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testaceous. Pronotum piceou?, minutely pubescent, convex, much narrowed an- 

 teriorly, the fore-margin moderately arcuated, with the edge reflexed, an interrupted 

 hooked ochroous vitta runs from near the inner corner next the eye to the transverse 

 impressed liiiC dividing the lobes, a spot of the same color near the anterior angle, 

 and a diaL;oiial vitta near the humeral angle; the two exterior areas of the disk 

 mai ked witli cui ved coarse wrinkles, posterior lobe depressed, transversely wrinkled, 

 having the posterior angles ]iroductd, long, wide, with the outer corners a little 

 rounded ; me^onotum convex, minutely pid)escent densely and finely shagreened, 

 marked with a twicedoopcd ochieous line which runs back to behind the middle of 

 the disk, lind)s of the mesothoracic cross yellow, connected anteriorly with a short 

 curved streak of the same color, reflexed posterior and lateral margins also ochreous, 

 the latter covered with silvery pubescence when fresh ; cavities each side and before 

 the cross also silvery pubescent. Exposed part of the metanotum, and adjoining 

 margin of the abdominal segment ochreous. Wings hyaline, tinged with dull ochre- 

 ous at base, veins of the wing covers testaceous (green when fresh?) more or less in- 

 terrupted with fuscous, the costal nervurc fuscous, margined and interrupted with 

 testaceous, excepting the apical portion, the two transverse veins which are marked 

 with the brand a little curved, — the brand is either present or absent, or sometimes 

 forms only a faint vestige ; apical series of nervures fuscous in old specimens; nerv- 

 ures of the wings greenish-testaceous, those of the forward portion and bases of all 

 the coarser nervures fuscous. Beneath testaceous or pale green, pruinose, minutely 

 pubescent. Legs fringed with close white hair, the anterior and middle tibia"', the 

 anterior femora and tarsi, tips of the tarsi, nails and spines piceous. Opercula 

 pale, long and wide, overlapping along their inner margin, broadly rounded behind, 

 extending far back, so as to leave only five ventral segments fully exposed. Abdomen 

 blunt conical, tergum piceous, but with the base, last segment, excepting the black 

 patch at tip, and a large sub-quadrate spot on the segments next behind the tymbals, 

 ochreous. Areoles of the wing-covers generally wider than in P. maura. Last seg- 

 ment of venter and also the inferior genital segment of the male triangular emarginate: 

 superior genital cover acuminate. 



Length to tip of abdomen 28 — 30 mm.; to tip of closed wing-covers 42 — 45 mm. 

 Width across base of pronotum l2'/„ — 13 mm. 



Several specimens of this species have passeci through my hands, 

 but at present only three males remain in my collection. One of these 

 is from the vicinity of the Pecos river in Texas, and the others were 

 captured in Arizona. A male specimen from Camp Grant, Arizona, had 

 a much longer rostrum than the types, and it was also destitute of the 

 brown brand of the winij-covers. 



To the Food Plants o{ Empretia stimulea given by Mr. Beutenmiiller 

 we can add from personal observation Prunus cerasus (Common Cherry) 

 and Smilax rotundifolia (Catbrier). Indeed, we have it found more 

 commonly upon the latter than upon any other food plant. Mr. Hubbard 

 reports it feeding upon the Orange in Florida. 



To the food plants of Apafela americana we can add Riihus villosus 

 {W^'!i.c\.h&x\y) 2Lnd Robinia pseiidacacia {l^ocMSi). G. D. H. 



