42 ZYG^NIDiE AND BOMBYCID^ 



The three species found in the United States may be tabulated thus: 



* Fore wings bicolorous. 



t Base yellow - - - - Z. Pholus. 



Base Red - - - - Z. Miniali. 



* Fore wings concolorous, pale brick red - Z. Palmerii. 



l.-LYCOMOEPHA PHOLTJS. {PL 2, fig. 3.) 



Sphinx pholus, Drury. ( 1770.) 



pholus, Fabricius, Sp.. Ins., vol. 2, 166, 49. ( 1781.) 

 Lyconiorpha pholus, Harris, Sill. Am. Jour. Sci., vol. 36. 

 Glaucopis pholus, Harris, Ins. Inj, Veg. , p. 341, fig. 164. (1862.) 

 Glaucopis pholus, Morris, Syn. Lep. N. Am., p. 135. (1862.) 

 Lvcomorpha pholus, Clem., Syn. Lep. N. Am. App., p. 289. (1862.) 



5 . $ . Entire insect deep blue-black, almost black, with the ex- 

 ception of the patagia and the basal half of all the wings, which are 

 orange. 



Expanse of ivings, 1.20 inches. Length of body, 0.40 inch. 

 Habitat. — Northern Atlantic States. 



Larva. — "Pale green, with yellowish spots running into green; 

 head black, covered with a few short, whitish hairs ; body sparingly 

 clothed with rather long hairs, which are white on the sides and black 

 on the back, the hairs arising singly from minute tubercles, those on 

 the third segment the longest, and with the others before them directed 

 forward. It eats the lichens on stone heaps and shady places, and 

 undergoes its transformations in a thin silky cocoon." Harris. 



