198 NOCTTTIDJE. 



green sparsely irrorated with black on medial area ; some black at 

 base of costa ; subbasal line represented by black spots below costa 

 and cell ; antemedial line strong, black, double, waved, angled 

 inwards in cell and on vein 1 ; claviform large, defined by black 

 except above and with black mark in centre ; orbicular and reniform 

 large wdth whitish annuli defined by black and connected by two 

 black streaks in cell, the former quadrate, open above and below, 

 the latter open above and slightly angled inwards on median 

 nervure ; a medial line from claviform to inner margin, angled 

 outwards on vein 1 ; postmedial line double, black filled in with 

 white, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, below 

 vein 4 obliquely incurved to below reniform, some black and white 

 points on costa beyond it ; subterminal line represented by a black 

 bar from costa and patch above tornus ; a terminal series of minute 

 black lunules defined by white on inner side ; cilia chequered green 

 and black with the tips of green parts Avhitish. Hind wing pale 

 wholly suff'used with fuscous brown ; cilia white intersected with 

 fuscous ; the underside with whitish streaks and marks in the inter- 

 spaces, a blackish streak in cell, large discoidal spot and obliquely 

 curved postmedial line. 



Fig. 55. — Feralia Jocosa, S . \. 



2 . Hind wing blacker. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing wholly suff'used with black except terminal 

 area, leaving some green below base of costa, the claviform, orbi- 

 cular and reniform, and a streak from upper extremity of latter 

 green. 



Mab. U.S.A., New Hampshire, New York, 1 (S , 2 2 type. New 

 Jersey. Exjo. 38-40 millim. 



Larva. Seifert, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 182. 



Deep glossy pea-green, very transparent ; head and legs yellowish 

 green ; cervical shield and dorsal hump on 11th somite brighter 

 green ; dorsal and lateral stripes white, finely wrinkled, the former 

 expanding at middle of abdominal somites, the latter forming a 

 series of spindle-shaped spots on abdominal somites connected by 

 streaks ; a stigmatal series of crescentic cream-coloured spots, 

 yellow-edged and bordered above by cherry-red, on thoracic somites 

 the spots more elongate, on terminal two somites forming a single 

 spot ending in a streak ; a series of irregular oblong cream-coloured 

 spots above the feet except on first and terminal somites ; a few 

 fine hairs. Food-plant, Tsuga canadensis. 5-6. 



