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1 $. Colorado. (I. Doll.) 



Type. Coll. B. Neumoegen. 



The chief differences to be found between this and Sc. Robinim 

 are : the markings of the fore wings, the much darker tibia; and 

 tarsi, stained with a deeper shade, and the almost wholly yellow 

 abdomen, which in 5. Robinice is blackish for the first three seg- 

 ments, with a narrow yellow line. 



SciAPTERON Syringe. Harr. Larva. 



Yellowish white. Head about two-thirds the width of sec- 

 ond segment, chestnut brown, with the mouth parts pitchy above, 

 whitish beneath, very shiny, and with a deep triangular sulcus in 

 front. Second segment yellowish, with a waved brownish line 

 posteriorly. Each of the segments bears about eight short 

 brownish hairs. The third segment is slightly broader than the 

 rest, swollen as it were, at the sides. The spiracles are small, 

 brown, those of the second and twelfth segment being larger than 

 the rest. The anal segment is slightly yellow, with many short 

 brownish hairs. All the feet and legs pale pitchy. 



Length. 0.80 inch. 



In stems of Syringa Pcrsica. Albany, N. Y. Dr. James S. 

 Bailey. 



In young shoots of Fraximis sp. Long Island. Rev. G. D. 

 Hulst. 



In young shoots of Fraximis sp. Ames, Iowa. Herbert Os- 

 born. 



Carmenta. n. gen. 



Fore wings quite opaque. Abdomen sessile, and tapering 

 toward anal extremity. Caudal tuft small. Antenna thickened 

 toward the extremity, as in ALgeria proper. In many respects 

 this genus approaches Paranthrnie, but in that genus, while the 

 anterior wings are opaque, the antennae are simple, or cihate. 



Type. Algeria Pyralidiformis. Walker. 



" Carmenta was the most important of the Camenae, the pro- 

 phetic nymphs belonging to the religion of ancient Italy. The 

 traditions which assigned a Greek origin to her worship state that 

 her original name was Nicostrate, and that she was the mother of 

 Evander, with whom she came to Italy." 



SviitJis Class. Diet. Art. Camense. 

 ^ Carmenta Ruficornis. n. sp. 



/' Fore wings bright golden purple, the golden shades arranged 

 in streaks. Margins of hind wings also flecked with gold. Be- 

 neath, the fore wings have the costal edge bright yellow. An- 

 tennae bright brownish orange above, with the tip black. Be- 

 neath they are brownish black. Thorax with narrow lateral and 

 basal yellow lines, and with some pale blue metallic scales at base. 

 Abdomen with second and fourth segments narrowly edged pos- 

 teriorly with pale yellow, the sixth wholly yellow. Between the 



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