Sf.it. i3,4.i Nku.mikgkn iV DVAK. N. A. r.o.MllVCF.S. 119 



J* IJody black, wings hyaline, the veins brown. Along costa 

 and internal raclrgin of secondaries a few black scales. Expanse, 

 25 mm 



Habitat, Southern States to Xew York. 



T. meadii Hy. Edwards. 



iSSi — Thyridopteryx meadii, Papilio, \'ol. I, p. 110. 



Wings hyaline, without black scales at abdominal margin of 

 secondaries; veins pale orange. Expanse, 25 mm. 

 Habitat, Mohave Desert, California. 



Genus Psyche Schrank. 



1802 — Psyche ScHUANK, Fauna Boica, Vol. II (2), p. 87. 



('■roup Platoeceticus Packard. 



1S69 — Platoeceticus Packard, Guide Study Ins., p. 291 ; 1SS7 — I'ackako, 



Ent. Amer., Vol. Ill, p. 51. 

 1893 — Hcyhvrlsia IIami'son, Mollis of India, Vol. I, p. 298. 



P. gloverii Packard. 



1S69 — Plata-celicics i^loverii I'ackakd, Guide Study Ins., p. 201, f. 223. 

 1SS4 — Maiialha ed'tvaidsii IIevlakrts, C. R. Soc. Ent. r>elg., \'ol. XXVIII, 

 p. lOI. 



Dark brown throughout. \'cins 5 — 6 arise from the discal 

 cross vein. Expanse, 20 — 22 mm. 

 Habitat, Southern States. 



Croup Eurycyttarus Haiupson. 



i%()\—Eurycyttarus\\\\\\"ioyi. III. IKt. 15. M., Vol. VIlI, p. 66 ; 1S93— 

 IIamtson, Moths of India, Vol. I, p. 299. 



Synopsis of species. 



Small, wings blackish confederata. 



Larger, wings brownish gray carbonaria. 



P. confederata Grate &^ Pobi/iso/i. 



1868 — Psyclie confederata G«urK & Kohinson, Trans. .\m. Entr Soc, Vol. 

 II, p. 191. 

 Uniformly blackish ; wings opaipie. Wings broad, apex of 

 primaries nearly scpiare. Expanse, 16 — 19 mm. 



Habitat. Southern States to Xew York and westward. 



P. carbonaria Packard. 



1SS7 — PsYclie carbonaria Packakd, Ent. Amer., Vol. Ill, p. 51. 



Uniform brownish black, wings sub-translucent. Wings broad, 

 well rounded ; body black, hairy. Expanse, 21^22 mm. 



Habitat, Texas. 



