62 ZYG^NID.E AND BOMBYCID.E 



l.-CALLIMORPHA LECONTEI. (PI. 2, figs. 20. 21.) 



Callimorpha Lecontci, Boisd., Guerin, Icon. Regne An. Griffith's Cuv. 



An. Kingd., plate 32, fig. 4. (1831.) 

 Callimorpha militaris, Harris, Cat. Ins. Mass., p. 592. (1833.) 

 Callimorplia viiUtaris, Harris, Rep. Ins. Mass., p. 243. (184 i.) 

 Hypcrcompa Lcconki, Walk., Cat. Lep. B. M. III., p. 651. (1855.) 

 Callimorpha leucomelas, H. S., Lep. Exot., p. 17, fig. 431- (1855.) 

 Callimorpha Lcconlei, H. S., Lep. E.xot., p. 72. (1858.) 

 Hypercompa Lecontei, Clem., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., p. 536. 



(i860.) 

 Callimorpha milihtris, Clem., Syn. Lep. N. Am. App., p. 345- (1862.) 

 Hypercompa Lecontei, Saundens, Syn. Can. A ret., p. 28. (1863.) 

 Var. Hypercompa confinis, Walk., Cat. Lep. B. M. III., p. 65 1 . (1855.) 



Hypercompa confinis, Clem. , Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. , p. 

 (i860.) 



Hypercompa confinis, Clem., Syn. Lep. N. Am. App., p. 345- 

 (1862.) 



Hypercompa confinis, Saund., Syn. Can. Arct., p. 28. (,1863.) 

 Var. Hypercompa contigua. Walk., Cat. Lep. B. M. III., p. 652. 



(1855-) 

 Hypercompa contigua, Clem., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., p. 536. 



(i860.) 

 Hypercompa contigua, Clem., Syn. Lep. N. Am. App., p. 346. 



(1862.) 

 Hypercompa cotitigua, Saund., Syn. Can. Arct., p. 26. (1863.) 

 Var. Hypercompa fulvicosta, Clem., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil, p. 536. 



(i860.) 

 Hypercompa fulvicosta, Saund., Syn. Can. Arct., p. 26. (1863.) 

 Callimorpha vestalis, Pack., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., vol. 3, p. 108. 



(1864.) 

 Tatiada conscita, Walk., Cat. Lep. B. M. XXXII., p. 377. (1865.) 



This insect, as the above synonomy will prove, is a most variable 

 species. The variety which is figured as fig. 165 of the third edition 

 of Harris' Ins. Inj. Veg., is taken as the type in the following descrip- 

 tion, it appearing to be a medium between the Hypercompa confinis. 



