and the allied groups of the Family Arctiidce. 33 



Hyphantria conr/rua. 



Spilosoma congrua, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 669, n. 8, (1855). 

 Georgia, {Milne). B.M. 



The only examples now representing this species in the collec- 

 tion are what I believe to be a male variety of H. cunea, and a 

 female? Sp>llosoma virginica, without abdomen; what Mr. 

 Walker may have done with the species since Mr. Grote 

 described it, it is impossible to say. 



Hyphantria textor. 



Arctia textor, Harris, Cat. Ins. Mass., (Hitchcock's Rt., p. 

 591), (1833). 



Hyphantria textor, Harris, Ins. Inj. Veg., p. 255, (1841) ; 

 Riley, 3rd. Rep. Ins. Missouri, p. 130, figs. 55, a-c, (1871); 

 Stretch, 111. Zyg., and Bomb. N. Am. 1, p. 206. pi. 8, fig. 21, 

 (1874). 



Georgia, (Abbot), Sp. ead. ■? Texas. B.M. 



Hyphantria Candida, (Iprcm. oar.). 



Spilosoma Candida, Walker, Lep. Het. supp. 1, p. 291, (1864). 

 Hyphantria textor, Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, p. 18, (1867). 

 N^. America. B.M. 



If Mr. Walker has rightly identified H. textor, (as Mr. Stretch 

 tacitly admits) ; the S. Candida, of the supplement is a decidedly 

 larger and more woolly insect : still Mr. Grote may be correct 

 in considering the two forms con-specific. 



HypJiantria. paiictafa. 



Hyphantria punctata, Fitch, 3rd. Rep. Ins. N. York, p. 387, 

 (1856) ; Stretch, 111. Zyg., and Bomb. N. Am. 1, p. 204, (1874). 

 United States. B.M. 



I believe this to be only a variety of H. cunea, with which all 

 the white examples ( ^ and ^ ) must be associated ; it diff'ers 

 from the typical form in only possessing one series of black 

 spots on primaries, there is however an intermediate form with 

 only the two central series prominent, whilst the typical form 

 has four series on primaries and one on secondaries. 



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