JOU RNAL 



OF THE 



J}r\a ]9orh Qnkraologiral SJoriFtg. 



Tol. II. MARCH, 1894. ]^o. 1. 



A PRELIMINARY REVISION OF THE BOMBYCES 

 OF AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO. 



By B. Neumoegen and Harrison G. Dyar. 



(Continued from Vol. I, page i8o.) 



Genus Spilosoma Sfcp/icns. 



iS2S—Sj>i/oso/n,! Stephens. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust., Vol. II, p. 74. 



Synopsis of species. ' 



Fore wings square at tip. 

 Abdomen spotted. 



Primaries white virginica. 



Primaries faintl}' ochraceous ...... prima. 



Abdomen immaculate white latipennis. 



Fore wings, acuminate, outer margin more oblique. 



Legs yellow at base antigone. 



Legs red at base. 



Abdomen black spotted vestalis. 



Abdomen immaculate white vnr amelaina. 



S. virginica Fabrieii/s. 



179S — Bombyx virginica Fabricius, Nat. Syst. Suppl.. p. 437. 

 var. dubia ]]\ilker. 



I'&SS—Cycnia ditbia Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., pt. Ill, p. 682. 



1893 — Spilosoma virginica var. diibia Dyar, Can. Ent., Vol. XXV, p. 180. 



White with black discal dot on primaries and sometimes 

 submarginal ones on secondaries. Abdomen ocherous subdorsally 

 with black dorsal and lateral spots. Fore cox?e and femora 

 ochraceous. Expanse, 38 — 50 mm. — In the aberration dubia the 

 wings are mouse gray with whitish veins. 



Habitat, Atlantic States westward to Pacific Northwest. 



S. prima Slossoii. 



1889 — S. prima Slosson, Ent. Amer., Vol. V, p. 40. 



