124 lord walsingham ox [Jan. 19, 



Hab. West Indies — St. Croix, 4 V.-15 VI. {Gudmann, H ede- 

 ma nn, Pontoppidmi). 



" Die 16-fiissige Baupe lebt auf Euphorbia huperifolia zwischen 

 zusammengesponnenen Bliittern ; sie ist cylindi'iseh, zwischen den 

 Leibsegraenten stark eingeschniirt, die Grundfarbe gelbgrun, auf 

 dem ersten Segment rnit vier kleinen roth en Punkten, auf alien 

 iibrigen Segmenteu je ein rother Giirtel ringsum das Segment in 

 welch em die rothen Punkte etwas dunkler erscheinen und mit 

 feinen Haaren besetzt ; Kopf herzformig, gelbbraun, die Mund- 

 theile etwas dunkler ; Fiisse und Aftersegment unbezeichnet." 

 (Gudmann.) 



Closely allied to argutanus, Clem., but differing in the distinctly 

 apparent dorsal patch and in its paler hind wings. 



167. Episimus argutanus, Clem. 



= ALLUTANA, Z. 4 



Bactra ? argutana, Clem. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. XII. 358 (1860) l . 

 Grapholitha (Hedya) allutana, Z. Verb. z.-b. Ges. Wien, XXV. 

 295-6, PI. IX. 27 (1875) 2 . Bactra? argutana, Pack. U.S. Dept. 

 Intr. (Ent. Com.), Bull. VII. 69 (1881) 3 . Semasia argutana,~Fem. 

 Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. X. 45. No. 319 (1882) \ Bactra? argutana, 

 Pack. U.S. Dept. Agr., Ep. V. 282 (1890) 5 . Semasia argutana, 

 Pack. U.S. Dept. Agr., Ep. V. 668 (1890) 6 ; Mft. Can. Ent. 

 XXIII. 168 (1891 )\ 



Hah. Canada 7 ; United States 1_e , 9-26 VII. 2 Larva, Hama- 

 metis virginica 1 ' 3 ' 6 ; Mhus glabra 1 ,3 ' J ; Crataegus tomentosa 1 ' 3 '" ; 

 Ulmus*' 3 ' 5 . West Indies — St. Croix, 4 V.-15 VI. (Hedemann, 

 Pontoppidan) ; St. Thomas, 18 III. (larva Euphorbia sp. '?, Gud- 

 mann); St. Lucia (Point Mich ell, 25 V.) ; Grenada (Balthazar, 

 250 ft., windward side, 15-27 IV.— H. H. Smith). 



Mr. Gudmann's specimen is labelled as bred, but the name of 

 the food-plant is not indicated. Baron von Hedemann informs 

 me that it was bred from a species of Euphorbia, but his note may 

 possibly have referred to nesiotes. 



168. Episimus submicans, sp. n. 



Antenna? fawn-brown. Palpi rough, apical joint depressed, 

 short, partly concealed ; greyish-fawn. Head fawn-ochreous. 

 Thorax fawn-brown ; underside shining silvery white. Fore wings 

 whitish cinereous, mottled and blotched with umber-brown mixed 

 with fuscous ; basal patch scarcely indicated, but traceable by two 

 dark costal spots with smaller ones between them, by a small dark 

 umber-brown patch resting on the fold, and by another nearer to 

 the base beneath the fold ; a broad triangular costal patch com- 

 mencing before and extending beyond the middle is composed of 

 dark umber-brown with fuscous lines running through it, a band 

 of rather shining steel-grey dividing it into two parts obliquely, 

 this patch is diffused and produced irregularly to the fold, above 

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