Lithosiidae 



the hind wing is slightly produced at the anal angle. Here 

 come two of the species found in our fauna, /. schwar:(ioriim 

 and /. unifascia. In the third section, typical IlUce, fall the 

 species in which the anal angle is not produced. Here are 

 placed five species. The student may find the following key 

 helpful in determining his specimens: 



A. Hind wing slightly produced at the anal angle. 



Lappets and markings of fore wing yellow, hind wings 

 crimson, fuscous at apex. 



1 . Fore wing with the band across the wing crimson on the 



inner margin schwarziorum Dyar 



2. Fore wing with the band across the wing not crimson on 



the inner margin unifascia Grote 



B. Hind wing not produced at the anal angle. 

 Abdomen crimson ; fore wing slaty-gray in ground color. 



I. Fore wing with crimson patch on the costa subjecia Walker 



2 Fore wing without crimson patch on costa, and with a pink 



streak on the inner margin at the base. . . .striata Ottolengui 



3. Fore wing with whitish patch about the middle of the inner 



margin plumbea Stretch 



Abdomen orange or yellowish. 



1 . Hind wing pale yellow, with apex blackish nexa Boisduval 



2. Hind wing smoky-gray faustinula Boisduval 



(i) mice unifascia Grote 

 & Robinson, Plate XllL Fig. 

 36, ? . (The Banded Lichen- 

 moth.) ^^ 



Syn. tenuifascia Harvey. I\\ vvsV' CSJ 



The insect ranges from Yio. ss.-Illice unifascia, i . {. 

 the Ohio Valley southward to (After Hampson.) 



Texas, and from Virginia to Florida, The transverse band 



is often interrupted in the 



middle of the wing, and there 



^>7if ^- ^ is variation in the color of 



^^ the hind wings, which, while 



usually red or crimson, may 



"Pig. s6.— mice subjecia. $. \. ^Iso be orange, or even 

 (After Hampson.) yellow. 



(2) mice subjecta Walker, Plate Xlll, Fig. 35, $, . (The 

 Subject Lichen-moth.) 



Syn. packardi Grote. 



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