22S ORDER LKFIDOFTCKA. 



fXtn-iiiHy |>nlr wul |>«>lninl. On ihe t'-p thfrr l« a row of triangular jpfts, the Bjiicti 

 «>r which i-ilnt touurth ihf thorax. KxpunM- of wing, '21 - '2\ lmhi-5. 

 Tht* markitii.!* of ihc forrwliigit arr <juitv Kiiuilor tu ibuMruf Ihr vnguncuJtt fuiuid in tb« 

 iricluilj- uf AliMiiiy. 



CALLiMuiiPiiA cpiMCNiii. Phal<tna epimenu ( Drury). ( Plate xUii, fig. 10.) 

 VrrtM, »ii>»:, l)lark. ••Antrrlur wlni?s ornaniriitrd with a >lm;lr lar^r yrllow »|><it just out- 

 slilr tlif Diitlillr of the wiiiRH. l*..-trri<>r wing oniariniilni with n Inrpr »iiiplc r«il ^J•« t, 

 who!M'oiit«r marKin i* nrarly i>arnlhl with \\\v i<<>^\vu><T mnrsirnT tin- winp. IMm 

 ittoi:, hlack, and sliiiilnr to tht- iipiK-r, rxrrpt two additional ^^ra» colr»rid spot* hv- 

 tuti-n tlic Inrgf uul■^ nnd Khouldi-ni." Dhihy, Vul. iii, p. -lU ; pi. 29, f. 3. 



CALXiMcaPiiA niYi.LiHA ( I.atri'ilU). (Plate xliii, Og. 8.) 



PiiAt.ir.NA piivi iiR.» A iioMiivx ( Dniir). FlrrEacAMPA (S«rii!ioiii>). 

 rfpKR NIKE : Anterior wintrs hlnrk. Cilia* rrram-colon-d. Th«' ninrcin next to the h<i]j 

 ni«rk«d with cnam color : thr cuitcr half is miirk«-d with a B. The posterior wings 

 are scarlet, marked with four anKuiar <^|M>t5, and morgimti with black. The under 

 side is like the upi)er, but with fainter colors. 

 The caterpillar l.s marked with small diamond-shaped yellow spots upon Its back and 

 rides, emittiiig fascicles uf hairs : it fee is on ct>rn, jn-as and wheat, and breeds most of the 

 summer. 



Spiix>soMA NAis (Slrphrns). Phnltrixa ( Dniry). ( Plate xli, fig. f».) 



Antennir Idack and pectinated. Ibad and Uxly light yellowish brr.wn. The thorax has 

 three black lont^ifiidinal marks, and several sjxits ujv.n the aUlonun. Anterior wings 

 black, marked with bmad ochre-vellow lines : cilia* light yellowish bniwn. Posterior 

 winfs liijht yellowish or r>chre-bMwn, marked with a faint black spot on each, and 

 having a bnwd irregular Ixmler of a dusky black ninning along the external edges, 

 but very narn»w in the middle : wings entire. I'nder side marked like the upper, but 

 paler. ( Westwood : IlliLstnitions of Dainv, Vol. i, pp. 15, 16.) 



Spilosoma ciM.A ( Dnirj). ( Plate xlvii, fig. 7.) 



"Antennir pectinated, black : no tongue : head white; linck and alxlomen ash-color. 

 Anterior wines white : s|>ots numerous, of manj forms, nnd of a s« oty black : exter- 

 nal margin marked with llvesjxits ; those nearest the tips, trinneular. Posterior wings 

 white, with dark ^<*>\ near the external edge, nnd faintly marked near the external 

 niigli-. Kxpansion of wing, one inch ami five lines." Driry. 

 This moth haa uut fullcii under my notice either in the vicinity of Albany, or in Wt6tcrD 

 Mauachuaetts. 



