6 Psyche [February 



Livia maculipennis Fitch. 



A brief description of this species is given by Thomas (1879), 

 which is quoted as follows: — 



" Diraphia maculipennis. Fitch. The Spotted- winged Diraphia. 



"This is a smaller species than the preceding, being only about 

 one-tenth of an inch long to the tips of the wings. It is of a tawny- 

 red color, the thorax being shaded more or less with dusky; the 

 antennae have a broad black band near the tips. The fore-wings 

 somewhat shorter and broader than in either of the preceding 

 species; hyaline with a broad smoky band at the tips, a spot back 

 of the shoulder, and some freckles near the margin, of the same 

 color; the marginal and other veins all white, alternating with 

 numerous black rings. The breast, blackish; legs, dusky or 

 brownish." 



The specimens examined by the writer agree with this descrip- 

 tion except that the wings vary from "hyaline with a broad smoky 

 band at the tips " in the paler specimens to wings which are densely 

 smoked over most of the surface, and that most of the specimens 

 are larger than those recorded by Fitch. The white or colorless 

 veins are in all specimens examined "alternating with numerous 

 black rings." 



Livia bifasciata Provancher (1890) appears from the description 

 to be this species. 



The nymph of this species has not yet been recorded. 



Figs. 1, 6, and 8 give the wing, head, and cauda. 

 . Lot 1339 Sub. 11. Two females lent by Dr. E. P. Felt with the 

 data "Phoenicia N. Y. Aug. 25, 1904, Van Duzee collector, N. Y. S. 

 Coll. (8)." 



Lot 1347 Sub 26. One female lent by Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt 

 with data "Brockville, Ont. Sept. 20, 1903. Collected by W. 

 Metcalfe." 



Lot 1440 Sub 3. Four females lent by Dr. W. E. Britton with 

 data "New Haven, Conn. Collected by B. H. Walden, 13th 

 May, 1911, 30th May, 1911, 26th June, 1910." 



Lot 1348 Sub 1. One female and two males lent by Prof. C. P. 

 Gillette with data "Colo. Agr. Coll. No. 2779." 



