Notodontidae 



Genus EUHYPARPAX Beutenmuller 



The only species of the genus as yet known is that to which 

 Beutenmuller applied the name 

 rosea. It is a native of Colorado, 

 and is as yet very rare in collec- 

 tions, only one specimen, the 

 type, being known. This is found 

 in the collection of the American 

 Museum of Natural History in 



rpax rosea, Ngw y^ The m()th ^ ^ 



rosy red in color, and marked as 



shown in the cut, which was drawn from the type by Mrs. 

 Beutenmuller. 



Genus IANASSA Walker 



(i) lanassa lignicolor Walker, Plate XXXIX, Fig. 19, ?. 



Syn. virgata Packard; lignigera Walker. 



The habitat of the species is the Appalachian subregion. Two 

 other species, both of them inhabiting the southwestern portions 

 of our territory, are known to belong to the genus. 



Genus SCHIZURA Doubleday 



(1) Schizura ipomoeae Doubleday, form cinereofrons Pack- 

 ard, Plate XXXIX, Fig. 13, $ . 



The species is widely distributed throughout the United States. 

 Several subspecific or varietal forms have been described, and a 

 number of synonyms have been created for the species. For a 

 knowledge of these the reader may refer to the Monograph by 

 Professor Packard, to which allusion has already been made. 



(2) Schizura concinna Abbot & Smith, Plate XXXIX, Fig. 



15. a. 



Syn. nitida Packard. 



This is also a widely distributed species. The larva feeds upon 

 the Rosacece. 



(j) Schizura unicornis Abbot & Smith, Plate XXXIX, Fig. 



17, * 



Syn. edmandsi Packard; humilis Walker; conspecta Henry Edwards. 



This is a very common species of wide distribution. Its 

 habits are much the same as those of the last mentioned. 



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