( 135 ) 



? . Not seeu. 



Earl)' stages not described. 



Hab. Cauada ; Newfouiidlaiul ; New Englaud ; Ohio. 



lu the Triug Museum G c?c? from : Massachusetts ; New Hampshire. 



107. Hyloicus francki. 



Sjiliinr friiiieki Neumoegen, Ent. News iv. p. 133 (1893) (Kansas City). 



Said to be intermediate between chersis and halmiae. Mr. Franck, tlie 

 discoverer of the insect, suggests in a, letter to us that it is a hj'brid between the 

 two. Tlie examination of the structure (antenna, legs, genital armature) will show 

 whether /'ra«c"/i'/ is a distinct sjiecies or a hyl)riil. 



Hah. Kansas Citj'. 



Not seen. 



108. Hyloicus kalmiae. 



Spliiiix l.uhidae Abbot i- Smith, Lt:p. Genrr/iii. i. p. 73. t. 37 (l.ji. i.) (1797) (on Kalinin) ; Harris, 

 in Sillim., Joni;i. Sri. Art xxxvi. p. 295. n. 4 (1839) ; Gosse, Ccuintl. Nat. p. 260 (1840) (egg, 

 larva) ; Walk., LiH Lq>. liin. B. .V. viii. p. 218. n. 8 (1850) (OriUa, W. Can. ; N.Y.); Clem., 

 .J"iirii. Af. N. Sri. PhiJad. iv. p. 171. n. i'll (1869) (larva, pupa; lilac, vii. ; Canada, N.Y., Penn., 

 Mass., Georg.) ; Morris, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 18 (18G0) ; Clem., in Morris, Syit. Lep. N. Am. 

 p. 19G. n. 5 (1862) ; Harris, ed. Flint, Ins. Jiij. Veg. p. 328 (1863); Lintn., Pror. Ent. Soc. 

 Philiid. iii. p. 657 (18G4) (descr. of I., on Si/rinr/n) ; Grote & Rob., Pror. Ent. Sur. Phihiil. V. 

 p. 165. n. 94 (1865) (Atlantic district) ; Bowles, Can'id. Ent. iii. p. 143 (1871) (Quebec, vi. vii.) ; 

 Lintn., Ent. Cuiilr. i. p. 192 & iii. p. 179 (1872) (N.Y., vii., larva ix.) ; Grote, Bnll. Biiffiilo 

 N. H. Sor. i. p. 25 (1874) ; Thaxt., Psi/rJie i. p. 30 (1874) (Newton, Mass., vii.) ; Boisd., .S>^r. 

 Oen. Up. Hit. i. p. 91. n. 27 (1875) ; Caulf., Cumid. Ent. vii. p. 241. n. 15 (1875) (Montreal, 

 common vi. vii.) ; Grote, l.r. ii. p. 238. n. 57 (1875) ; Mann, Pmjrhe. ii. p. 75 (1877) ; But!., 

 Trans. Znol. Sor. Land. ix. p. 620. n. 14 (1877) ; Grote, Canad. Ent. ix. p. 120 (1877) (L. Erie 

 at sugar, vi. 7th) ; Dev., ihid. p. ICO (1877); Grote, PuU. Buffalo Soc. A' Sci.iW. p. 224. D. ,58 

 (1877) (Canada to Southern St.); Mart., Tranx. Drpt. At/r. lUin. xviii. App. p. 104 (1880) 

 (larva) ; Reed, Rrpt. Ent. Sor. Ont. xii. p. 68 (1882) (larva) ; Fern., Canad. Ent. xvi. p. 21 (1884) 

 (Orono, Me.); id., SpJd-ng. N. Enr/l. p. 41. n. 15 (1886) (descr. of /., p., i. ; on ash, lilac, 

 Kalntia); Grote, Hawk Moths N. Am. p. 44 (1886) ; Smith, Trann. Amfr. Ent. Sor. xv. p. 177 

 (1888) (Can. to Georgia, Ala., westw. to Missouri, lUin., Wise., prob. farther west and south) ; 

 Edw., Bull. U. St. N. .Ui,s. xxxv. p. 47 (1889) (lit. rel. to metam.) : Dvar, in Riley, Ins. Life 

 iii. p. .322 (1891) (X.Y., electr. light) ; Beutenm., Bull. Amer. .^fus. N. H. vii. p. 301. t. 5. f. 2 

 (1895) (N.Y., not comm., /., p.; on laurel, lilac, privet, Cliionanthiix, a.v.h) ; Gosa, Ent. /Vrw.i 

 vii. p. 297 (1896) (N. Hampsh., common); Beutenm., l.r. viii. p. 293 (1896) (metam.. on 

 Sijrini/ii) ; Fyles, fiqit. Ent. Sor. Ont. xxx. p. 104 (1900) (Quebec, on Populus trera.). 

 hthia hilmiae, Hubner, Ver:. hrl. Schm. p. 141. n. 1511 (1822). 



6 ?. Antenna slender in both se.\es, not club-shaped ; ciliae of ? rather long, 

 tlie basal and subdorsal ones of each segment almost forming a distinct comb. 

 Taljius prominent. Spines of foreleg slender, none much prolonged ; first segment 

 of ibretarsus as long as that of midtarsus, one-third longer than that of hindtarsns, 

 nior(! than half as long again as the other segments together ; s]iurs rather long, 

 long apical one of hindtibia more than half the length of the first tarsal segment; 

 comb of midtarsus with some moderately long bristles ; paronyehium with lung 

 J)ointed lobe. 



<S. Tenth abdominal tergite elongate, remaining narrow to end, slightly curved, 

 ape.x obtuse, somewhat flattened above ; sternite produced into a short, very broad, 

 irregularly rounded, almost vertical, mesial lobe, which is minutely sinuate in 

 middle. Clasjier with almost straight dorsal margin, little narrowed distad, apex 

 regularly roiuided : harpe (I'l. XXXIX. f 11) with three processes, a ventral one 



