30 Journal New York Ent. Soc. ivol. ii. 



posterior line opposite the reniform. Secondaries nniformly 

 blackish with a red tinge. The 9 is uniformly sordid white. 

 Habitat, Northern Atlantic States. 



N. leucostigma Abbott i> Smith. 



i']qT—P/iala:na leiicosligina AuBoiT & Smith, Lep. Ins. Ga., Vol. II, pi. 79. 

 . 1832 — Cladop/iora leiicographa Geykk, Zulr. Ex. Schmett., Vol. IV, p. 33. 

 1856 — Orgyia intermedia FncH, 2d rept. iiox. ins. N. Y.. p. 213. 

 1856 — Orgyia borealis FirCH, 2d rept. no.\. ins. N. Y., p. 213. 



var. obliviosa Hy. Edwards. 



1886 — Orgyia obliviosa \\y . Edwakds. Ent. Amer.. Vol. II, p. 13. 

 1890 — Orgyia inoriiata BEUTF.NMiiLLER*, Psyche, Vol. V. p. 300. 



Pale slate gray ; markings moderate or obsolete, white spot well 

 defined or absent. Secondaries uniformly brownish gray, varying 

 in shade from pale to dark. 



Habitat, Atlantic States westward. 



Genus Olene Habner. 



1823 — Olcne lIuBNER, Zutr. Ex. Schmett., Vol. II, p. 19 ; 18S3 — Moore, 



Lep. Ceylon, Vol. II, p. 95. 

 1855 — Nioda Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus. , pt. V, p. 1069. 

 1855 — Rilia Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., pt. V, p. 1075. 

 1S64 — Parorqyia Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., Vol. Ill, p. 332. 

 1869 — Turriga Walker, Char. Lep. Het,, p. 15. 



Synopsis of species. 

 Markings of primaries entirely brown, secondaries brownish. cinnaitiomea. 



Markings black or partly so ; secondaries gray or blackish. 



Wings sparsely irrorate with black scales, lines distinct, especially t. p. 

 No distinct white discal patch on primaries : dark shade beyond t. p. 

 line not reaching to terminal line, fading out and ill defined out- 

 wardly with a whitish edge. 

 A longitudinal black bar along s.-m. fold .... achatina; 



This bar absent ........ var. tephra. 



A distinct white discal patch on primaries, and dark shade reaching 

 to t. line, sharply defined outwardly, especially in a point between 

 veins 6 and 7. 

 Veins not distinctly black lined. 



Basal space gray and brown ..... leucophfea. 



Basal space with an ocherous patch . . . var. basiflava. 



Veins black lined ....... var. atrivenosa. 



Wings densely irrorate with black, pulverulent, all the markings 

 obscured, but discernible ........ plagiata, 



* The larva of this species described by me, is totally distinct from the well 

 know 0. leucostigma and not identical as considered by Mr. Dyar (Psyche, Vol. VI, 

 p. 420). Wm. Beutenmuller. 



(To BE CONTINUED.) 



