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spots on each segment, placed transversely. This author also states that it feeds upon the 

 sweet gum (Liquidambar stp-aciflua, Lmn.), different kinds of walnut, and the Persimon 

 (Diospyros Virginiana). One of them spun up on the 31st of May, and came out on the 

 8th of June ; another on the 23rd of June, and came out on the 10th of July ; and a 

 third, which did not spin up until the 6th of September, remained in the chrysalis till the 

 3rd of March. It continues breeding throughout the summer, but is not very plentifid. 



DEIOPEIA ORNATRIX. 



t 



Plata XXIV. fig. 2. 



Order : Lepidoptera. Section : Nocturna. Family : Lithosiidse. 



Genus. Deiopeia, Stephens. Euchelia, Boisduval. Eyprepia p. Ochs. 



Deiopeia Ornatrix. Alls convolutis albidis, anticarum margine rubro atropuuctato, posticis albo nigroque 

 variis. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 9 lin.) 



Syn. Phalsena (Noctua) ornatrix, Linn. S. N. 2. 839. No. 110. 



Bombyx ornatrix, Fab. Ent. Syst. 111. 1. p. 480. No. 225. Gmel. Linn. S. N. 2444. 110. Oliv. Enc. 

 MHh. 5. 100. No. 258. 

 Habitat: Antigua ('X'n(;-(/j. Amvnca (Linn. Fabr.). 



Upper Side. Antennae black, filifoiTn. Head with a black frontal spot ; tongue spiral. Thorax 

 flesh-coloured, with small black spots. Anterior wings fine flesh-coloured ; the anterior edges 

 being bordered with scarlet, except four small white places, in each of which is a small black spot ; 

 near the base is a red cordate spot, with a small black one above it; near the external margin is 

 a row of small black spots ; above this is a row of red ones, nearly joining together, and nearly united 

 to the red border at the anterior edge, and above this is another row of black ones. Posterior 

 wings clear white, their external edges with large angular spots of black, one of them running to the 

 anterior edge. 



Under Side. Anterior wings fine deep scarlet, but next the shoulders white, as is the cilia, where, 

 joining to it, is a row of very small black spots ; a little above this is a black irregular line, running from 

 the anterior edge to the lower angle ; above this line is another, shorter, reaching half way across the 

 wings. Posterior wings clear white, spotted with the same black angular spots, as on the upper side ; 

 the anterior edges being of the same scarlet colour as the superior wings. 



DEIOPEIA BELLA. 



Plate XXIV. fig. 3. 



Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Nocturna. Family: Lithosiidae. 



Genus. Deiopeia, Stephens. Euchelia. Boisduval. Eyprepia p. Ochs. 



Deiopeia Bella. Alis anticis'albidis, fasciis sex punctorum nigrorum fasciis fulvis divisis ; posticis rubris apice 

 nigris. (Expans. Alar. 1 iinc. 9 lin.) 



Syn. Phalsena (Tinea) bella, Linn. S. N. 2. 884. No. 348. Fain: Ent. Syst. 111. 1. 479. No. 223. Gmel. 

 Unn. S. N. 2447. 348- Oliv. Enc. Mith. 5. 99. 256. 



Habitat : New York. 



