Genus COSSULA Bailey 



Only one species of this genus is known from our fauna. Il 

 occurs in Florida and Mexico. It was named magnifica by 

 Strecker, and subsequently also 

 by Bailey. Druce in the year 

 1891 applied to it the specific 

 name norax. It is represented 

 in the annexed cut one third 

 larger than the size of life. It 

 is as yet a rare insect in collec- 

 tions, only a few specimens hav- FlG . a , 4 ._cw& magnifica, $ . f. 

 ing been found. No doubt it is 



locally common, and when some shrewd observer discovers its 

 haunts and mode of life, we shall all have a good supply of speci- 

 mens in our cabinets. 



Genus HYPOPTA Hubner 



Nine species are said to belong to this genus and are reputed 

 to occur within our territory. They are all Southern or South- 

 western forms. 



(1) Hypopta bertholdi Grote, Plate XII, Fig. 2, $ . 



The specimen figured on the plate came from California. 

 The author has also received it from Colorado. 



(2) Hypopta henrici Grote, Plate XII, Fig. 3, $ . 

 The moth is found in Arizona and New Mexico. 



FAMILY 



" I '11 follow you, I '11 lead you about a round 

 Through bog, through bush, through brake, through brier." 



SHAKESPEARE. Midsummer Night's Dream, III, I. 



The name Sesia being, according to the laws of priority, 

 strictly applicable to a genus of the Sphingidce, as has been 

 pointed out on page 61, the name of the family which we are 

 now considering must be that which is given above. The name 

 " Sesiidce" must yield to the name " /Egerndce." This is on 

 some accounts regrettable, as the former name has for many 

 years been consistently applied to the family by many authors. 



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