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Southern Quebec to New York and Wisconsin. New York: Forest Park. 

 Brooklyn. 



3. P. albipunctata Packard. Similar to P. geminata but with blackish hind 

 wings. Fore wings typically much shaded with brown and ochre, but in var. 

 ocellata Grote as in geminata. 25 mm. 



Larva unknown. 



The moth occurs in New York (Karner, Dutchess County) but its general 

 distribution is unknown; it is probably confused with P.. geminata, of which it 

 may be a Mendelian form. 



Family 8. PYROMORPHID^ 



(Zygaenidas, Anthroceridae in part; 

 Sphingidae, in part, of early Avorkers) 



Moderately small moths, with smoky, translucent wings, in a few 

 species with metallic coloring. Male antennaa generally thickened and 

 shortly pectinate; head prominent, with small palpi and small or rudi- 

 mentary maxillary palpi, but a strong, naked tongue. Ocelli present, 

 well separated from eyes, sometimes very small. Fore wing (figs. 62 

 to 65) rounded with two fully developed anals, traces of base of media 

 preserved, but not forked ; no accessory cell ; all veins except R 2 to R . 

 inclusive arising separately from the cell. Hind wings with Sc and R 

 fused beyond middle of cell, the basal part of R lost, or represented 

 by a short spur, so that Sc seems to spring from the outer part of 

 the cell; Sc much swollen or forked at base. (In the true Zygaenidas 

 or Anthroceridffi, Sc and R are not fused, but are connected by a 

 cross vein.) Hind wing with 1st A preserved, but 3d A lost in a 

 couple of genera. 



Egg of flat type. Labrum of larva with seta ii higher 'than i but 

 not reduced; body with somewhat diffuse tufts representing warts 

 i+ii, iii, iv+v and vi, with two tufts representing vii, but with viii 

 simple ; hairs serrate, but not feathery as in some Arctiids. Prologs 

 with hooks in a straight, uniordinal band, without any additional 

 prolegs or suckers. Pupa incomplete but without motion between 

 appendages; third to seventh abdominal segments free, and eighth 

 in male also free from seventh. Tongue of macro type, reaching well 

 toward tips of wings, and covering labial palpi, tongue laterally 

 extended at base, but without a tooth to represent the maxillary palpi. 

 Abdomen diffusely spinulated above. 



A small and wholly American family, of about 50 species. 



Key to the genera 



1. Fore wing with nine veins from cell, all separate 1. Acoloithus. 



1. Fore wing with R 3 and R^ stalked together, sometimes with 10 veins arising 



from cell. 

 2. Hind wing with about same area as fore wing, with 3 anals 



2. Pyromorpha. 

 2. Hind wing very small, with 2 anals only 3. Harrisina. 



