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or with a brownish tiuge not uuliko the color of a cherry stone; labium and antennro paler, the latter with two 

 black rinjis- jaws black; eyes blackish, liody black, the stripes pale yellow, the lateral ones in some examples 

 becomiuij white ami in a few canary-yi-Uow; narrower th.au the intervening spaces, continuous from cervical shield 

 anil the anterior eil"-e of joint 2, except the subventral; somewhat iutcrrupteil anil irregular on joints 12 anil 13, 

 and barely reaching the anal plate, except the third lateral. Cervical shield, anal plate, and abdominal feet, except 

 an outward blackish liand on the latter, concolorous with the head. Bases of all the legs (cxcejit the anal) and 

 corresponding spots on the legless segments darker red. Thoracic and anal feet black. Hair thin, about 5 mm. long, 

 ■with some short, more numerous, fine black hairs, seen with a lens. At maturity the bead is more of a brownish red. 

 Length, about 50 mm. Pupation occurs in a subterraneous cell, and the winter is passed in this state. 



Pupa. — Similar in shape and color to those of the other species of Datana and not to be distinguished from them. 

 The two cremasters are short, each with three spines, of which the middle one is usually shortest. 



Food plant. — VacrAnium staminetim. Larva' from Ulster County, N. Y. 



(Dyar iu Eutoiuologica Americauii, Vol. YI, 1890, pp. 181-183.) 



Oeoiiraphical distribuiion. — Appal ad liau sabprovince; Delaware Water Gap, Pa., Juue (Palm 

 ex Beuteumliller, French); Arkansas (Palm). 



Datana modesta Bentenmiiller. 



(PI. II, fig. 13, 9.) 



Dalaiia modesta Bent.. Psyche, vi, p. 297, .Jan., 1890. 



.Smith, List Lep. Bor. Amer., p. 30, 1891. . 



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



Dyar, Trans. Amer. Ent. .?oc., xxi, p. 198, 1894; Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc., ii, p. 116, 1894. 



Muth. — Exterior niargiu of wiugs rather distinctly scalloped, almost as much so as in D. major. 

 Thoracic patch ochraceous (R., V, 7), scarcely darker posteriorly, ])aler than the thorax. Thorax 

 and priuiaries "hazel"' (Pt., IV. 12), but darker than the plate, with scarcely any costal shade. 

 Lines obsolete, the tirst and fifth Just discernible, a shade darker than the wing. Fringe 

 concolorous. Discal dot large, distinct, blackish. At base and terminally, below the obsolete 

 ajiical streak, a yellowish .shade prevails, concolorous with the discal dots. Secondaries, abdomen, 

 and underside almost exactly as in D. Jloridana, hnt the fore Avings are iu the present species 

 brighter in tint, and the secondaries lack the peculiar gloss oi Jiuritlniw and jxtliiiii. 



Expanse of wings: 9 , .Tl mm. (no S ). 



A distinct species, which, in the absence of all knowledge of the 'arva, tinds, we think, its 

 nearest allies in florid ana and major. The type is iu the collection of Mr. Charles Palm. 



Geoyraphicttl distribution. — Florida (Graef); Kissimmee, Fla., May (Palm); Florida (Palm, 

 French). 



Datana perspicua Grote and Kobinj:on. 

 (PI. II., fig. 14. <^;15, 9-) 



Tiatuiia perspiciin Grote and Robinson, Proe. Ent. Soc. Phil., iv, j). 489, 1865, pi. 3, fig. 1; Proc. Ent. .Soc. 

 Phil., vi, p. 141, May, 1866. 

 Grote, New Check List N. Amer. Moths, p. 18, 1882. 

 Smith, List Lep. Bor. Amer., p. 30, 1891. 

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



Neum. and Dyar, Trans. Amer. Ent. .Soc, xxi, p. 199, 1891; Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, ii, p. 116, 

 1894. 



Larva. 



(PI. XIV, figs. 4, 4a, 46.) 



Jni/iis iu Croie iind Holt., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., vi, p. 15, May, 1866. 

 Edwiirdfs, Ent. Amer., iii, p. 170, 1887. 



Dijiir, Can. Ent., xxiii. p. 82, April, 1891. (Egg and all the stages, impa, etc.) 

 Packard, .Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, i. p. 01, June, 1893. (Last three stages.) 



^fotli. — Exterior margin slightly scalloped. Thoracic patch ocheryellow (P., V, 9), shading 

 posteriorly into ochraceons (R., V, 7) and finally into tawny (P., V, 1). Thorax and fore wings 

 bufif-yellow (R., YI., 19), the latter with a few brown scales, which are absent on the costal poi'tion. 

 Lines, discal spots, and fringe hazel (P., I Y, 12). First and fifth lim- distinct, and second and third 

 very faint on their costal third, the fourth line obsolete. Discal dots large, the outer somew hat 



