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PRELIMINARY REVISION OF THE BOMBYCES 

 OF AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO 



By B. Nklmckof.n and Harrison Ci. Dvar. 



(CONIIMF-I) I KOM TAl-.K 76.) 



P. geminata Packard. 



1864 — Packardia geiiiinata PACKARn, rroc. Ent. Soc. Phil., Vol. Ill, p. 343. 



Marked exactly as in albipiDutata but with paler secondaries 

 and the shading on primaries usually less extensive. Expanse, 

 26 mm. 



Habitat^ Northern Atlantic States. Probably not different 

 from the following. 



P. aibi punctata Packard. 



1864 — Packiiidia alhi punctata I'ackakd, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., X'ol.III, p. 3^4. 

 1S80 — Packardia ^oodilUi (^V.Qi\v., Can. Ent., Vol. XII, p. 242. 



var. ocellata Grote. 



1865 — Packardia ocellata Ckoie, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., Vol. IV. p. 322. 



Ground color white ; three brown bands, the inner two oblique, 

 parallel ; the third running in a reverse direction from costa to 

 internal angle where are two or three superposed silvery white 

 spots. The wing is more or less obscured by ocherous and 

 chocolate brown shadings, though the ground color appears at the 

 apex ; secondaries blackish. Expanse, 23 — 27 mm. 



Habitat, Northern Atlantic States. 



Family LAC.OID/I^:. 



Synopsis of i^cticra. 



Vein I of priniaiies branched. 



Veins 3 and 4 of secondaries stalked 



Veins 3 and 4 arising separately 

 Vein I of primaries unbranched. 



Antenna; longer than thorax ; body robust 



Antennae very short ; primaries with accessory cell 



Genus Carama H'a/kcr. 



Carama. 

 Megalopyge. 



Eupoeya, 

 Dalcerides. 



1855 — Carama Walker, Cat. Hrit. Mus., pt. I\', p. S43. 

 J^iS^—Mallatodcsnia Wali.E.NGReN, Nat. Akad. Ilandl., \ol. W, p. 212. 

 1864— ;7<w/</ Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., Vol. Ill, p. 524. 



