240 LEPIDOPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 



The following are placed by Walker in Doubleday's genus He- 

 terocampa, which differs from Notodonta in the deeper pectination 

 of the antenna of the males, in the dilation of the fore tibiae^ and 

 in the more slender legs. t 



1. H. astarte Doubleday, C. B. M. 1023. Figured in the Entomologist, 57, 



pi. f. 1, 2. 



Primaries ash-green, with ferruginous transverse streaks and 

 central crescent ; apex with a white lunate spot. 



East Florida. 



C. B. M. 



2. H. umbrata Walk. C. B. M. 1023. 



Ferruginous. Thorax with a black band in front. Fore wings 

 with several indistinct transverse slightly oblique undulating black- 

 ish lines. Hind wings hoary, grayish along the border, and with 

 a slight discal curved grayish band. Length of the body 9 lines ; 

 of the wings 20 lines. 



East Florida. 



C. B. M. 



3. H. varia Walk. C. B. M. 1023. 



Female. Cinereous. Thorax with blackish marks. Fore wings 

 with some whitish marks along the costa, with a costal subapical 

 short oblique whitish band, and with three discal whitish spots ; 

 five irregular undulating black double bands. Hind wings pale 

 gray, with broad brown borders. Length of the border 10 lines; 

 of the wings 24. 



New York. 



C. B. M. 



4. H. manteo Walk. C. B. M. 1029. 



Primaries fuscous-cinereous, with numerous transverse more ob- 

 scure streaks, a marginal series of black points, a central white 

 line, in which there is a geminate black point. 



New York. 



C. B. M, 



5. H. biundata Walk. C. B. M. 1025. 



Male. Cinereous. Head, thorax, and fore wings slightly tinged 

 with green. Pectus, abdomen beneath, and legs, whitish. Fore 

 wings with some blackish marks at the base, and with a double 



