{ (i03 ) 



(187«) ; Perk,, nept. Vn;n. Aync. Snr. v. p. -281. fig. (/.) (IS78) ; Riley, Hrjil. Ins. .l/;.«,)«;v 



ii. p. 78. fig. .04 (1870) (life hist.); Moff., Ciimi,!. !■:„/. xii. p. 211 (1880) (Lond., Can.; 



Hamilton, Can.); Saund., Rejit. Knt. Sor. (hitiirio p. 42. fig. (1880); Mart., Trans. Dept. Atjrir. 



l/liii. xviii. AjijK p. 100 fig. (1880) ; Saund., Goiwl. Eiit. xiii. p. 2. fig. 2 (1881) (life hi.st.) ; 



Pilate, Papilin ii. p. CC) (1882) (Dayton, O., common) ; Sand., ibid. ii. p. 147 (1882) (larva 



beginn. June ; descr. first stage ; Grape, Ampelops.) ; Edw.. il,iil. iii. p. 25 (1883) (N. Jersey); 



Saund., Ins. Inj. Fruit!: p. 253. n. l?,h. fig. 2i;.', (/., ;.) (18H.S) ; Fern., Hph'mii. N. E»f/I. p. 23. 



n. 8. t. 4. f. 4 (/., /.) (188(!) (Maine) ; Grote, Ilnwl- Mnthx N. Am. p. 28 (i88(!) ; id., CunwI. 



Ent. XX. p. 154 (1888) (larva, noise) ; Smith, 7V«h,s. Amer. Ent. Soo. xv. p. 127. t. 5. f. 5. i; 



(genit.) (1888) (Canada; Eastern U. Sts., westward to Iowa) ; Edw., Hull. U. S. Xiil. .Mus. 



XXXV. p. 39 (1889) (liter, rel. to metam.) ; Fiske, EhI. Xew.i vii. p. 178 (1896) (sound of larva); 



Cross, ihiel. vii. p. 297 (189(5) (N. Hampshire) ; Rowl., ibi'l. x. ji. 12 (1899) (Missouri) ; Peale, 



ibid. X. p. 1. figs. (/.,y,., ;.) (1899). 

 .■<jilifro{limi iihiiti (!), Blanchard, I.e. t. 20. f. 4 (1840). 

 lirarhijnofa ubbnti, Boisduval, Cons. Lrj). (raittciiiitla p. ()(j (1870). 

 Mnrrdiis nbbnti, Kirby, Joiirn. Roy. Dublin Sor. (2). ii. p. 3.".0 (1880). 

 Sjiliecodinii ahhnti, id.. Cat. Lip. Hit. i. p. 038. n. 1 (1892) (N. Am.) ; Beutenm., Bull. Amcr. .I/hs. 



N. H. vii. p. 283. t. 2. f. (5 (1895) (N. York, common). 



c? ? . Apex of Ibrewiog truncate, distal margin deeply bisinnate, denticnlate at 

 the veins. The extent of the priiurose-j'ellow area of the underside of the hindwing 

 variable. 



Larva and pnpa see above. 



Urih. Eastern States of North America : fmm (,'anada east- and southwards to 

 Georgia and the Mississippi basin. 



In the Tring Museum 4 larvae, 2 ])npae, c?(?, 12 ? ? from : Massachusetts ; 

 N. Jersey ; Iowa. 



It is strange that ahhotfi does not occur in the Pacific parts of the Nearctic 

 Region, considering that the other species of S/ilweodina inhabits the Pacific side 

 of the Asiatic continent. What is the canse of the twii jiecnliar moths having so 

 widely separated ranges 'i 



345. Sphecodina caudata. 



Marroijhissa raiululn Bremer & Grey, in Motsch., El. Ent i. p. (52. n. 18 (1852) (Pekin). 



Tliyri'iix eaudiilu iid., Srlmi. Niinll. Chiiui's p;.13. n. 5(; (1853) ; Men., Enuin. ('nrp. Aniiu. .Uus. 



Pilr., Lep. ii. p. 95. n. 1578. t. 12. f. 4 (1857) ; Stand., in Rom., Mhn. Lep. vi. p. 238. n. 229. 



t. (). f. 4 (/.) (1H92) (Ussuri ; Sutschan ; larva on Vilix) ; Stand. & Reb., Cat. Lqi. ed. iii. p. 105. 



n. 775 (1901). 

 Tnnnwn (.') ramlat", Walker. Lixt Lrji. /».«. n. .]/. viii. p. 105. n. 3 (185fi) ; Butl., Tninx. Z<'„l. S,.r. 



lynul. ix. p. .537. n. 9(1877). 

 Miin-iujiiimi {!) r'««(/(//«i, Boisduval, Sper. I!ni. Lqi. IIi'l. i. p. 3.'i2. n. 1 (l«75); Bart., in Riihl, 



GrrissHrlnn. ii. p. 214 (1900). 

 ■•</ifCodinii ('/) ninilalii, Kirby, Cnl. Lrp. IIil. i. p. r,38. n. 2 (1K92). 



c??. Distal margin (if furewiiig ovmmi, sliglitly i;oin:ave in front and behind, imt 

 at all lobcil. Abdomen more broadly tufted at end than in the [ireceding species; 

 tlie tail is too small in the figure given by Menetrii's, I.e. 



d. Xot dissected. 



Larva figured liy Staudinger, /.r. ; at each side with a row of dorsal ])atclies and 

 a row of larger subventral ones. — Food-plant : \'i//.'<. 



I lull. Amnrland and <!hina. 



Hare in collections. 



A ? in the liritish Museum IVoni l''oocliow. 



