180 zyg.enid;e and bombycid/e 



their separation generically is perfectly desirable, and that Dr. Clemens 

 erred only in supposing that the insects he described were referable to 

 Aglaope Latr. , when in reality they were generically distinct and should 

 have been separated under a new name. Thus Harrisina Packard= 

 Aglaope Clemens, but not Aglaope Latreille. 



l-HARRISINA AMERICANA. (Pl. 7, fig. 6. Pi. 10, fig. 8, larva.) 



Aglaope americana, Boisd. , Griff. Cuv. Reg. An. Lep. PI. 84 bis. 



fig. II. (1832.) 

 Procris dispar, Harris, Cat. Ins. Mass. (1833.) 

 Procris americaiia, Boisd., Sp. Gen. Lep. I. PI. 16, fig. 7. 



(1836.) 

 Procris america7ta, Harris, Sill. Journal, vol. -^6. (1839.) 

 Procris americana, Harris, Ins. Inj, Veg., p. 236. (1841.) 

 Ctemichd {Aglaope) americana, Walker, Cat. Lep. B. M. II., 286. 



(1854.) 

 Procris americana, Fitch, 3rd Rep. Ins. New York, p. 398. 



(1856.) 

 Aglaope americana, Clemens, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil, (i860.) 

 Procris americana, Harris, Ins. Inj. Veg. 2nd Ed., p. ■^'^d, fig. 



163. (1862.) 

 Procris americana, Morris, Syn. Lep. N. Am., p. 134. (1862.) 

 Aglaope americana, Clemens, Syn. Lep. N. Am. App., p. 284. 



(1862.) 

 Harrisitta americana, Packard, Proc. Essex Inst. (1864.) 

 Acoloithus americana, G, &. R. Cat. Lep. N. Am. (1868.) 

 Procris (Acol.) americana, Riley, 2d Rep. St. Ent. Missouri, p. 



855 %s. 58, 59. (1870.) 



3 . — $ . Entire insect greenish black except the prothorax which 

 is orange yellow. 



Expanse of wings, 0.95 inch ; length of body, 0.40 inch. 



Habitat. — Massachusetts (Harris). Nev/ York (Fitch). Missouri 

 (Riley). Pennsylvania and Georgia (Clemens). 



Larva (Riley, loc. cit. ) " The full grown larva measures rather 

 more than half an inch, and tapers a little towards each end. It is 

 of a sulphur yellow color, with a transverse row of six velvety-black 

 prickly tufts on each of the principal segments, the lower tufts being 



