62 Journal New York Ent, Soc. [Vol. ii. 



Dull rose color throughout, more reddish than rosea, with 

 brown strigcC and irrorations. At t. a. and t. p. irregular dark 

 line the latter duplicated by a streak from apex. Secondaries 

 with three faint transverse blackish lines. Expanse, 35 mm. 



Habitat, Northern New York, New England, Canada. 



Genus Platypteryx Laspeyres. 

 1803 — Platypteryx Laspeyres, Neue Schrift. Ges. Nat. Freunde Beil., Vol. 



IV, p. 2g. 

 1822 — \Drepatni HiiBNER, Verz. bek. Schmett., p. 149. 



P. arcuata Walker. 



1855 — Drepana arcuata Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., Vol. V, p. 1164. 

 [^186?. — Platypteryx fal'u/a Crote, Pioc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., p. 59. 



dim. fonn genicula Grote. 



i%b2—Platypleryx genicttla GkOTE, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., p. 59. 

 1834 — "iDrepaua fasciata Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Ilaust., Vol. IV, p. 8; 

 1S56— Walker, Cat. Biit. Mus., Vol. IV, p. 1163. 



race siculifer Packard. 



\i-]2—Drepana siculifer Packard, Peab. Acad. Sci., Vol. IV, p. 87. 



Pale ocherous or pale straw-yellow with two black discal dots 

 ami four narrow undulating bands beside a rusty-brownish one 

 which is straight and runs to apex into a purplish cloud. Second- 

 aries marked with similar undulating bands, most distinct on 

 internal margin. 



The form ii^r/u'cu/a i,s dark-yellow and less distinctly marked. 



J/a/>itat, Northern Atlantic States. 



The race siculifer is larger and more distinctl}' marked. 



Habitat, California and Pacific Northwest. 



Genus Falcaria ffawortJi. 



1809 — Falcaria Haworth, Lep. Brit.. Vol. II, p. 147. 



i%t\—E(lat>teryx Packard. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil.. Vol. Ill, p. 275. 

 F. bilineata Packard. 



1S64 — I'.diipteryx bilitieata Packard, Proc. Knt. Soc. Phil., Vol. Ill, p. 376. 

 dim. form levis Hudson. 



A^f^l—Prionia la'7'is Hudson, Can. Ent., Vol. XXV, p. 24. 

 Light yellowish ; secondaries very pale. Primaries covered 

 with brown striiii and crossed by two parallel, straight, brown 

 lines. A minute brown discal dot. Outer margin faintly shaded 

 with brown. This species is three brooded. The third brood, the 

 form lei<is, lacks the strig;!;. 



Habitat, Northern Atlantic States. 



