194 MEMOIRS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



SYNOPSIS OK I.Alt V.i: (THAT (iK S. Al'IlAI.IS INKNOWN). 



A. Witli two or threo larife high dorsal abdominal forked tuberrles. 



Head strii>ecl ; sides of secoud and third thoratio segments };reiMiish ; a whitish dorsal jiatch between th& 

 first and secoud dorsal tubercles; conspicuous V-shaped mark just behind the second tubercle. 



t*;. ijiumece- 



Three hif;li tubercles, higher than in the other species, especially the first; body more or less russet, 

 with no i^recu iiatclies. Head not striped S. hjiliUDidrH 



Only two dorsal tul>enlcs, that on lifth alidoiuiiial sci,'nicMt wanting; body russet or very dark green mi 

 sides of tlioracic segments l)eliind tlie sjiiracles. Head not striped. V-shajied dorsal mark silvery 

 wliitt^and conspicuous S. iDiicoriiin 



Thi-ce small dorsal tubercles, sides of thoracic segments green; V-shaped mark absent (Dyar).. i:>. hailUi 



Kescnibles larva of Icpliiinides in coloring, but structurally more like ipomciv. When at rest greatly 

 hunihed anteriorly, and the furcate piomineiice on lirst abdominal segment is very long (Thaxter). 

 An ad<litional one ou preceding segment (Dyar) S. eximia 



B. First abdominal segment greatly swollen above and on tlu^ sides; hairs of the other species represented 



by very stout, blunt spines. 

 Dorsal hump coral-red; spines black ; body with black and white lines bi'foro and behind fust alidomiual 

 segment: yellow ocUerous along the back N. iniii-iiiiia 



I add iJr. Dyar.s synopsis, as lie has seen the hiiva' of eximia. I have chaiij^ed the name 

 nitida to badia. ' 



Schizura ipomeas ( Doubleday). 



(PI. 1\-, ligs. l(i, ^ ; 17, 9.) 



Schizura ipomeiv Doubleday, Kutoinologist, p. 59, Jan., 1841. 



IlcterocumjHi {Schizurn) ipomew Walk., Cat. Lep. Het. Hr. Mils., v, p. 1026, 18.55; xxxv, p. 1981, 1866. 



JJeteiocumiia ipoinew Morris, Synopsis Lep. X. Anicr., p. 241, 1862. 



Schhitia ipometc Pack., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., iii, p. 363. 1864. 



Calodasi/x biguttata Pack., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., iii, p. 365, 1861. 



Calodaai/s cinereofrons Pack., Proc. Ent. Soc, iii, p. 366, 1864. 



Hitcrocampa duvens Walk., Cat. Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xxxii, p. 417, 1865 (fide (iroto and Rob.). 



IMirocampii Jl. coilicea Walk., Cat. Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xxxii, p. 418, 1865 (Jide Grote and Kob.). 



Jlelerocampn compla Walk., Cat. Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xxxii, p. 418, 1865 (fide Grote and Rob.). 



Hilerocampa rcstipennis Walk., Cat. Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xxxii, p. 421 (fide Grote and Rob.). 



Httcrorampa nirirosignala Walk., Cat. Lep. Het. Br. >Ius., xxxii, p. 422, 1865 (fide Dyar). 



Cwlodasys ivVift-r Grote, N. Amer. Entomologist, i, p. 99, June, 1880; New Check List X. Amer, Moths, p. 19^ 



1882. 

 Cuclodaxys iiiijuHata Grote, Xew Check List X'. Amer. Moths, p. 19, 1882. 

 Schhura ipomeii: Smith, List Lep. Bor. Amer., ji. 31, 1891. 



Miftr Smith, List Lep. Bor. .\nier., p. 31, 1891. 

 Schizura ipomece Kirby, Syn. Cat. Lep. Het., i, p. 568, 1892. 



Neum. and Dyar, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, .xxi, p. 203, .June, 1894; .Juurn. X. Y. Ent. Soc, ii, p. 

 117, Sept., 1894. 



Larva. 

 (PI. XXV, figs. 2, 2«-2/<, 3, 3a, 3/), 3c.) 



Abbot, MS. ( Most. Soc. Xat. Hist.). 



Doubleday, Entomologist, p. 59, .Ian., 1841. Excellent uncolorcd ligurc of mature larva. I'late facing p. 60, 



lig. 8. 

 Packard, figure of larva and moth copied from Abbot MS. in Library Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., in American 



I Humped Xotodontians with juocesscs on Joints 5 and 12, sometimes also on 8 and 9, the one on joint 5 often 

 furcate and nutant ; anal feet uplifted. Rest on the edges of leaves and resemble the foliage except in one instance. 

 Processes on joints 5 and 12 reduced, rounded; 



Conspicuously marked, brownish, with hump on joint 5 and head red; tubercles produced, black; larva) 



gregarious coiichnia 



Largely green, resembling the green foliage; tubercles (d)sciiro; larvae solitary badia 



Processes on joints 5 aud 12 well developed, that on 5 with furcate tip; larvie s<ditary, resembling withered or 

 distorted leaves. 



Sidesof thoiax marked withgr(!en; V-inark conspicuous. A large whiteiloisal jiatch ou joiiits5-8. .. ipomew 



Wilhimt white patcli unicornis 



Sides of thorax not greoii ; V-iuark jiinkisli, tending (o become obscure. 



Process on joint 5 moilerate; a broa<l docsal ban<l on thorax and a distinct lateral line on body Icplinoidca 



Process ou joint 5 long with a supplementary one mi joint 4 ; dorsal band ou thorax narrow; lateral lino 

 obsolete eAmia 



