June 1894.] NeUMCEGEN & DyAR. N. A. BOMBYCES. 65 



Entirely black ; wings subtranslucent with slight bluish 

 reflection. Expanse, 20 mm. 



Habitat, Texas, New Mexico. 



T. martenii French. 



1884 — Triprocris viaitenii French, Papilio, Vol. Ill, p. igr. 



Brownish black, translucent; veins appearing distinctly, not 

 obscured by the vestiture. Expanse, 24 mm. 

 Habitat, Arizona. 



Genus Harrisina Packard. 

 1864 — Harrisina Packard, Proc. Essex Inst., Vol. IV, p. 31. 



Synopsis of species. 

 Collar black ........... coracina. 



Collar red. 

 . Size mediiim (20 — 30 mm.) ; black, slightly metallic. 



Collar orange americana. 



Collar, base of patagia and underside of head and breast 



orange australis. 



Larger (40 mm.) lustrous bluish green .... metallica. 



H. coracina Clemens. 



1861 — A:^laope coracina Cle.viens, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., i860, p. 539. 

 1887 — Harrisina iiigrina Gr.i^f. Ent. Amer., Vol. Ill, p. 41. 



Entirely dull black, the abdomen with a bluish lustre. Ex- 

 panse, 20 mm. 



Habitat, Texas. 



H. americana Gnerin. 



1829 — 44 — Aglaope americana Guekin, Icon. R. Anim. Ins., p. 500, pi. 84 



bis f. II. 

 1872 — Harrisina iexana Stretch, Zyg. & Bomb. N. A., Vol. I, p. 181. 

 Black ; the wings subtranslucent. Collar broadly orange red 

 narrowing to a line on the under side. Expanse, 25 mm. 



Habitat, Atlantic States westward to the Mississippi Valley 

 and Texas. 



H. australis Stretch. 



1885 — Harrisina auslralis Stkkich, Ent. Amer., Vol. I, p. 102. 



Greenish black ; prothorax reddish orange, the color extending 

 to the base of the patagia, under side of head, and breast. Ex- 

 panse, 29 mm. 



Habitat, Florida [Stretch]. 



