Sept. iSj^.] NeUJKKGEN & DvAR. N. A. BOMBYCES. 119 



J* Body black, wings hyaline, the veins brown. Along costa 

 and internal margin of secondaries a few black scales. Expanse, 

 25 mm 



Habitat, Southern States to New York. 



T. meadii Hy. Edwards. 



\i?,i—T/iyridopteiyxinautii., Papilio, Vol. I, p. 116. 



Wings hyaline, without black scales at abdominal margin of 

 secondaries ; veins pale orange. Expanse, 25 mm. 

 Habitat, Mohave Desert, California. 



Genus Psyche Sc/ira/ik. 



1S02 — Psyche SCHR.'^.NK, Fauna Boica, Vol. II (2), p. 87. 



Group Platoeceticus Packard. 



1S69 — Platneccticus Packard, Guide Study Ins., p. 291 ; 1S87 — Packard, 



Ent. Amen, Vol. Ill, p. 51. 

 1893 — Hcyla-r/sia IIampson, Moths of India, Vol. I, p. 298. 



P. gloverii Packard. 



iSt<)—Plahi'ceticHsglovcrii Packard, Guide Study Ins., p. 291, f. 223. 

 1884 — Manatha edivardsii IIeylaerts, C. R. Soc. Ent. Belg., Vol. XXVIII, 



p. lor. 

 Dark brown throughout. Veins 5 — 6 arise from the discal 

 cross vein. Expanse, 20 — 22 mm. 

 Habitat, Southern States. 



Group Eurycyttarus Hainpson. 



\%()\—Eurycyttartis Hamtson, 111. Het. B. M., Vol. VIII, p. 66 ; 1893— 

 Hampson, Moths of India, Vol. I, p. 299. 



Synopsis of species. 

 Small, wings blackish . confederata. 



Larger, wings brownish gray ....... carbonaria. 



P. confederata Grate ^ Robinson. 



1868 — Psyche confederata GROTii (S; RoBlNSON, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, Vol. 

 II, p. 191. 



Uniformly blackish ; wings opaque. Wings broad, apex of 

 primaries nearly square. Expanse, 16 — 19 mm. 



Habitat, Southern States to New York and westward. 



P. carbonaria Packard. 



18S7 — PsYcIie carbonaria PACKARD, Ent. Amer., Vol. Ill, p. 51. 



Uniform browmsh black, wings sub-translucent. Wings broad, 

 well roundtfd ; body black, hairy. Expanse, 21 — 22 mm. 



Habitat, Texas. 



