June 1894.] NeUM<IGEN & DVAR. X. A. BOMBYCES., 57 



PRELIMINARY REVISION OF THE BOMBYCES 

 OF AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO. 



By B. Neumcegen and Harrison G. Dvar. 

 (Continued kkom tage 30.) 



O. cinnamomea Grote <^ Robinson. 



1866 — Parorgvia cinnamomea Gkote & ROBINSON, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., 

 Vol. VI, p. 6. 



Cinnamon brown, markings all brown and rather obscure. 

 Broken outline of reniform spot and terminal line black, pulveru- 

 lent. Median space more or less whitish gray, the subterminal 

 brown shade bordered outwardly by a whitish shade which becomes 

 defined near internal angle. The peculiar brown shade is 

 characteristic. 



Habitat, Atlantic States. 



O. achatina Abbot <s^ Smith. 



1797 — Pkalocna nc/ntina Abbo r & S.Nnrn, Lep. Ins. Ga.. Vol. II, pi. 77. 

 1866 — Pa>orgvia pirallela Grote & RoBlNSON, Pioc. Ent. Soc. Phil.. Vol. 

 VI, p. 5. 



var. tephra H'nbncr. 



1S05? — Dasychiia vulgaris tephra HiiBNER, Samml. Exot. .Schmett., Vol. I. 

 1866 — Patorgyia obliquata Grote & RoBixsoN. Proc. Ent. .Soc. Phil., Vol. 

 ^VI, p. 4. 



Fore wings ochraceous gray with white shade centrally arountl 

 obsolete black ringed reniform. Basal, transverse anterior and 

 transverse posterior lines black, irregular, sometimes partly absent. 

 Between transverse posterior and subterminal lines a brown shade 

 defined outwardly by the whitish subterminal line. Secondaries 

 dull brownish with faint discal dot and outer band, or largely 

 blackish. A black bar along submedian fold from base nearly to 

 margin is present in the typical form. E.xpanse, 30 — 50 mm. 



Habitat, Atlantic States to Texas and Mexico. 



O. leucophaea Abbot <^ Smith. 



iiqi — Phalicna leucoph(ta Abbot & Smith, Lep. Ins. Ga., Vol. II, p!. 78. 

 \%^b— Parorgyia clinlonii Gkoti: i!v: Robinsh.n, Pioc. Ent. .Soc. Phil., Vol. 

 VI. p. 3. 



