148 Journal New York Ent. Soc [Voi. ii 



square. Lines obsolete, but white discal spot very distinct. Ex- 

 panse, 30 — 37 mm. 



9 Very dissimilar to d^. It is exactly like the 9 oi sf/\^ma, but 

 usually slightly less dotted with blackish. Expanse, 53 55 mm. 



Habitat, Atlantic States westward. 



A. virginiensis Dniry. 



1773 — Rombvx 7'irgineiisis Dkury, 111. Exot. Ent., Vol. 11, pi. 13, f. 2. 

 1789 — Bombvx (xstynioiie Q\.\V\\\<, Encycl. Meth., Vol. V, p. 43. 

 1797 — P halcena pelliuida Abhot & Smith, Lep. Ins. Ga., pi. 58. 



^ Like se/iatoria, but darker colored, and center of primaries 

 hyaline. 9 Purplish brown, especially purplish in marginal space. 

 Wings sub-translucent, lines faint, discal dot distinct. No dots 

 on the wings. 



Habitat, Atlantic States westward. 



A. rubicunda Fabricius. 



\q(^1 — Boinbvx ynbicunda Fadkicius, Ent. Syst., Vol. Ill (i), p. 429. 



race alba Grotc. 



1874 -Dryocaiiipa t ubicunda va,x . alba Grote, Bull. Buff. See, Vol.11, p. 183. 

 J875 — Dryocanipa pallida Bowi.KS, Can. Ent., Vol. VII, p. 108. 



Light yellow. Basal and marginal spaces on primaries, and 

 .a diffused and faint sub-marginal line on secondaries rose pink. 

 Expanse, d" 40—45 '^^"i-. 9 5°— 55 '^m. 



Habitat, Atlantic States. 



The race alba is entirely creamy white above. 



Habitat, Mississippi Valley to Canada. 



Genus Sphingicampa Walsh. 



1864— Walsh, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. IX, p. 290. 



Syjiopsis of species. 



Secondaries without discal dot. 



Primaries usually heavily irrorate, t. p. line diffuse. 



T. a. line faint or absent, discal dots usually present . bicolor. 



T. a. line as distinct as t. p. line ; no discal dots . quadrilineata. 



Primaries slightly irrorate ; t. p. line distinct, straight, . . bisecta. 



Secondaries with large round black discal dot. 



A dark obscure transverse line on primaries . . . heiligbrodti. 

 Transverse lines of primaries white ..... albolineata. 



S. bicolor Harris. 



1841 — Dryocanipa /^/V^Av Harris, Rep. Ins. Mass., p. 203. 



J 864 Spkiitgicampa disfii^iiia Walsh, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. 11 ist. , Vol. I X,p. 290. 



