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tEgeria Prosopis. n. sp. 



Jet black. Palpi beneath, pectus, fore coxae, and joints of 

 tibiae and tarsi, clear white. Abdomen very glossy beneath, but 

 without any trace of a band. Caudal tuft jet black. Antennae 

 black, unusually thickened through their entire length. The mar- 

 gins of the wings are black, with slight metallic reflection. Trans- 

 parent space behind cell of forewings, with silvery white streaks, 

 and a silver streak along internal margin. Fringe of fore wings 

 brownish black, of hind pair dull white. Beneath, the wings are 

 white, except the apical margin and large discal spot, which are 

 jet black. 



Exp. wings, 15 mm. Length of body, 8 mm. Arizona. 

 I $ . Coll. Hy. Edwards. 



This singular species was raised from a gall on the Mesquit. 

 {JProsopis juliflora, D. C.) Gall. Sub-ovate in form, dull brown in 

 color, surface very much roughened, placed in the axils of the 

 branches. 



Length, 30 mm. Breadth, 18 mm. 



LARV.E OF NORTH AMERICAN MOTHS. 



By a. R. Grote. 



NOTODONTA StRAGULA. 



Larva on willow, smooth, grayish violet, shading to reddish 

 on the dorsum of two last segments ; first five abdominal seg- 

 ments with an oblique pale lateral stripe, that on sixth segment 

 reddish ; first two segments with a sharp fleshy protuberance on 

 the dorsal line. Dorsal stripe brownish, darker on thorax and on 

 the upper edge of the two elevations. Head and feet brown ; 

 anal segment enlarged, terminating regularly and obliquely back- 

 wards to the anal claspers. This is probably ks final moult. 



EULONCHE ObLINATA. 



Blackish brown, with tufts of short yellowish hair. A broad 

 yellow band, formed of irregular spots on the segments below 

 the stigmatal line ; above this a lateral series of T-shaped marks. 

 Segments dorsally elevated. Head dark. Larva on willow. 



Mamestra Picta. 



Head and feet orange. Velvety black, reticulated with 

 bluish white. Two yellow stripes, subdorsal and stigmatal. 

 Larva on Golden Rod. 



Phlegothontius Celeus. 



The brown variety has the head striped with yellow. The 

 stigmata enclosed by the fork of a yellow Y-shaped stripe, the 

 lower line continuous ; the thoracic segments frosted with whitish 

 speckles. Larva on tomato. 



