EXYBA. 



PHCENICOPH \NTA. 





mid and hind tibiae at extremities brownish; abdomen o 

 Buffused with fuscous brown. Fore \ half 



orange-yellow, its outer edge rather oblique; thi 

 glossy black-brown. Hind wing fuscous I 

 tinge, the base pale ochreous. 



Fig. 180. — Exyr ■ cea, J. \. 



Al'. 1. liubbardiana. Fore wing with the terminal an ish, 



leaving broad dark medial and subterminal bands, i 

 Funiak Springs, bred from Sarracenia Jlc 



Hal. U.S.A., Middle, Central, and Southern States 

 32 millim. 



Larva. Riley, Can. Ent. vi. p. 208, fig. 25 : and Trans. .St. ] 

 hi. p. 236, fig. 10. 



White banded with purple or lake-red and with series of to 

 more prominent on the 1st four abdominal somites. Tl 

 feeds in the eup of Sarracenia variolaris an . spinnii 



Web over the surface and drawing tin- lips together; it I 

 Blight eoeoon in the exuviae which collect in the the 



cup. 4-5. 



Genus PHCENICOPHANTA. nov. 



Type, P.flavifera. 



Proboscis aborted, small ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint r 

 middle of irons and moderately scaled, the 3rd short 

 prominence, somewhat truncate below ; <\ s 

 somewhat laminate and minutely ciliat 



es and without crests; tibia slightly fringed with 1 

 Fore wing with t lie apex rounded, tbe ten 

 erenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near an( 

 7,8, L0 stalked, 9 absent; 11 from cell; 

 upperside above base of vein 6 which is •■ 

 neuration distorted. Hind w i g will 



ent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from ti] 

 with the cell near ba 



1. Phoenicophanta flavifcra 



Head and thorax hri-lit ye] 

 between antennae which are ml 

 thorax with crimson bats ; 1 

 tinged with crimson, the tarsi with 

 yellow tinged with rufous excepl at 

 yellow, the costal an a erinison, K a\ in. 



