( G04 ) 



CXLIV. DElDAMIA.-Typns : inscriptum. 



rierr/oH ?, Harris, in Silliin. ./mini. Sc. Art xxxvi, p. 30(') (1«39). 



7V/(/n'«.s- ?, Walker, LisI Lr/i. Iii.t. B. M. viii. p. 100 (18:j6). 



IMilaiii'ii Clemens, .Innrii. Ac. X. Si: Philail. iv. p. 1:^7 (1S59) (tyjie : imci-ipliim). 



/'roserpiiiiis, Morris, Cat. Lqi. N. Am. p. 18 (ISCO). 



Tvirhiirohiii Boisduval, S/iPC. Gen. Lrp. llil. i. p. ?)0'^ (lS7o) (type : iiiKcnpliim). 



I'terogon, Strecker, Lip. lihop. Bel. p. Wl (187G). 



c??. Geiial process triangular, narrower than in Amphioi), nearly reaching 

 end of pilifer. Head sunken, with a large mesial crest ; eye lashed ; palpns rather 

 small, bnt j)rojecting, rongh-scalod. Antenna filiform, long and lieavy in S, 

 narrowed towards base and apex, gradnally curved, no distinct hook ; end-segment 

 quite short, not prolonged to a filament, densely scaled above, the scales projecting 

 beyond apex of segment. Spines of abdomen elongate, weak, especially those 

 of underside ; anal tuft small, triangular in S , truncate in ? ; seventh steruite 

 of ? small, without spines, rounded. Mernm of midcoxa not carinate or angnlate ; 

 tibiae not spinose, rough-scaled, spurs uneijual : no comb to midtarsns ; par- 

 onychinm with two pairs of lobes, pulvillns present. A]iex of forewing truncate- 

 sinuate, distal margin sinuate between ISC' and K.\ and again between R' and 

 hinder angle, with a small lobe at M' ; cross-veins of hindwing oblique, D^ at 

 least twice the length of D', upper angle of cell obtuse, lower angle acute. 



S. Tenth segment simple, tergite and sternite elongate, the latter broader 

 and shorter than the former, somewhat boat-shaped. Clasper broadly sole-shaped, 

 without friction-scales ; harpe small, ending in a slightly curved, slender, somewliat 

 spatnlate process (?\. IL. f. 10). Penis-sheath (PI. LIV. f. IT) with abroad, 

 apically wider left lobe, which is dentate at the edges, and with a sim]>le 

 pointed right process. 



?. Eighth tergite short, membranaccons in middle. Vaginal plate (PI. XLI. 

 f. 7) feebly chitinised, distal edge more strongly chitinised, apex narrowed ; 

 orifice subapical, large, anterior edge raised, sinuate. 



Larva green, tapering in front, with a pale dorso-lateral line ending at the 

 horn, which is grannlose. — Food-plant: Ampel'ops/'.^ ; Vif/.s. 



Pnpa variegated with ]iale testaceons on the thorax and wing-cases; head 

 with three prominent tubercles, mesial one pointed ; tongue-case prominently 

 keeled ; thorax and abdomen with dispersed large jmnctures, which are denser 

 together on the last segment, and the bases of the tergites, apex of segments 

 4 to C> smooth ventrally ; anal segment with a lateral prominence : cremaster 

 shorter than in Amphion, less gradually tajiering, conical part smooth. 



Jlab. Atlantic district of the Nearctic liegiou. 



One species. 



i)-\(\. Deidamia inscriptum. 



Pterngnn? imi-ripliiiu Harris, in Sillim., .loiiiii. Sc. Ail xxxvi. p. :)Oll (18:59) (Iniliana). 



Tlnjreiix? Inscfijitiis, Walker, Lint Lip. his. II. .lA viii. p. 100. n. 4 (18.')6). 



Dfifhim'iii iimriplii, Siemens, .Toiirii. Ai: X. Si: Pliilail. iv. p. 137. n. 14 (18511) (Indiana ; Long I. : 

 N. York ; Penn.) ; id., in Morris, %«. L(p. N. Am. p. l.')9. n. 1 (1802) ; <Jrote & Uol) , Prm: 

 Kilt. Soi: I'hiliitl. V. p. 151. n. 13 (18'i;5) ; Orote, Jinll. liiiffnln .So,-. iV. lie. i. p. -'0 (1874) ; id. 

 /.'•. ii. p. 225 (1875) ; Bull., Tninx. Zonl. Snc. Lonil. ix. p. ,'i35 (1877) ; id., Piipilm i. p. 103 

 (1881) (allinities V) ; Pilato, ili'iil. ii. p. OC (1882) (Dayton, 0.) ; Orote, Cintiiil Ent. xviii. p. 131. 

 n. 20 (188G) (Can., southward) ; Fern., Sphiiuj. N. EmjI. p. 09. n. 33 (1880) ; Grote, llawli Motlit 



