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Schizura badia (Packard). 

 (I'l. IV, lig. 23.) 



(Edemasia hadiaPuck., Pioc. Ent. Soc. Phil., iii, ji. 361, 18G4. 



JJelcrocamjiu s'ujuificiita Walk., Cat. I.ep. Ilct. Br. Mns., xxxii, p. 421, 18G5 {fide (iii)te aiul Rob.) 

 (Edemasia badia Giote, New Check List N. Amor. Moths, p. 19, l'-82. 

 Smith, List Lep. lior. Amer., p. 20, 1891. 

 Kiil).v, Syn. Cat. Lep. Hct., i, p. .5(!7, 1892. 

 Schi:iira iiilida N'eum. and Dyar, Trans. Amer. Ent. .Soc, xsi, p. 204, June, 1894; Jouni. Js. V. Knt. Soc, ii, 

 p. 117, Sept., 1894. 



Larva. 



(PI. XXVIL tigs. 1, In, 1/-, 2, 2a-2(;.) 



Dyar (ex. Thaxler), I'syehe, vi, p. 177, Nov., 1891; Proe. Host. Soc. Nat. Hist., xxvi, p. 3!r>, 1894. (Egg and 



stages I-V.) 



Moth. — Three S . Head above ami piothoia.x retldisli brown. I'alpi and patagia bcliind, 

 blackisb. Fore wings dark reddish with ashen and dark brown scales. Base of the wing reddish 

 brown ; in the discal space before the linear lihick discal mark a cinereous area, bnt this region is 

 discolored with dark brown and continued to the outer edge as two bhickisli lines, one being the 

 fifth subcostal venule, the scales over which spread out toward the apex. Outer margin with 

 black and whitish streaks on the venules and in the interspaces. Apex white. 



Hind wings whitish, becoming smoky toward the outer edge, especially on the venules. 

 Beneath, smoky cinereous. On the outer edge of the fore wings is a row of small black dots; ends 

 of the venules black. 



Expanse of wings, 5 30 mm.; length of body, 3 13 mm. 



In a well-preserved specimen collected by C. A. Shurtleflf at Brookline, Mass. (Coll. Bost. 

 Soc. Nat. nist.), the i)atagia are much darker than the rest of the thorax; the middle yellowish 

 ashen region is bordered on each side by zigzag lines; on the anterior half it is frosted over with 

 fine whitish scales. The costal third of the wing is white. Tiie dots of the marginal row are each 

 succeeded within by white streaks. Abdomen pale cinereous, darker than tiie hind wings; tlie 

 tip is not so distinctly divided as in concinnn. Hchizura hadia may be easily distinguished by its 

 deep reddish brown color, dark patagia, and light hind wings, and by the linear discal spot turning 

 at a high angle outward, and by the reddish shade, or two reddish-brown lines, in the middle 

 beyond. There are also distinct scalloped reddish brown lines at the base and beyond the discal 

 spot. The thorax is also darker red. 



Larva. — "I have found this larva on Vihurnum hniaijo, and it is certainly not an GuJemusia. 

 It is without the red hump and black tubercles of (E. concinna, the body being smooth, with dorsal 

 l)rocesses on the first, fourth, fiftli, (?) and eighth abdominal segments; the sides of the tlioracic 

 segments are green, but tlie usual V-shaped mark is, I believe, absent. I liave not been able to 

 obtain the larva recently for more careful description." (Dyar in Psyche, vi, p. 177.) 



I add Dr. Dyar's dcscrii)tion of the egg and of Stages I-^^ As my nitida is a synonym of 

 concinna, Dyar's description must be that of hadia. I am indebted to Dr. Dyar for specimens of 

 hndht forming tlie subjects of PI. XXVI 1. 



'■'■Efjci. — More than hemisi)herical, flat on the base, covered witli shallow, rounded, hexagonal 

 areas, not distinctly delined, and becoming obscure and ])unctiform around the niicropyle. 

 Diameter, 0.8 mm.; height, 0.() mm. Laid tliree or four togetlier on tlie under side of a leaf of 

 the food jdant ( Viburnum). 



^'Firnt larval stac/e. — On joint 2, two subdorsal seta' on enlarged bases; on joint 5 a single 

 dorsal hump bears tubercle 1; on joints (J-ll two lium|)S, tubercle 1 on eacli, l)ecoming smaller 

 l)osteriorly ; on joint 12 a low single hump. Head higher than wide, the lobes distinct; i)ale 

 testaceous brown. Body shining red-biown, finely mottled with yellow, this color rei)laced by 

 clear yeHow subdor.'^ally on joints ;?, 4, 0, ,S, and 11, and sul)ventrally on joints 0, .S, and 0; feet 

 dark. The seta' have rather large, slightly conical, brown, chitinous tubercles, normal in arrange- 

 ment (6 absent), with several on the lower part of the square brown leg plate; seta; slightly- 

 enlarged at tip. Anal feet elevated. 



^'■Second sta<jc. — Head bilobed with a tubercle at the apex of each lobe; red-brown with a 

 rounded, i)ale yellow patch on each side of clypeus above, one on the side of each lobe and the 



