LTCOPHOTIA. 



537 



postmedial line dentate and jiroduced to points on the veins, bent 

 outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; the sub- 

 terminal line ochreous, angled outwards at vein 7 and dentate at 

 veins 4 and 3, Avith fuscous spots on its inner side at costa and on 

 its outer from below apex to middle ; a terminal series of small 

 dark lunules. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins and 

 marginal areas brown ; the underside with discoidal point and the 

 costal area irrorated with brown. 



Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing dark brown, the last with the 

 costal area, orbicular, subterminal area, and an apical patch grey. 



Ab. 2. saiicia. Head, thorax, and fore w^ing much more uniform 

 grey-brown. 



Hab. Canada (Norman), 1 6 ; U.S.A., Eastern States, 4 J , 3 $ , 

 Kansas, 2 cJ , 1 $ , California, Sanzalito, 4 d , 4 $ : Mexico {Salle), 

 1 d , 2 2 , tvpe intecta, Sonora (Jloi-rison), 1 6 , Durango (Forrer, 

 Becl-er), 1 d , 3 $ , Misantla (Tngillo), 1 $ , Milpas (Forrer), 1 d, 

 1 $ , Jalapa (Hoe<je), 2 d , 1 $ , Coatepec (Brools), 1 $ ; Guatemala 

 {Champion), 1 $ , Irazu (Ror/ers), 5 d , 1 $ ; Costa TviCA(Unclenvood), 

 1 d, 2 5, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Jamaica, 1 $; Colombia, Bogota 

 (Stevens), 2 $ type amhrosioides ; Venezuela, 1 $ type impacta ; 

 Brazil, Eio Janeiro, 1 d ; Chile (Edmonds), 1 d , Valparaiso (J. 

 J. Wall-er), 1 d , 1 $ , Payta (J.J. WaU-er), 1 d , types f d stictica 

 and 2 infuscata in Mus. Paris ; Argentina, type f angidifera in 

 Mus. Stockholm ; Azores, Plores (J. J. Wall-er), 1 d ; Canaries 

 {Leech), Id, 1 $ ; Britain, Ireland ; France ; Germany, Zeller 

 Coll.; Switzerland, Frey Coll.; Austria; jST. Africa ; Armenia; 

 Asia Minor; Syria, Brussa, 2 d, 1 $ ; Persia, Fao (Cumming), 

 1 d ; Hawaii (Perl-ins), 1 $ . Rip. 40-52 millim. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. fl3 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iii. p. 372, pi. 135. f. 1. 



(Ptedescribed.) Head 3 millim., pale brown, weakly reticulate in 

 dark brown, curved vertical band broad and distinct, well bent at 

 apex of clypeus, line upward from eye not strong, brownish. Body 

 brown, the cream-coloured ground not so fully obscured by brown 

 dots and mottlings as usual, predominant subdorsally posteriorly 

 and over the posterior dorsal half of somite 12 ; dorsal line pale, 

 obscure, broken but forming a series of often prominent whitish 

 patches on somites 4 to 7 : brown oblique subdorsal shades faint, 

 forming rather distinct darker edging, the pale subdorsal line above 

 and a triangular dorsal patch on somite 12 anteriorly joining the 

 sul)dorsal streaks of that segment. Lateral area with dark brown 

 mottled oblique shades, reversed in direction to the subdorsal ones. 

 Substigmatal band obscure, broadly reddish filled, edged above by 

 undulating pale line, shading below into pale subventral area. 

 A general feeder. — H. G. D. 



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934. Lycophotia demutabilis. (Plate LXXIV. fig. 17.) 

 Vcridroma demutabilis, yinitli. Insect Life, v. p. 32S, f. 4G (1S93). 



$ . Head and thorax white slightly mixed Avith brown ; sides 

 of pal])! and frons blackish ; teguhc ti])pcd with black ; tibias and 

 tarsi tinged with fuscous ; abdomen white irrorated with fuscous 



