Datana integerrima Grote and Robinson. 



G. cS: R., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vol. vi, p. 12,* pi. 2, fig. 4. 

 Beut., Can. Ent. vol. xx, p. 134.* 



Dark reddish brown, the lines edged by pale shades. The lines and 

 fringe are concolorous with the brown irrorations that thickly cover the wing, 

 and, in a specimen from Illinois before me, blend together between the first 

 and fifth bands, but the pale shade remains. Hind wings pale, but shaded 

 with brown. The larva is black, the lines white, the lower the wider, but 

 often all are absent and the insect is black. Hair long, white, more abundant 

 than in the other species. 



Food-plants: Hickory, Black Walnut, Butternut. 



Datana contiacta Walker. 



Walk., Cat. Brit. Mus. pt. 5, p. 1062 (1855). 

 G. & R., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vol. vi, p. 14." 

 Beut., Can. Ent. vol. xx, p. 134." 



" Luteous tawny." The lighter costal shade is rather more distinct than 

 in its congeners. The lines and irrorations are nearly black, but the fringe is 

 brown, contrasting with the bright color of the wing and distinctly of a dif- 

 ferent shade from the lines. The lines are indistinctly bordered by paler 

 shades, caused by an absence of the irrorations which are not nearly so nu- 

 merous as in D. integerrima. The discal spots are moderately prominent, 

 concolorous with the lines. The larva is black, its cervical spot yellow, its 

 lines broad, cream white. 



Food-plants: species of Oak. 



Datana perspicua Grote and Robinson. 



G. 6c R., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vol. iv, p. 489, pi. 3, fig. i. 

 Hy. Edwards, Ent. Amer. vol. iii, p. 170.* 

 Readily recognized by its yellowish buff color and peculiar brown mark- 

 ings The central lines (lines 2, 3 and 4) are more or less obsolete, in one 

 specimen before me only a trace left. The outer discal spot is very large and 

 the apical streak long ; the veins from the median down, between bands i 

 and 5, are marked with brown. Hind wings very pale. The larva is black 

 or red, with broad bright yellow stripes. Head and cervical spot black or 

 red. 



Food-plant: Sumach. 



Datana robusta Strecker. 



Strk., Lep. Rhop. et Hetero. pt. 14, p. 131. 



Allied to the preceding, and marked after the same pattern. 

 The species is larger and duller colored than D. perspicua, and the 

 markings are more pronounced. The absence of the usual brown 

 thoracic patch separates it from all species of the genus so far known. 

 Larva. unknown. 



The species is from Texas. 



