7S) ; Perk., Rrpf. Vn-in. .l;;nV. S,„: v. p. 281. fig. (/.) (1878) : Riley, /<V///. Iiia. Mi.^soiin 

 ii. p. 78. fig. 54 (1870) (life hist.) ; Moff., Camid. E„l. xii. p. 211 (1880) (Lond., Can.; 

 Hamilton, Can.); Saund.. Ih'pl. Kiit. So,: (hilario p. 42. fig. (1880): Mart., Tratis. Dept. Arjrh: 

 mill, xviii. Apj). p. 100 fig. (1880) ; Saund., Cimid. Eiit. xh\. p. 2. fig. 2 (1881) (life hist.) : 

 Pilate, Papilio ii. p, 66 (1882) (Dayton, ().. eommon) ; Sand., ilild. ii. p. 147 (1882) (larva 

 beginn. June ; descr. first stage; Grape, Ampelops.) ; Edw., ihid. iii. p. 25 (1883) (N. Jersey); 

 Saund., /«.v. /,,/. FntUt: p. 253. n. 135. fig. 2(53 (/., /.) (1883) ; Fern., Sphim/. X. Km/l. p. 23. 

 n. 8. t. 4. f. 4 (/., /.) (1886) (Maine) ; Grote, Hawk Mollis N. Am. p. 28 (1886) ; id., Canail. 

 Ent. XX. p. 154 (1888) (larva, noise) ; Smith, Traiu. Amet: Eiit. Sor. xv. p. 127. t. 5. f. 5. 6 

 (genit.) (1888) (Canada ; Eastern U. Sts., westward to Iowa) ; Edw., Hull. U. S. X.it. .\lus. 

 XXXV. p. 3'J (18«9) (liter, rel. to metam.) ; Fiske, Enl. Xew.i vii. p. 178 (1K06) (sound of larva): 

 Cross, ihid. vii. p. 207 ('1«96) (X. Hampshire) : Rowl., ihld. x. p. 12 (1800) (Missouri) : Peale, 

 ibid. X. p. 1. figs. (I., p., ;.) (1809). 



Sphccodimi iiboli (!), Blanchard, I.e. t. 20. f. 4 (1840). 



JInrclii/notii iihhotl, Boisduval, Cons. Lep.(juateiii(ila p. C^C^ (1870). 



Mnndits nhhuti, Kirby, J,i„ni. Roi/. DnhUii Sor. (2). ii. \h 330 (1880). 



Bphi-codinii iihhnti, id,. Cat. Lip. Itrt. i. p. 638. n. 1 (1.S02) (N. Am.) : Beutenm., Bull. Ainfr. Mii.-i. 

 N. II. vii. p. 283. t. 2. f. 6 (1895) (X. York, common). 



6 ? . Apex of f'ovewing truncate, distal margiu deeply bisinnate, diMiticiilatc at 

 tlie veins. The extent of the primrose-yellow area of the underside of the liindwing 

 variable. 



Larva and pupa see above. 



Hub. Eastern States of North America : from Canada east- and southwards ti> 

 Georgia and the Mississippi basin. 



In the Tring Mnsonm 4 larvae, 2 i)npae, cJc?, 12 ? ? from : Massachnsetts : 

 N. Jersey ; Iowa. 



It is strange that nhbotti does not occur in the Pacific parts of tlie Nearctic 

 Region, considering that the "other species of Sphecodina inhabits the Pacific side 

 of the Asiatic continent. What is the cause of the two peculiar moths having so 

 widely separated ranges ? 



i)45. Sphecodina caudata. 



Mncrnglosm caudata Bremer & Grey, in Motsch., E(. Eiit. i. p. 62. n. 18 (1852) (Pekin). 



Tlii/rcux caudata iid., Schn. Nu'rdl. China's p:-l'i. n. 56 (1853) ; Me'n., Einim. Cmp. Anim. Mus. 



Peti:, Lep. ii. p. 95. n. 1578. t. 12. f. 4 (1857) ; Stand., in Rom., Mem. Lep. vi. p. 238. n. 220. 



t. 6. f. 4 (/.) (1892) (Ussuri ; Sutschan ; larva on Vitis) ; Staud. & Reb., Cat. Lrp. ed. iii. p. 10.",, 



n. 775 (1001). 

 Tnunora (?) caudaUi, Walker, Lixt Lrp. Iii>!. B. M. viii. p. 105. n, 3 (1856) ; Butl., Traii^. /.n,d. S„r. 



L'md. ix. p. 537. n. 9 (1877). 

 Marroglima {?) caudata, BoisAnvaX, S/irr. Gcu. Lrp. Ilrl. i. p. 3.".2. n. 1 (1875); Bart., in Riilil. 



Grossschm. ii. p. 214 (1900). 

 Sprcndiiia (?) caudata, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Ilrt. i. p. 638. n. 2 (1802), 



c? ?. Distal margin of forewing even, slightly concave in front and behind, not 

 lit all lobed. Abdomen more broadly tufted at end tlian in the preceding species; 

 the tail is too small in the figure given by Menetries, /.r. 



cJ. Not dissected. 



Larva figured by Staudinger, I.e. ; at each side with a row of dorsal patches and 

 a row of larger subventral ones. — Food-plant : I'/'fis. 



llab. Amnrland and ( !hiua. 



Rare in collections. 



A ? in the British Museum from Foochow, 



