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as the upper surface of the wings, a trifle lighter beneath. The an- 

 tennae, the head, and the palpi flesh colored, with a yellowish cast, and 

 a trifle lighter than the conspicuous costal spot. 



Guenee gives Brazil as the habitat of the two species of Sphacelodes 

 described by him, and the presence of the genus in Florida is an in- 

 teresting fact. 



It is but proper to call attention to the fact that Guenee, in his de- 

 scription of the genus Sphacelodes, says that it is characterized, among 

 other things, by the absence of the discal spot on the wings. With 

 this exception the insect before me agrees thoroughly with his generic 

 description, and the discal spot is so obscure in a slightly rubbed 

 specimen I have, that its presence would elude ordinary observation. 

 I have no hesitation in referring the insect to Guenee' s genus. 



It is barely possible that Floridensis may prove to be a climatic varia- 

 tion of luhrrraria. 



Described from 3 S in Coll. W. J. Holland, and i $ in Coll. J. B. 

 .Smith. 



CITHERONIA INFERNALIS AND CATOCALA 

 BABAYAGA, NE^V SPECIES. 



Hv Hkkm.vnn Strecker. 



Citheronia Infernalis, n. sp. — 9. Expands 5 inches. Head, 

 body and legs deep orange or brick red, unicolorous, and devoid of 

 all markings whatsoever. Wings on both upper and under surfaces 

 same red color as the body. Primaries, above, slate colored in the 

 interspaces, leaving only the red color visible on the nervures and a 

 narrow accompanying lining; a large red sub-apical blotch or spot at and 

 near costa, also a smaller one midway between it and the inner margin; 

 another still smaller at base of wing as in Regalis and Scpulchralis. 

 .Secondaries with a row of slate-colored sub- marginal spots, and inte- 

 rior to these a row of streaks or dashes of like color. Under surface; 

 primaries much as above, but more of the red ground color prevail- 

 ing; an indistinct red discal dash. Secondaries with the gray mark- 

 ings only on the apical half of wing; a small, darker, red, discal mark. 



Hab. — Maryland, North Carolina. 



Described from one female now in my collection, which was bred 

 from a blackish blue larva with shining black horns, after the manner 

 of the other species of the genus. The male I was unable to examine, 

 but was informed it resembled the female. 



Catocala Babayaga, n. sp. — Male and female expand from 3/4 to 

 3^8 inches. Primaries, head and thorax above, of an even, warm, 

 reddish gray or ash color, cjuitc unlike any other described species. 



