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



C. cretata Grote. 



\%b\—Ulosota cretaia GuoTE, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., Vol. Ill, p. 524. 



Silky milk white, immaculate, except the head which is lemon 

 yellow between the antenna, and blackish beneath. Antennae pale 

 fulvous brown, the stem white at base. Abdomen marked with 

 fulvous on the segments ; dorsal hairs white, except a large, pale, 

 lemon yellow tuft at base. Expanse, 27 mm. 

 Habitat, Southern States [Grote]. 



Genus Megalopyge HWbncr. 



1S22? -Megalopyge HuBNEK, Verz. bek. Schmett., p. 185. 



1841 — Lagoa Harris, Rep. Ins. Mass., p. 205. 



1855 — Chiysol^yoa Herrich-Sch/effek, Ausser. Schmett., Vol. I, p. 6. 



1855 — Gasina Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., pt. VI, p. 1478. 



\%<^(i—PodaUa Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., pt. \'II, p. 1714. 



i860 — Pimela Clemens, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., Vol. XII, p. 156. 



Sxiiopsis of species. 



Winjfs immaculate brownish ocher ...... pyxidifera. 



Wings shaded with black and brown. 



Color ocher yellow opercularis. 



Color straw yellow crispata. 



M. pyxidifera Al>bot &-' Smith. 



1797 — PhaliTiia pyxidifera AnnoT & Smith, Lep. Ins. Ga., Vol. II, pi. 54. 



Immaculate brownish ocher throughout, the thorax rather 

 darker and hind wings paler. Body woolly as also base of fore 

 wings. Expanse, 25 mm. 



Habitat, Southern Atlantic States. 



M. opercularis Abbot &= Smit/i. 



1797 — Phalmna opercularis Abhot & Smith, Lep. Ins. Ga., Vol. II, pi. 53. 

 1S60 — Pii/tela lanugi/iosa Ci.KMENS, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., Vol. XII, 



P- 157- 

 1S69 — Miresaifj subeitriiia Walker, Char. Lep. Ilet., p. 20. 



Thorax brownish ocher, fore wings at apices dull yellow, 

 secondaries straw yellow. liasal two-thirds of primaries covered 

 with wrinkled hairs of a purplish brown color mixed with white, 

 the purplish tint predominating on costa. Expanse, 25 — 38 mm. 



Habitat, Southern States. 

 M. crispata J\ickard. 



1864 — Lagoa crispata Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc. Pliil., \'ol. Ill, p. 335. 



Pale Straw yellow, the long wool on basal part of fore wing 

 much wrinkled, i)urplisli black along the costa and brown over the 



