196 B. NEUMOEGEN AND H. G. DYAR. 



I». basitriens Walker. 



1855.— Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus. Pt. v, p. 1000. Notodonta. 

 Gray, the veins of fore wing outwardly liued with black. T. a. and t. p. lines 

 converging at internal margin, black, slightly dentate, the t. p. line faint. Basal 

 S])ace including a brown streak which shades into ocherons below. A subter- 

 niinal row of intervennlar, blackish, diffuse spots. Hind wings white, shading 

 into gray outwardly, with dentate mesial line. Expanse 45 mm. 



Hab. — Northern iVtlantic States. 



Genus Liopliodoiita Packard. 

 1864.— Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vol. iii, p. 357. 



Synopsis of Species. 



Primaries partly shaded with ferruginous brown ferrugiiiea. 



Primaries with scattered ocher-yellow marks aiigulosa. 



L.. ferruginea Packard. 



1864.— Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vol. iii, p. 357. 

 Dark blackish brown ; basal and outer half of median space shaded with fer- 

 ruginous brown. T. a. and t. p. lines brown defined by white. A large white 

 costal patch at end of cell. Subterminal line whitish. Secondaries whitish 

 centrally in % , gray in 9 , the costal margin darker. A pale, broad, mesial, and 

 narrow subterminal band, defined on costa. Abdomen ligneous brown. Ex- 

 panse 45 mm. 



Hab. — Northern Atlantic States. 



L,. aiigulosa Smith and Abbott. 



1797. — Smith and Abbott, Lep. Ins. Ga. vol. ii, pi. 83. Phalsena. 

 Dark gray, marked as in ferruginea. but without any ferruginous shades. 

 The basal space, t. a. and t. p. lines are marked with brownish ocher. while the 

 costal patch is more obscure than in ferruginea. 



Hab. — Atlantic States westward. 



Genus LiOpliopteryx Stephens. 

 1828.— Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. vol. ii, p. 26. 



Li. oapnciiia Linnaeus. 



1758,— Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i, p. 507, N. 55. Bombyx. 

 eamelina Linnaeus. 



1758.— Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i, p. 507, N. 56. Bombyx. 

 americana Harvey. 



1877. — Harvey, Can. Ent. vol. ix, p. 95. Lophopteryx. 

 Bright brown; nervules interruptedly marked in very dark brown. T. a. line 

 single, forming two approximate, teeth on cell dentate below median vein. T. 

 p. line double, obliterate, with included paler shade which traverses the wing 

 ol)liquely, marked on costal region ; a series of ante-apical pale dots; a purplish 

 brown s. t. shade. Median space diflfused, shaded with purplish brown, more 

 apparently so before outer line and inferiorly where the median lines approxi- 

 mate; a terminal brown line, interrupted on the veins, opposite to the extremi- 

 ties of which the exserted fringe is dark brown. Hind wings ochrey, with 

 concolorous fringes becoming brown toward anal angle; a median pale shade. 



