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Tbe following synopsis iiml (k'seriptioiis of tlu' moths <if this geuiis have been kindly pieiniied 



.for me by 'Sir. Dyar: 



SYNdi'sis OF Tin: si'i:cies ok hataxa. 



Outer margin of primaries distinctly rxciivatrd lictwci ii llic veins. 



Color entirely smoky or bliickiKli brown (iviiiikH 



Color yellowish brown or ]):iler. 



Discal spots faint or absent: si/ie mediuiu. 



Color yellow-browu minisfra 



Color testaceous calif oniica 



Discal spots distinct; size large drcxclii 



Outer margin indistinctly excavate, nearly entire in tlic J . 

 Color tawny brown or imrplisli. 



Tawny brown, discal si)(>ts distinct; size large major 



More or less purplish, discal spots indistinct, of medium size. 

 Thoracic patch rc<ldisli brown. 



Fore wings dark brown vritU a purplish flush tloridana 



Fore wings dull whitish lilac, more or less covered with ciunamon-browu scales pabnii 



Thoracic patch ocherous iiKnlcKla 



Color yellowish butt'. 



Thoracic patch tawny brown iternpinia 



Thoracic patch as pale as the thorax robiista 



Outer margin of primaries eutirc, 



Primaries dark reddish brown; lines aud fringe concolomus iiiUiieiriiiia 



Primaries luteous tawny, the lines and fringe not coucolorous coiitiacta 



SYNOPSIS OF THE LAKV.E. 



Secondary hairs shorter than primary ones; larva' moderately hairy. 



Primary hairs (from tlu^ warts) and secomlary (from the skinj concolorous, pale. 



Stripes very narrow, pale y<dl<)w : luii/iinii 



Stripes moderately broad, greenish yellow , ^.^liiuiiiim ' 



Stripes lemou-y olio w, conlluent posteriorly ih-txclii 



Primary hairs jiale, secondary discolorous, dark. 

 Secondary hairs black; head red. 



Stripes broken into quadrate sjiots majar 



Stripes continuous. 



Head dark red llorhhtiia 



Head paler red palmii 



Secondary hairs brown ; head black or red penpicua 



Secondary hairs long, concolorous with jirimary ones, jiale; larva^ very hairy, 



Liues narrow or obsolete inlnn-nima 



Lines broad, creamy white iviiliacta 



, Dataiia miiilstra ^\■alker, 

 (PI. II; fig, 3, S ; iig, 4, 9 ,) 



rhala-na miiiistra Drury, llhistr, Exot. Kut., ii, p, 2.5, pi, 14, fig. .S, 177.S, 



Abbot aud Smith, N. H. Lep, Ins, (ieorgia. p, Itil, Tab, isxxi, 1797. 

 Pilfiara? miiihlra Ilarr., Cat, ins. Mass., p. 73, 1835; Kept. Ins, Mass., p, 312, 1841; ibid,, third edit,, I'l. VI, 



tigs, (i, 212, 1862. 

 I'eUisia minislra Westw. Edit, Drury, Hlustr,. 11, p, 27, pi. 14, 18:57. 

 iJataiia ministra Walk., Cat, Eep. Br, Mus., v, p. lOGl, 18.")5, 



Enmtloi)ona miii'mlra Fitch, 2il Kept, Nox. Ins. X, York, p, 23.5, pi, 4, fig, 3, 1856; ,3d Kept,. Ii. I!', 1S57. 

 JJutana »iiHi8(ra"Morris. Synopsis, Lep, N. .\mer,, p, 247, 18()2, 



Grote, New Check List X, Anu'r, Moths, ]), 18. 1882. 



SiuLth, List Lep. Ilor, .\uier,, p. :«, 18!)1. 



Kirby, Syn. Cat. Lep. Met., i, p, 613, 1892. 



Neum. and Dyar, Trans. Aiiier. Knt. S c, xxi, p. 197, 1894. 



Larva. 

 (PI. X, figs. 1. 1,/. Ih. \r. III. If.) 



Abhot andSinilh, Lep, Ins, Georgia, p. 161, PI. LXXXI, 1797. 



Barria, Ins, Inj, Veg., 1st edit., p. 312, 1841; Ins, InJ. Veg,, 2d edit., p, 332, 1852. 



Fitch, 2d Kept, Nox, lus, N, York, p, 237, 1856; 3d Kept. Ins. X. Ycjrk, p. 337, 1857, 



