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H. astai'te Doubleday. 



1841.— Doubleday, Eut. vol. i. p. 57. 



varia Walker. 

 1855.— Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus. Pt. v, p. 1023. 



menus Harris. 

 1869. — Harris, Ent. Corr. p. 134. Stauropns. 



chapmanii Grote.* 

 1881. Grote, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. vol. vi, p. 258. 

 Olivaceous gray,appearin}j paler than obliqita ; thorax, basal space aud a shade 

 exteudiug from niediati space subapically, whitish green, clouding the white 

 subapical shade. Lines black, essentially as in ohliqua, the subapical portion of 

 the subterminal line more consolidated and narrower. 

 Ilab. — Florida. 



H. obliqua Packard. 



1864.— Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vol. iii, p. 368. 

 var. troiivelotii Packard. 



1864.— Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vol. iii, p. 369. 



brunnea Grote and Robinson. 

 1867. — Grote and Robinson, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. vol. i, p. 180. 

 Dark cinereous; transverse lines obscured, but the wing more or less varied 

 with ochraceous, or ferruginous and white patches. Of the white patches, the 

 ruost conspicuous is an oblique subapical one. Discal mark black, lunate, often 

 linear. Secondaries white in % , smoky outwardly in 9 • lu the form trouvelotii. 

 the white marks are absent, the t. a. line moderately distinct, and the apical 

 third of wing covered by a deep brown shade. Expanse 45 — 50 mm. 



Hab. — Atlantic States. 



H. luiiata Hy. Edwards. 



1884. — Hy. Edwards, Papilio vol. iv, p. 44. 



plumosa Hy. Edwards. 

 1886. — Hy. Edwards, Ent. Amer. vol. ii, p. 14. Lophodonta. 



dardania Druce. 

 1887. — Druce, Biol. Cent. -Am. vol. i, p. 237, pi. xxv, f. 4. Heterocampa. 

 Very uniform dark gray, darker in the basal field aud sometimes discolored, 

 recalling the ornamentation of Notodonta. Transverse Hues obsolete. Discal 

 mark black, lunate. Secondaries grayish, especially along costal border. Ex- 

 panse 40 mm. 



Hub. — Colorado to Arizona, Mexico. 



H. uinbrata Walker. 



1855.— Walker, (Jat. Brit. Mus. Pt. v, p. 1023. 



semiplaga Walker. 

 1861.— Walker, Can. Nat. and Geol. vol. vi, p. 37. 

 1882.— Grote, New Check List, p. 19. 

 1892.— Smith, Can. Ent. vol. xxiv, p. 136. 



pulverea Grote and Robinson. 

 1867. — Grote and Robinson, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. vol. i, p. 185. 



athereo Harris. 

 1869. — Harris, Ent. Corr. p. 134, note. Stauropus. 

 Thorax pale- greenish gray, with a blackish line on collar. Primaries pale 

 olivaceous ashen, shaded with darker greenish gray from the basal line to the 



■'■ Dr. Packard writes us: "On seeing Mr. Thaxter's type of H. chapmanii I 

 think it must be for the present regarded as distinct from ustarte." We have no 

 personal knowledge of this form. 



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