56 SMERINTHUS MYOPS. 



Larva feeds on the Wild Cherry, and i.s pale gi-ecn, with transverse oljlique yellow and red lines or bands 

 on the sides, the last of these extending up the eandal horn ; stigmata red. 



Tliis is found in the same loealities as Excaecata, Juglandis, &c., but is very rare. 



Chcnu* has on the plate between pages 4 and 5 a male figure which, notwithstanding the exaggeration of 

 the apical and outer portion of primaries, is easily recognizable as Myops, beneath we are informed it is 

 " Smerinthe Ocelli, femelle," which latter intelligence does not quite take our breath, as the first shock is ex- 

 perienced on looking at plate I of the same work where the tailless, plain antennaed female of Saturnia Isa- 

 bellic is figured with the title of " Attacus Isabella; male." f 



SMERINTHUS ASTYLUS. Drury. 



Ilhistralions of Exotic Entomology, Vol. II, p. -lo, t. 20, (1773.) 



(PLATE VII, FIG. 10, c?.) 



Male. Expands 2J to 2} inches. 



Head and body cinnamon colored, a yellowish red dorsal ridge on thorax. Abdomen with a brown 

 dorsal line, not very distinct, sides somewhat yellow. 



Upper surface; primaries, flesh colored basal patch ; rest of wing cinnamon colored, with the inner mar- 

 gin blue grey, a mere line at the pale basal i^atch, but beyond that it becomes wider and is abruptly terminated 

 not for from the inner angle by a yellow spot; there is also another yellow spot at the apex; a submarginal 

 flesh colored line, and several smaller ones at the costa; a brown discal spot. Secondaries, inner part yellow, 

 which about halfway in becomes merged in cinnamon red, which color occupies the balance of the wing; near 

 the costa are two jxale lines ; a round black spot with blue pupil near the anal angle. 



Under surface very much the same as in S. Myops, with, however, more of a reddish cast throughout. 



Female differs only from the male in being a little larger, and paler in color. 



To the kindness of Prof Meyer, of Brooklyn, who discovered the larva, and who is so far, I believe, the 

 only person who has bred this rare species, I am indebted for colored drawings in which it is represented as 

 being IJ to 2 inches in length ; of a pale green color, beautifully variegated with dorsal and lateral yellow and 

 red stripes and spots, somewhat in the manner of S. Myops. Its food plant is the tall Whortleberry or Huck- 

 ilebcrry, (Vac. Corymbosum.) 



Habitat. N. York, N. Jersey, Pennsylvania; of exceeding great raritv. 



SMERINTHUS GEMINATUS. Say. 



Americin Entomology, Vol. 1, p. 25, t. 12, (1824.) 



I 



(PLATE VII, FIG. 6, (J; 7, ?.) 



Male. Expands 2^ inches. 



Head pale grey ; palpi dark brown ; thorax pale grey with a large brown dorsal jjatch ; abdomen greyish 

 brown. 



Upper surface, primaries, pale grey, of a somewhat pinkish tint, with various transverse brown lines and 

 shades ; a dark reddish brown patch in the median space interiorly ; a pale discal mark ; a dark reddish brown 

 lunate spot, edged interiorly with pale gray, at apex, and another on interior margin near the inner ancle. 

 Secondaries, deep rose color, somewhat broadly margined exteriorly and on costa with clay color ; near the 

 anal angle a black spot containing two blue marks, from whence the insect derives its name ; this ocellus is 

 prolonged into a hook-like black mark, which connects it with the anal angle. 



* Chknu. — Encyolopedie d'historie Naturelle. PapUIons Nocturnes. 



tThe ,-^ of Saturnia Isabelliv, Oraells, (Ann. Soc. Fr. p. 241, 1850,) has the secondaries tailoa like our Luna, (though belonging to a different 

 group,) and broadly pectinated antennae. 



