( 523 ) 



Amjielophagri veraicnlm, Butler, Papilin i. p. 104 (1881) (congeneric with ruhlg'moxa) ; Grote, 

 Hawk Moths N. Am. p. 30 (1886) ; Smith, Tmiis. Aniei: Enl. Sm: xv. p. 149. t. 7. f. 2 (genit.) 

 (1888) (Canada to Maryland, westward to the Mississippi); Dyar, in Riley, Jnx. Life iii. p. 322 

 (1891) (N.Y., electr. light). 



Everij-r rersirnloi; Fernald, Sphiiig. N. Eiii/lil. p. CI. n. 32 (1886) ; Holl., Caiinil. EiU. xviii. p. 104 

 j(1886) (on Hiiihiiiigeii arhorexmis) ; Edw., Bull. U. St. N. Mns. xxxv. p. 43 (1889) (liter, rel. to 

 metam.) ; Beutenm., Bull. Amer. Mun. N. H. vii. p. 293. t. 2. f. 10 (1895) (N.Y. ; rare ; two 

 hroods, vi. beg. vii., viii. ; on Cephal. ocriil. ; Nesaea). 



c??. A beautifully colduretl iusect, e.siiecially on the uuderside. E.'iternal 

 sj)ines of first jirotarsal seguient slig-btly prolonged, but mostly concealed in the 

 scaling. (4eiial process triangular, sonaewhat curved backwards. Thorax and 

 abdomen with a pale mesial line as in Ampelophaga. 



S. Tenth tergite and sternite somewhat shorter and stouter than in Darapsa 

 ■pliolus. Friction-scales of clasper trnncate not far beyond the wiilest jioint ; harpe 

 (PI. XLVIil. f. 14) long, slender, horizontal, curving a little upwards at end, 

 without dentition. Penis-sheath (PI. LIV. f 2U) with a broad ventral lobe which 

 is dentate at the edges, and a small right process. 



? . Eighth tergite membranaceous for the greater part, the chitin-plate reduced 

 to a narrow transverse band. Vaginal plate shajjed as in mi/i'on ; the edge of the 

 orifice raised to a rather strongly chitiuised and triangularly sinuate ridge. 



Larva green or brown ; a pale dorso-lateral line from head to fourth segment, 

 followed by seven obliijue pale side-bands extending each over two segments, the 

 last ending at horn, which is rather long and is marked with a black stripe in 

 front : the pale lines with dark upper edges ; a dark dorsal line. — Food-plants : 

 Cephalantliiis ; Hi/dranqea : Nesaea. 



Pupa abruptly rounded behind ; cremaster thin, almost cylindrical. 



Hab. Canada to Maryland (probably farther south) ; westward to the 

 Mississippi basin. 



Rather rare everywhere. 



In the Tring Museum 3 larvae, 2 pupae, 8 (?<?, 9 ? ? from : C^anada ; Long 

 Lsland. 



442. Ampeloeca myron. 



fiphhhr myrnn Cramer, Pcq). E.r.ol. iii. p. 91. t. 247. f. c (1779) (Virginia). 



fiphvur paiii]iiiiiili-i.i- Abbot & Smith, Ins. (J/einvjiii i. p. 5a. t. 28 (1797). 



OlUH mymii, Hiibner, Vnr.. hek. Srlim. p. 142. n. 1524 (1822) ; Grote, Pi-or. Em. Snr. Philrul. v. p. 81 

 (1866); id. & Rob., itiid. p. 15:1. n. 31 (1865) ; Beth., Oniad. Enl. i. p. 10 (1H69) ; Butl., Tnins. 

 Ztioi. Hdi;. Loml. ix. p. 546. n. 3 (1«77) ; id., Piipilio i. p. 104 (1881). 



Olm m„tm Hiibner, Zntrilgr p. 23. f. 321. 322 (1823). 



Hmerinlhus nnji-nn, ServiUe & Lep., Em-. Mrth. x. p. 411 (1825). 



dhmnrumiia jKimjiinatiir Harris, in SiUim., Journ. He. Art xxxvi. p. 301. n. 1 (1839); Harris, 

 ed. Flint, Ins. hij. Veg. p. 327. tig. 152. 153. 154. t. .5. f. 4 (1862) (hfe liist.); Morris, ;/««!. 

 note (1862) (== myron = cnotm) ; Saund., Cniiad. Enl. iii. p. 66. f. 25. 26. 27 (/., p., /.), f. 28. 

 2'J (paras.) (1871) ; Pack., Common Ins. p. 57. f. 47. 48 (1873). 



Darapsu mi/ron, VfuMior, List Lrji. Ins. 11. ,)/. viii. p. 183. n. 2 (1856); Clem., ./»«™. Ac. N. Sr. 

 Philad. iv. p. 147. n. 27 (1859) ; Morris, Cul. Lrp. N. Am. p. 19 (I860) ; Clem., in Morri.s, 

 Syn. Lep. N. Am. p. 168. n. 2 (1862) ; Grote, Proc. Ent. Sor. Pltihid. iii. p. 93 (1864) (Mass.) ; 

 Lintn, /'roc. Ent. Sue. Philml. iii. p. 063 (1864) (life hist.); Grote, Comid. Enl. iii. p. 101 

 (1871) (Alabama) ; Lint., Enl. Contr. i. p. 192 (1872) (N. Y., vi. viii.) ; Thaxt., Psychr i. p. 29 

 (1874) (Newton, Mass., vi. beg. vii.); (iroto, li nil. Ilnffalo Soc. N. Sr. i. p. 22 (1874); id., 

 l.c. ii. p. 225. n. 37 (1875) ; Caiilf,, Cannd. Ent. vii. p. 241 (1875) (Montreal, vi. vii.) ; Uimm. 

 & Mann, Psi/rlif. ii. p. 69 (1877); Hnlst, /Inll. UrooH. Enl. Sor. n p. 35 (1K79); Pilate, I'o/iillo 

 ii. p. 66 (1882) (Day ton, O.); lidw. & Ell., I'o/nHo iii. p. I2r, (I8H3) (larva, dilV, rn.iu rhon-iliis); 

 Saund., Jnii. Inj. Eraits p. 244. fig. 203—257 (1883). 



