PHYTOMETRA. oil 



oclireous, the crests on basal sesrments rufous. Fore winsj l)ri<>'ht 

 rufous, the basal costal area, the inner area beyond the antemedial 

 Ihie, and the terminal area except towards apex golden-yellow 

 irrorated with tiery retl ; a curved subbasal red-brown strigu from 

 costa ; antemedial line double, red-brown, excurved below costa and 

 inwardly ol)lique below the cell ; an elongate bilobate silvery-white 

 niai'k defined by black-brown below the cell, its upper edge indented, 

 a slight obliquely curved fiery red medial line from it to inner 

 margin ; a blackish point at upper angle of cell ; a wedge-shaped 

 silvery-white mark from beyond upper angle of cell to the sub- 

 terminal line where it extends from vein 7 to 5 ; subterminal line 

 strong, black-brown and oblique from apex to vein 5, then slight, 

 red-brown, slightly incurved at submedian fold, some whitish Ijefore 

 it towards apex ; a slight red-brown line before termen and a fine 

 brown terminal line ; cilia yellowish. Hind wing yellowish white 

 tinged with red-brown, the veins brownish ; a slight red-bi'own 

 sul)terminal shade and a fine brown terminal line except towai'ds 

 tornus ; the underside glossy white, the veins faintly tinged with 

 rufous. 



Hah. U.S.A., Maine, New York, 3 c^ type, Ea.stern and Middle 

 States, ^xj}. 34-38 millim. 



Larva. Tbaxtcr. Papilio, iii. p. 18 



Pale green, darker below ; two dorsal and two subdorsal cream- 

 coloured lines and a creamy-\'ellow lateral stripe ; a dull yellow 

 diffused dorsal patch on posterior part of somite 7 and anterior 

 part of 8 sometimes obsolete, and a similar patch sometimes on 

 somites 9, 10 ; head green with a few minute points and hairs. 

 Cocoon slender, elongate, white, pointed at the ends. Food-plants, 

 Grasses. 7-8. 



J^(/ff large, somewhat flattened, greenish 3'^ellow. 



833G. Phytometra bonaerensis. (Plate CCXXXVIII. fig. 4.) 



Plusia honaerensia. Berg, Ann. Soc. Arg. xiv. p. 287 (1882). 

 Av/narapha soliihi, Oftolpnejni, J. N.Y. Ent. Sue. x. p. G4, pi. vi. f. 5 

 (190.) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am p. 199. 



Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with yellow, the teguhe 

 yellow towards base wdth a slight brownish line at middle ; antemuu 

 white in front towards base ; abdomen yellowish tinged with rufous, 

 the crests I'ufous at tips. Fore wing yellowish suffused with rufous 

 with a golden gloss, the medial and postmedial area deep rufous, ex- 

 tending on costa to apex ; a slight rufous subbasal spot below the cell ; 

 antemedial line silvery defined by red-l)rown, excurved below costa, 

 then o])li(juely curved, a bilobate silvery mark below the cell, its 

 upper edge indented, the basal lobe running to a point on median 

 nervure touching the antemedial line ; an ellii)tical silvery discoidal 

 spot ; postmedial line red-brown, bent outwards below costa, 

 excm-ved to vein 5, then oblique and sinuous, slightly defined on 

 inner side by silver towards inner mai-gin, soine i)ale points beyond 

 it on costa ; subterminal line obliquely excurved from apex to 



