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4 S. Kalmice. Smith-Abbot. 

 Riisty-bufF ; fore- wings streaked with hght brown, and with a 

 narrow whitish band near the outer margin ; hind-wings with a 

 narrow central and a broad marginal blackish band ; fringes 

 brown spotted with white; shoulder-covers white edged with 

 brown ; abdomen with a slender dorsal black line and short 

 transverse bands alternately black and white at the sides ; be- 

 neath dull reddish white. Expands three and a half to four and 

 a quarter inches. Larva, according to Abbot, (Ins. Georg. p. 73, 

 pi. 37) pale green, with seven oblique yellow bands, edged above 

 with violet, on each side, the caudal horn and a line on each side 

 of the head blue, and the hinder pair of legs yellow. Feeds on 

 the leaves of Kalmia latifolia, and transforms in the earth. Pu- 

 pa with a short detached tongue-case. 



5. S. Gordius. Cramer. 



Brownish ash-gray ; fore-wings streaked with black between 

 the nervures, with the anterior and inner margin dusky-brown, a 

 white dot near the middle, and a large gray spot at base ; fringe 

 spotted with white ; hind- wings with a narrow central and a 

 broad marginal dusky brown band, and a white fringe ; thorax 

 deep chestnut, with the sides and the head above whitish ; ab- 

 domen with a central black line, and the sides ash-white trans- 

 versely banded with black. Expands three to three inches and 

 a half. Larva apple-green, with seven oblique white lateral 

 bands, slightly edged above with violet, a rust-red caudal horn, 

 and a brownish line on each side of the head. It lives on the 

 apple-tree, and enters the earth to be transformed. Pupa with a 

 very short detached tongue-case. 



6. /S*. citierea. H. 



Ash-gray ; fore-wings long, narrow, and entire, with five short 

 oblique lines between the nervures ; hind-wings with two black- 

 ish bands ; shoulder-covers slightly edged with black above ; ab- 

 domen with a narrow dorsal black line, and short alternate bands 

 of black and dirty white on the sides. Expands four and a half 

 to five inches and a quarter. 



The specimens from which this description is taken were 

 raised many years ago from larvae, which, at the time, I neglect- 

 ed to figure and describe. To the best of my recollection, these 

 larvaB were found on the lilac, and, with the pupse, corresponded 

 very nearly in form, color, and size, to those of the European S. 



