June 1894.] NeUMCEGEN & DvAR. N. A. BOMBYCES. 05 



Entirely l)lack ; wings subtranslucent with slight bluish 

 reflection. Expanse, 20 mm. 



Ifa/'ifaf, Texas, New Mexico. 



T, martenii French. 



1SS4 — Triprocris tnaitciiii Fkf.NCII, Papilio, \'ol. Ill, p. igi. 



Brownish black, translucent; veins appearing distinctly, not 

 obscured by the vestiture. Expanse, 24 mm. 

 Habitat, Arizona. 



Genus Harrisina Packard. ' 



1864 — I/arrisiiia PACKAun, Proc. Essex Inst., Vol. IV, p. 31. 



Synopsis of species. 



Collar black coracina. 



Collar red. 



Size meuiiim (20 — 30 mm.) ; black, sliglilly metallic. 



Collar orange americana. 



Collar, base of patagia and underside of head and breast 

 orange 



australis. 



Larger (40 mm.) lustrous bluish green .... metallica. 



H. coracina Clemens. 



\%b\—Ai^laope coracina Cl.KMKNS, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1S60, p. 539. 

 1S87 — Harrisina nit^riiia Gi<.'f':K. Ent. Amer., Vol. Ill, p. 41. 

 Entirely dull black, the abdomen with a bluish lustre. Ex- 

 panse, 20 mm. 



Habitat, Texas. 



H. americana Gnerin. 



1S29— 44— ./.v /'!■<'/'• aiiuricaita GiF.KiN, Icon. R. Anim. Ins., p. 500, pi. 84 



bis f. II. 

 l%^2— Harrisina 1,-xana SiiUMCli, Zyg. iV Bomb. N. A., Vol. I, p. 181. 



Black ; the wings subtranslucent. Collar broadly orange red 

 narrowing to a line on the under side. Expanse, 25 mm. 



Habitat, Atlantic States westward to the Mississippi Valley 

 and Texas. 

 H. austral is Stretch. 



1?,%^— Harrisina aus/ralis SlRliTCH, Ent. Amer.. Vol. I, p. I02. 



Greenish black ; prothorax reddish orange, the color extending 

 to the base of the patagia, under side of head, and breast. Ex- 

 panse, 29 mm. 



Habitat, Florida [Stretch]. 



