﻿DESCRIPTIONS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  SPECIES 
  OF 
  SATURNIAN 
  MOTHS 
  

   IN 
  THE 
  COLLECTION 
  OF 
  THE 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  NATIONAT 
  

   MUSEUM. 
  oiNAiiuiNAi. 
  

  

  By 
  Harrison 
  G. 
  Dyar, 
  

  

  Custodian 
  of 
  Lepidoptera, 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum. 
  

  

  The 
  present 
  paper 
  deals 
  with 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Hylesia 
  belonmnc 
  

   to 
  the 
  family 
  Saturniidse. 
  " 
  

  

  Genus 
  HYLESIA 
  Hubner. 
  

   Hylesia 
  Hubner, 
  Verz. 
  bek. 
  Schmett., 
  1822, 
  p. 
  186. 
  Type, 
  canitia 
  StoII 
  

   Mimdtacus 
  Walker, 
  Cat. 
  Lep. 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  6, 
  1855, 
  p. 
  1335. 
  Type, 
  nanus 
  

  

  Table 
  of 
  species. 
  

   fl' 
  Hind 
  wing, 
  at 
  least 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  with 
  ocellate 
  discal 
  mark 
  

  

  b- 
  Fore 
  wing 
  of 
  male 
  strongly 
  falcate 
  ; 
  female 
  very 
  dissimilar 
  nanus 
  Walker. 
  

  

  b 
  bore 
  wing 
  of 
  male 
  not 
  strongly 
  falcate. 
  

  

  1 
  ^cellus 
  of 
  hind 
  wing 
  of 
  male 
  brick 
  red 
  with 
  yellow 
  center 
  . 
  .corevia 
  Schaus. 
  

   C 
  Ocellus 
  red 
  with 
  black 
  or 
  crimson 
  ring. 
  

  

  d' 
  Hind 
  wing 
  of 
  male 
  with 
  blunt 
  projection 
  below 
  middle 
  of 
  outer 
  margin. 
  

  

  «Tj. 
  J 
  . 
  ^ 
  lineata 
  Druce. 
  

  

  a- 
  Jlmd 
  wmg 
  of 
  male 
  nearly 
  evenly 
  curved. 
  

  

  c» 
  Ocellus 
  of 
  hind 
  wing 
  of 
  male 
  with 
  black 
  ring. 
  . 
  . 
  .subaurea 
  Schaus 
  

   2TT- 
  , 
  . 
  . 
  ^ 
  ?''''' 
  ""^ 
  ^'"""^ 
  "^'"^ 
  ""^ 
  "'^^^ 
  ^^t^ 
  ^^11 
  crimson 
  ring. 
  . 
  . 
  .iola 
  Dvar 
  

   o 
  Hmd 
  wmg 
  of 
  male 
  without 
  ocellate 
  discal 
  mark, 
  at 
  most 
  a 
  diffused 
  darker 
  patch' 
  

   t> 
  Hind 
  wing 
  of 
  male 
  with 
  projecting 
  angle 
  below 
  middle 
  

  

  c- 
  Abdomen 
  rosy 
  ^neides 
  Druce. 
  

  

  e' 
  Abdomen 
  ocherous. 
  

  

  d' 
  Fore 
  wing 
  with 
  large 
  blackish 
  discal 
  patch. 
  

  

  melanostigma 
  Herrich-Schaeffer. 
  

  

  WTT- 
  A 
  ^!^«^^^^g 
  without 
  this 
  marking 
  ^yr^x 
  Dyar 
  (1). 
  

  

  6^ 
  -Hmd 
  wing 
  of 
  male 
  evenly 
  rounded. 
  

  

  •Fore 
  wing 
  of 
  male 
  roundedly 
  produced 
  at 
  apex; 
  a 
  brown 
  band 
  on 
  basal 
  

   part 
  of 
  inner 
  margin 
  oblique 
  to 
  the 
  base. 
  

  

  ^ 
  Outer 
  band 
  of 
  fore 
  wing 
  distinct, 
  dark, 
  broad 
  mymex 
  Dyar 
  (2) 
  

  

  cP 
  Outer 
  band 
  absent, 
  faint, 
  or 
  very 
  slender. 
  

  

  e" 
  Fore 
  wing 
  of 
  male 
  without 
  distinct 
  discal 
  mark; 
  thorax 
  black. 
  

  

  /' 
  Fore 
  wing 
  rosy 
  brown 
  acuta 
  Druce. 
  

  

  PFore 
  wing 
  dark 
  smoky 
  brown. 
  

  

  g^ 
  Venter 
  of 
  thorax 
  and 
  abdomen 
  sooty 
  brown. 
  

  

  h' 
  Fore 
  wing 
  with 
  faint 
  outer 
  line. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  '. 
  . 
  .hamata 
  Schaus. 
  

   h^ 
  Fore 
  wing 
  with 
  outer 
  line 
  obsolete. 
  ..tapareba 
  Kirby 
  

  

  c' 
  

  

  Proceedings 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum, 
  Vol. 
  44-No. 
  1947, 
  

  

  121 
  

  

  