PHYTOMETEA. 511 



oclireotis, the ci-ests on basal segments rufous. Fore wing bright 

 rufous, the basal costal area, the inner area beyond the antemedial 

 line, and the terminal area except towards apex golden-yellow 

 irrorated with fiery red ; a curved subbasal red-brown striga from 

 costa ; antemedial line double, red-brown, excurved below costa and 

 inwardly oblique below the cell ; an elongate bilobate silvery- white 

 mark defined by black-brown below the cell, its upper edge indented, 

 a slight obliquely curved fiery red medial line from it to inner 

 margin ; a blackish point at upper angle of cell ; a wedge-shaped 

 silvery-white mark from beyond upper angle of cell to the sub- 

 terminal line where it extends from vein 7 to 5 ; subterminal line 

 strong, black-brown and oblique from apex to vein 5, then slight, 

 red-brown, slightly incurved at submedian fold, some whitish before 

 it towards apex ; a slight red-brown line before termen and a fine 

 brown terminal line ; cilia yellowish. Hind wing yellowish white 

 tinged with red-brown, the veins brownish ; a slight red-brown 

 subterminal shade and a fine brown terminal line except towards 

 tornus ; the underside glossy white, the veins faintly tinged with 

 rufous. 



Hab. U.S.A., Maine, New York, 3 d" type, Eastern and Middle 

 States. Uxjy. 31-38 millim. 



Larva. Thaxter, Papilio, iii. p. 18 



Pale green, darker below ; two dorsal and two subdorsal cream- 

 coloured lines and a creamy-yellow lateral stripe ; a dull yellow 

 diffused dorsal patch on posterior part of somite 7 and anterior 

 jjart of 8 sometimes obsolete, and a similar patch sometimes on 

 somites 9, 10 ; head green with a few minute points and hairs. 

 Cocoon slender, elongate, white, pointed at the ends. Food-plants, 

 Grasses. 7-8. 



-£Jyy large, somewhat flattened, greenish yellow. 



8336. Phytometra honaerensis. (Plate CCXXXVIII. fig. 4.) 



riusia hona'erensis, Berg, Ann. Soc. Arg. xiv. p. 287 (1882). 

 A'Uioqrapha soliJa, Ofctolencrui, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. x. p. 64, pi. vi. f. 5 

 (1902) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Ain p. 199. 



Head and thorax bright rufous mixed Avith yellow, the tegulse 

 j^ellow towards base with a slight brownish line at middle ; antennae 

 white in front towards base ; abdomen yellowish tinged with rufous, 

 the crests rufous at tips. Fore wing yellowish suffused with rufous 

 with a golden gloss, the medial and postmedial area deep rufous, ex- 

 tending on costa to apex ; a slight rufous subbasal spot below the cell ; 

 antemedial line silvery defined by red-brown, excurved below costa, 

 then obliquely curved, a bilobate silvery mark below the cell, its 

 upper edge indented, the basal lobe running to a point on median 

 nervure touching the antemedial line ; an elliptical silvery discoidal 

 spot ; postmedial line red-brown, bent outwards below costa, 

 excmwed to vein 5, then oblique and sinuous, slightly defined on 

 inner side by silver towards inner margin, some pale points beyond 

 it on costa ;. subterminal line obliquely excurved from apex to 



