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IJl. Lapara bombycoides. 



Sjihhu- conifrriinim, Harris (««» Abb. & Smith, 17'J7), in Sillim., Journ. Sci. Art xxxvi. p. 297. n. 10 



(1H3SI) (partim ; imago) ; Morris, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 18 (1860) (partim) ; Harris, ed. Flint, 



Ins. IitJ. Vet/, p. .^-'8 (186-2) (partim). 

 *Lapnra bombi/coidis Walker, List Lep. Jus. B. M. viii. p. -JSS. n. (1856) (Canada ; — Mus. Oxford) ; 



Clem., JoHrii. Ar. N. Sci. Philad. ir. p. 187. d. 03 (1859) ; Grote & Rob., Proc. Ent. Soc. 



Pliilad. v. p. 166. n. 103 (1865) ; Grote, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 115 (1868) ; id., Bull. 



Buff. Sor. X. Sci. i. p. 28 (1874) (= ?harrisi): id., I.e. ii. p. 228. n. 73 (1875) ( = hmrisi ; 



Canada, Mass., N.Y.) ; Butl., Tnnis. Znol. Soc. Loud. ix. p. 626 (1877) (Canada) ; Kirby, Cat. 



Leii. Net. i. p. 695. n. 1 (1892) ; Schans, Ent. Nm<s vi. p. 144 (1895) ( = /OTn-(W). 

 Ellema harrisi Clemens, .Jour. Ac. Nnl. Sc. Philad. iv. p. 188. n. 94 (1859) (Maine ; N. Jersey ; 



N. Hampsb. ; N. Carolina) ; Morris, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 20 (1860) ; Clem., in Morris, Syii. 



Lep. .V. Am. p. 216. n. 1 (1862) ; Lint., Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. iii. p. 669 (1864) (larva, pupa ; 



on Piniis strohiis) ; Grote & Rob., Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. v. p. 166. n. 102 (1865) ; Beth., 



Cauad. Ent. i. p. 18. n. 23 (1868) (Ontario) ; Pack., Guide Slady Ins. p. 272 (1869) (descr. 



larva) ; Bowl., Canad. Ent. iii. p. 143 (1871) (Quebec, vii. vii.) ; Lintn., Ent. Conlr. i. p. 170. 



t. 8. f. 8 (?.). 9 {p.). 10 (cJ). 11 (?) (1872) ; id., I.e. p. 192 (1872) (end of vi.) ; Thaxt., 



Psyche i. p. 30 (1874) (Mass., M. vi.— M. vii.) ; Grote, Bull. Buffalo Soc. N. Sci. i. p. 27 (1874); 



Butl., Traus. Znnl. Soc. Loud. ix. p. 626. n. 2 (1877) ; Andrews, Psyche ii. p. 79 (1877) (descr. 



of larva) ; Mart., Trans. Dept. Agr. Illin. xviii. App. p. 105 (1880) (larva) ; Pack., Ins. Inj. 



Forest Trees p. 768. n. 89. f. 264 a ((J), b ( ? ). 265 a (I.), b (/;.). t. 34.f. 1. a— j (larva, details) 



(1881) ; Reed, Ile2>t. Ent. Soc. Ontario xii. p. 70 (1882) (larva) ; Smith, Trans. Aiuer. E,it. Soc. 



XV. p. 207 (1888) (Canada to Florida, westw. to Mississippi) ; Dyar, in Riley, fna. Life iii. 



p. 322 (1891) (N. York, at electr. light) ; Kirby, Cat. Lrp. /let. i. p. 696. n. 2 (1892) ; Cross, 



Eat. News vii. p. 297 (1896) (N. Hampsh.). 

 Ellema (!) harrisi, Walker, Lift Lej). Ins. B..U. xxxvi. p. 297 (1866). 



Ili/loiciia harrisi, Grote, 7Vo?i.s-. Amer. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 115 (1870) ; Butl., I.e. ix. p. 642 (1877). 

 Sphinx harrisi, Boisduval, Spec. Geu. Lep. Ilct. i. p. 1(16. n. 45 (1875) (N. York) ; Streck., Lep. 



Rhop. Het. p. 117. t. 13. f. 16 ( ? ) (1876) (N. Engl., Atlantic Sts.). 

 Lipara (!) bombi/coides, Strecker, I.e. p. 127. t. 14. f. 4 (1877). 

 Ellema bnmhyeoides, Fernald, Sjihing. N. Engl. p. 83 sub n. 41 (1886) (descr. of larva, pupa ; P/nus 



strobns) : Smith, I.e. xv. p. 208 (1888) '( = 'i harrisi) ; Edw., Bull. U. St. N. Mus. xxxv. p. 49 



(1889) (lit. rel. to metam.). 

 Ellrma bombycoides var. harrisi, Fernald, I.e. p. 83 (1886). 

 Lapara bombi/evides var. harrisi, Beutenmiiller, Bull Amer. .I/hs. .V. //. vii. p. 310. t. 7. f. 2 (1895) 



(N. York, rare ; larva, pupa). 



(? ? . A comparison at Oxford of tbe tj-pe of homhijcok1e» witli specimens of 

 Imrrisi proved the two insects to be the same. The species is rather variable. It 

 'is of the size of small specimens of conifemrum ; the forewing is darker brown than 

 in coiiiJ'er((riim, the antemedian lines are more distinct, the discal ones much more 

 lieavily dentate. The first segment of the hindtarsns is a little shorter than the 

 other fonr together. The harpe is slightly broader than in coiiifernritm, bnt not 

 conspicuously different. Tenth steruite see PI. XXVIII. f. 21. 



In one of our two individuals from Florida the bands of the forewing are very 

 clearly defined and heavy, and the harpe (PI. XXXIX. f 13) is broader than in the 

 New England specimens dissected, and heavily angulate veutrally. The second 

 specimen does not show these characters so markedly. 



Larva with a red face. — Foodplants : riiuia strohus and other pines. 



Ilrib. Canada to Florida, westward to the Mississippi basin. 



In the Tring Mnsenm 1 larva, 1 jmpa, and 9 cJc?, 2 ? ? from: Maine: 

 Massachusetts ; New Hampshire ; Florida. 



