JOU RNAL 



OF in I". 



J}f\a 2orh 6Sntoraologiral Horiptg^ 



Vol. II. 



MARCH, 1894. 



Ko. 1. 



A PRELIMINARY REVISION OF THE BOMBYCES 

 OF AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO. 



]^v 15. Nku.mokckn AM) Harrison (i. Dnak. 



(CONTiNLTKI) I'ROM \'i>L. I, PACK iSo ) 



("ic'iuis Spilosoma Str/^/ic/is. 



i82S—S/>i/c>sow,i Sri'.riiKNs. 111. Pjiit. ICnc, Ilaiist., Vol. II, p. 74. 



S\7/(>/>s/s of species. 



Fore wings square at tip. 

 Abdomen spotted. 



Primaries white virginica. 



I'limaries faintly ochraceoiis ...... prima. 



Abdomen immaculate white ...... latipennis. 



lore wings, acuminate, outer margin more oblique. 



Legs yellow at base ........ antigone. 



Legs red at base. 



Abdomen black spotted vestal is. 



Abdomen immaculate white ..... vnr amelaina. 



S. virginica Juibrieius. 



179S — Hombyx I'iri^inica Fahricius, Nat. Syst. Sunpl., p. 437. 

 r,!r. dubia Walker. 



1S35 — Cycniii diibia Wai.KKK, Cat. liril. Mus., pt. Ill, p. 6S2. 



1893 — Spilosoma viri^inicn var. dtibin Dvak, Can. Ent., Vol. .\X\', p. 180. 



^^'l1ilc with black discal clot on pr'.maries and somctiiiK-s 

 submaroinal ones on secondaries. Abdomen ocheroiis subdorsally 

 with black dorsal and lateral spots. Fore co.xa^ and femora 

 ochraceons. K.xpanse, 38 — 50 mm. — In the aberration Jiibia the 

 wings are mouse gray with whitish veins. 



Hiihitat, .Atlantic States westward to Pacific Xorth.west. 



S. prima Slosson. 



1889 — .'>. prima SlossON, Lnt. -Amer., Vol. V, p. 40. 



