70 Journal New York Ent. Soc. [Vol ii. 



5. inornata Groie ^ Robinson. 



\%6-] —Liniacodfs iiioniata Grote & RoiilNSOX, Ann. Lye. N. V., Vol. VIII, 

 P- 372. 



cf Flesh brown centrally on primaries, shaded broadly at base 

 and external margin with rusty-brown and purplish. Hind wings 

 chocolate brown. O entirely flesh-brown, slightly chocolate tinted 

 especially on secondaries, showing hardly a trace of the shading 

 of the (-f. Expanse, 15 — 20 mm. 



Habitat, Northern Atlantic States. 



S. nasoni Grote. 



1S76 — Sisyrosea uasoiii dv-Oiv., Can. Ent., Vol. VIII, p. 112. 

 1S82 — Limacodes rude Hv. EDWARDS, Papilio, Vol. II, p. 12. 



Pale brownish ; primaries with two oblique parallel dark brown 

 lines, the outer sub-terminal, both faintly pale bordered outwardly. 

 Expanse, 25 — 32 mm. 



Habitat, Southern States. 



Genus Phobetron Hubner. 



1827? — Pholutron HiiHNER, \'erz. bek. Schmett., p. 398. 

 1S41 — Ecnoinidi'a Wesi'wood, Nat. Lib. Ex. Moths, p. 183. 



P. pithecium Abbot &' Smith. 



1797 — Plialicna pithecium Abboi' & S.nutu, Lep. Ins. Ga., Vol. II, pi. 74. 



1827 — Phobetron abbotana HiiBNER, Verz. bek. Schmett.. p. 398. 



1864 — Thyridopteryx nigricans Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., Vol. Ill, 

 P- 350. 



1864 — Litnacodes hyalinus Walsh, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., Vol. IX, p. 299. 



1864 — Limacodes? telradactylus Walsh, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., Vol. IX, 



p. 300. 

 <$ Black, the tibire of middle legs with straw-yellow hairs. 

 Wings smoky hyaline with black borders, broad on anal margin of 

 secondaries. Thorax tufted with black and brown ; a blackish 

 discal dot on primaries. 



V Fore wings opaque, wood-brown, shaded over with black, 

 especially at base and apex. Three transverse brown-black bands, 

 basal, median, and transverse posterior, the first two sometimes 

 obsolete, the outer dentate inwardly, appearing as if produced into 

 contiguous finger shaped processes, into which a blackish median 

 shading extends. An obscure discal dot either pale or blackish. 

 Fringe deep brown. vSecondaries blackish ; a terminal wood-brown 

 shade. Expanse, 17 — 25 mm. 



Habitat, Atlantic States westward. 



