March 1894.] NeUMiIGEN & DyAR. N. A. BOMBYCES. 29 



var. badia Hy. Edwards. 



187^ — Orgyia baJia Hy. Eewards, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Vol. V, p. 188. 



d" Rusty brown, with darker transverse anterior and transverse 

 posterior and sub-terminal lines, the latter obscure, but a very 

 distinct bright, white spot before internal angle. Reniform discal 

 spot faintly outlined. In the variety badia the basal space and 

 space from trans. -post, line to margin is heavily shaded with 

 blackish brown. P^xpanse, 25 — 30 mm. 



Habitat, Canada and Northern United States. 



N. vetusta Boisduval. 



1852 — Oroyia vetusta Boisduval, Ann. Ent. Soc. France, Vol. X, p. 322. 



Blackish brown or gray with a red tinge, the markings obscured. 

 White spot present, but not very large. Secondaries blackish 

 brown with a darker border. Expanse c?, 20 — 25 mm. 



Habitat, Coast region of California. 



N. gulosa Hy. Edwards. 



1881 — Orgyia gtdosa Hv. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. I, p. 61. 

 1893 — Orgyia gulosa Dyar, Psyche, Vol. VI, p. 438. 



Fore wings gray, slightly tinged with brown. Markings very 

 distinct ; reniform spot pale, outlined by a brown ring : veins 

 indicated by dark scales. Secondaries reddish centrally with a 

 blackish border. Expanse, 25 mm. 



Habitat, Coast region of California. 



N. cana Hy. Edwards. 



iSSi — Orgyia cana Hy. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. I, p. 61. 

 l8g2 — Orgyia cana Dyar, Psyche, Vol. VI, p. 203. 



Smooth dark gray, the lines black broad, well defined. Reniform 

 outlined in brown and filled in with yellowish. Subterminal line 

 white, the white mark above internal angle small, crescent shaped, 

 or obsolete. Secondaries blackish tinged with brown, uniformly 

 colored. 



Habitat, Sierra Nevada of California. 



N. definita Packard. 



1864 — Orgyia definita Packard, Prot. Ent. Soc. Phil., Vol. Ill, p. 332. 

 Dark gray, often tinged with dull ocherous along internal 

 margin and subterminal space ; lines black, heavily marked ; sub- 

 terminal line whitish ; white spot variable sometimes obsolete. 

 Between transverse posterior and subterminal lines, there are 

 usually a series of black longitudinal shades crossing the transverse 



