118 Journal New York Ent. Soc. lvol. ii. 



Family BOMBYCID^:. 



Genus Bombyx Linnceus. 



175S — Bombyx LiNN.KUS, Syst. Nat., Vol. I, p. 499. 



B. mori Liiuuviis. 



1758 — BoDibyx iiiori LiNN/EUS, Syst. Nat-, Vol. 1, p. 499, n. 18; 1S91 — Smith, 

 List. Lep., No. 1413. 



Entirely white, with very faint brown t. a., median and t. p. 

 bands and discal dot. This is the well known "silk-worm" moth, 

 and is cultivated in various parts of this country. 



Family PSYCHID.*:.* 



Synopsis of genera. 



Vein lb of primaries sending a branch to internal margin. 

 Wings elongate, narrow. 



Hind wings triangular, apex acuminate . . . Oikelicus. 



Hind wings rounded, apex obtuse .... Thyridopteryx. 



Wings broader ; size small ....... Psyche, 



Vein 6 present on fore'wing, absent on hind wing, group Platoeceticus. 

 Vein 6 absent on both wings .... group Eurycyttarus. 



Vein lb free from inner margin, without a branch .... Chalia. 



(lenus Oiketicus Guildiiig. 

 1837 — Oiketicus Guilding, Trans. Linn. Soc. I-ond., Vol. XV, p. 375. 



O. abbotii Grote. 



1880— Gkote, N. Am. Ent., Vol. I, p. 52. 



(^ Sable brown with a vitreous bar at the extremity of the cell 

 of the primaries. The narrow external edging of the wings is 

 pale. A blackish streak at base on vein i, and a broad shade from 

 cell outward to external margin. Expanse, 30 mm. 



'Habitat^ Florida. 



Genus Thyridopteryx Stephens. 



1834— T^Z/jr/r/f/ZtT/x Stei'uens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust., Vol. IV. p. 387. 

 1865 — Hyinenopsyche Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Thil., Vol. V, p. 24S. 



Synopsis of speeies. 

 Veins of wings brown ....... ephemerseformis. 



Veins of wings pale orange ........ meadii. 



T. ephemeraeformis Haivorth. 



1803 — sphinx ephemericforniis IIawurth. Lep. Brit., p. 72. 



1864 — Eceticus conifer arum Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., Vol. Ill, p.351. 



* The wingless females of all the species in this family are not very charact- 

 eristic, and descriptions of them are omitted. 



